RETURN SHOWING THE QUANTITIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE GENERAL IMPORTS COASTWISE AT SHORTLAND AND OTHER LANDING PLACES IN THE THAMES DISTRICT; ALSO, THE QUANTITIES OF GOLD LODGED IN THE BANKS, NUMBER AND TONNAGE OF VESSELS, AND NUMBER OF PASSENGERS INWARDS AND OUTWARDS, DURING THE YEAR ENDED ON THE 30th APRIL, 1869.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1869 Session I, D-07

D.—No. 7.

RETURN SHOWING THE QUANTITIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE GENERAL IMPORTS COASTWISE AT SHORTLAND AND OTHER LANDING PLACES IN THE THAMES DISTRICT; ALSO, THE QUANTITIES OF GOLD LODGED IN THE BANKS, NUMBER AND TONNAGE OF VESSELS, AND NUMBER OF PASSENGERS INWARDS AND OUTWARDS, DURING THE YEAR ENDED ON THE 30th APRIL, 1869.

PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY COMMAND OF HIS EXCELLENCY.

WELLINGTON. 1869.

D.—No. 7,

The following Eeturns have "been condensed from a Tabular Statement furnished by the Customs Officer stationed at the Thames—" showing each month the Quantity of Gold lodged in the Banks; Number of Vessels and aggregate Tonnage ; Number of Passengers arrived and departed ; Quantities and Descriptions of the various sorts of Merchandise, Live Stock, &c.,—compiled from the clearances and transires of the Vessels engaged in trading to the Thames District." Office of the Commissioner of Costoms, "William Seed, "Wellington, Bth June, 1869. Secretary of Customs.

RETURN showing the Amount of Gold lodged in the Banks, the Number and Tonnage of Vessels arriving; also the Number of Passengers Inwards and Outwards at Shortland and the other Landing Places of the Thames District, Province of Auckland, during the Year ended 30th April, 1869.

RETURN showing the Quantities and Description of the General Imports Coastwise at Shortland and the other Landing Places of the Thames District, Province of Auckland, from the 1st day of May, 1868, to the 30th April, 1869.

3

RETURN SHOWING THE QUANTITIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE GENERAL IMPORTS COASTWISE AT SHORTLAND, ETC.

Gold. Vess ffiLS. Passb fGERS. MONTHS. Ounces. Number. Tonnage. Inwards. Outwards. 1868. Mat June July August September ... October november ... December ... 2,663 3,761 14,471 7,516 9,063 8,193 11,295 17,826 208 203 204 263 287 281 251 232 6,104 5,669 5,973 8,792 9,492 9,787 8,730 7,949 3,242 3,752 4,561 5,900 6,206 5,095 4,071 3,358 2,895 2,913 3,433 4,032 4,315 4,511 3,806 4,476 1869. 7,534 10,823 11,415 23,622 231 178 261 236 7,499 5,732 10,316 8,908 4,919 3,341 4,208 3,422 3,256 3,028 4,339 3,197 January ... February ... March April Totals 128,182 2,835 94,861 51,875 44,201

ARTICLES. Description. Quantities. ARTICLES. Description. Quantities. Ale and Stout ... Ditto Ditto Ditto Arms Ditto Ammunition: Shot Ditto Caps Lead Powder Ditto Ditto " Boots Hogsheads... Barrels Casks Cases 1,922 1,583 1,312 2,638 20 13 Brewing Materials: Hops Ditto Malt Ditto Bags Pockets Bags Tanks 7 40 308 44 Packages ... Building Materials: Bricks Cement Doors and Sashes ... Ditto Glass House-blocks Lime Nails Kegs Packages ... Number Packages ... Half-Barrels Qr.-Barrels Cases 26 980 373,000 18 109 817 7 197 Number Packages ... Tons Packages ... Boxes Number Packages ... 843,950 50 1161 2,195 334 2,324 6,033 1,522 ,, ,,

ID.— No. 7.

RETURN of the General Imports Coastwise at Shortland — continued.

4

RETURN OE GENERAL IMPORTS, ETC., AT SHORTLAND.

ARTICLES. Description. Quantities. ARTICLES. Description. Quantities. Building Materials— -continued: Oils Ditto Paint ... Ditto Ditto Palings Piles Posts Bails Shingles Timber Butter ... Ditto Candles ... Cheese ... ... Ditto Ditto Cigars and Tobacco: Cigars Ditto Ditto Tobacco ... Ditto Ditto Ditto Coffee Ditto Ditto Drapery and Clothing ... Ditto Ditto Fodder: Bran Ditto Chaff Hay Ditto Fruit: Green Dried Ditto Ditto Ditto Fuel: Charcoal Coals Ditto Coke Firewood Furniture : Household ... Ditto Billiard Tables Grain : Barley Maize Ditto Oats Ditto Wheat Hardware and Ironmongery ... Ditto Safes Tanks Hogsheads... Drums Casks Kegs Tins Number ,, ... ,, ,, Feet' Kegs Boxes Cases Bags Number ,, Case3 Boxes Tierces Cases Packages ... Boxes Cases Bags Tins Cases Packages ... Bales Tons Bags 14 369 23 529 462 72,302 81 6,482 5,633 5,155,200 8,051,810 1,992 1,466 4,253 179 8 2,591 32,600 34 121 3 28 181 325 144 27 124 770 231 345 1041 2,685 4,594 1861 577 Live Stock — continued : Sheep Machinery : Quartz Crushing Ditto Chilian Mills Amalgamating Pans Berdans Boilers Engines Planing Machines ... Sewing „ Weighing „ Mining Materials : Props Slabs Sleepers Quicksilver ... Patent Amalgam Miscellaneous Ditto Musical Instruments : Pianos Organ Provisions : Biscuits Ditto Ditto Ditto Eggs Ditto Bacon and Hams ... Ditto Ditto Ditto Beef Ditto Flour Ditto Pork Oatmeal Ditto Potatoes Ditto Salt Ditto Sugar Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Tea Ditto Ditto Vegetables ... Ditto Bail way Material Sleepers Spirits: Brandy Ditto Ditto Ditto Cordials Geneva Ditto Bum Ditto Ditto Whisky Ditto Ditto Ditto Total Number Tons Packages ... Number Packages ... Tons Packages ... Number ,, Tons Cases Bags Tins Casks Boxes Tons Cases Bags Sides Tierces Quarters ... Tons Bags Barrels Cases Bags 11,015 8591 2,871 8 3 6 25 6 1 5 8 1,929 12,320 338 314 4 75 23,535 14 1 5 916 43 175 16 919 21 146 297 1,048 101 4,728 1,7251 4,165 49 13 273 6,853 6471 16 989 46 137 19 2,194 2,659 1,788 203 1,360 604 3 3,159 132 7,745 Tons Packages ... Boxes Barrels Cases Boxes Bags 1,520 104 72 226 13 Tons '.'.'. Tots '.'.'. Bags Tons Packages ... Number 75 4,207 344 336 3,533 954 5,631 6 Packages ... Tons Casks Cases Gunnies Mats Bags Chests Half-chests Boxes Tons Bags Tons Number Bags Tons Bags Tons 31 2,839 47 1,545 8 41 23 5,155 13 138 Hogsheads... Qr.-Casks ... Kegs Cases 17 855 174 2,203 205 812 84 20 81 125 92 14 104 784 31,023 15 645 144 46 1,770 7,734 Tons '..'. Packages ... Number Iron : Bars Miscellaneous Ditto Sheets Bod Kerosene Leather ... Live Stock: Calves Cattle Cows Goats Horses Mules Tigs Tons Cases Number Bundles Packages ... ,, 2,921 571 26 1,099 574 1,197 376 „ Quarts ,, Pints... Hogsheads... Qr.-Casks ... Kegs Qr.-Casks ... Octaves Kegs Cases Gallons Cases Bars Qr.-Casks ... Kegs Cases Gallons Number ,, 41 941 97 38 289 3 812 Steel Bars Wine Ditto Ditto Total ,, ...