IMPORT, EXPORT, & SHIPPING RETURNS. (A GENERAL SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR 1872.)

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1873 Session I, H-06

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1873. NEW ZEALAND.

IMPORT, EXPORT, & SHIPPING RETURNS. (A GENERAL SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR 1872.)

Presented to loth Houses of tlie General Assembly by command of His Excellency.

I CONTENTS. No. I.—Return showing the Quantity and Value of Articles Imported during the Year 1872. No. ll.—Return showing the Quantity and Value of Articles Exported during the Year 1872. No. 111. —Return showing the Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels which have been Entered Inwards during tho Year 1872. No. IV. —Return showing the Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels which have been Cleared Outwards during the Year 1872. No. V. —Return of the Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels Entered and Cleared at New Zealand Ports during the Year 1872. No. Vl.—Abstract of all Duties and Revenue collected by the Customs Department during the year 1872.

No. I.—IMPORTS. RETURN showing the Quantity and Value of Articles Imported into New Zealand during the Year 1872.

Articles. Quantity. Value. Articles. Quantity. Value. Agricultural Implements Alkali, Soda Crystals, Soda Ash, &c. Warehoused Apparel and Slops Warehoused 1,522 pkgs. £ 14,514 Books—Printed Boots and Shoes Warehoused 2,949 pkgs. 9,469 pkgs. 585 trunks, 71 cases, 800 pkgs. 4 tons 15 cwts. ... 67 pkgs., 31 cwts. 1 qr. 6,139 No. 99 pkgs. 26 pkgs., 28,673 No. Value only 741 pkgs. 3 cases, 41 pkgs.... 355 nests, 54 pkgs., 8,293 No. Value only 369 cwts. 2 qrs. ... 10,085 cwts. 1 qr. 168 chests, 19,886 boxes, 202 pkgs. 1 bale, 513 pigs.... 929 pkgs. 17 bales, 13 cases, 15 pkgs. £ 48,367 174,665 6,477 cwts. 2 qrs. 156 cwts. 2 qrs. 2 brls. 3,345 pkgs. 36 bales, 479 cases, 141 pkgs. 5,703 110 119,826 Bran and Sharps Brassware and Brass ... 21,213 52 Arms and Ammunition — Fire Arms Warehoused Swords Accoutrements Cartridges and Cases Caps Fuse Powder, Blasting ... „ Gun Shot 29,628 Bricks „ Bath ,, Fire Bridge Materials Brushware and Brooms Warehoused Buckets and Tubs 1,634 86 90 250 15,791 11,078 851 Arrowroot ... Warehoused Arsenic Bags and Sacks Warehoused Bark Basket and Wickcrware Beer—Bottled Warehoused 747 No. 1 pkg. 19 No. 7 cases 9. lbs. 530,308 No. 3,377,422 No. ... 155 pkgs. 388,670 lbs. 17,357i lbs. 1,090 cwts. 2 qrs. 8,129 lbs. 24 pkgs. 381 cwts. 2 qrs. ... 561 bales, 4,615 pkgs. 248 bales, 656 pkgs. 1,381 tons 9 cwts. j 3 qrs. ... 215 pkgs. ... i 58,860 gallons ... 9,949 casks, 7,737 cases 11,436 gals. 746 hhds., 21 brls., 250 kegs 381 cwts. 3 qrs., 2 pkgs. 48 pkgs. 267 pkgs. 7 cases 847 pkgs. 12 casks, 19 cases, 55 pkgs. 18 No. 1,173 tons 15 cwts. 3,068 120 111 440 511 817 1,634 13,396 3,413 1,844 226 20 369 78,184 13,748 9,896 1,161 15,617 Building Materials Butter Candles Warehoused Canvas Carpeting Warehoused Carpet Bags and Portmanteaus Warehoused Carriages and Carts ... Carriage Materials Casks—Empty Cement and Plaster of Paris 126 pkgs. 1 pkg. 378 No. Value only 1,540 No. 1,436 418 1,573 48,378 24,552 10,830 20,058 1,203 1,781 15 5,799 6,682 1,094 Beer —Draught Warehoused 28,474 1,551 Biscuits—Plain Warehoused „ Fancy Warehoused Blackingand Black Lead Warehoused 5,547 542 37 1,550 91 3,423 Chaff Chains Cheese Chicory Warehoused China and Parian Ware Warehoused Cider and Perry—Botld. Warehoused 9,258 brls., 2,218 pkgs. 351 tons 16 cwts. 198 tons 15 cwts. 22 cwts. 2 qrs. 15,308 lbs. 28 cases, 2 pkgs. ... 379 pkgs. 2 pkgs. 240 gals. 8 cases 10,540 3,858 1,809 132 285 139 5,176 65 73 32 Boats Bones and Bone Dust... 392 868 8,150

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Articles. Quantity. Value. Articles. Quantity. Value. £ 28 162,549 7,505 £ Cider—Draught Coals Cocoa and Chocolate ... Warehoused 282 gallons 106,749 tons 126,127 lbs. 6 casks, 122 cases, 108 pkgs. 138,073 lbs., 1 pkg. 1 brl., 85 casks, 12 trcs., 110 bags, 173 pkgs. 2,645 tons 10 cwts. 2,584 pkgs. 217 cases, 372 pkgs. 158 tons 10 cwts. 2 tons 10 cwt., 1 pkg. 12 tons 5 cwts. 2 qrs. 32 tons 9 cwts. 3 qrs. 14 pkgs. 2,535 cwts. 1 qr.... 3 pkgs. 709 pkgs. 1,290 pkgs. 428 bales, 186 cases, 93 pkgs. 48,560 lbs. 9,700 cwts. 66 pkgs., 2 cwts. 1 qr. 19 pkgs. 137 pkgs. 1,574 No. 12,431 pkgs. 50 bales, 165 cases, 879 pkgs. 1 case, 3,503 pkgs. 320 cases, l,097pkgs. 2,018 pkgs. 162 cases, 425 pkgs. 2,691 pkgs. 9 hhds., 67 pkgs.... 28 pkgs. 1,375 pkgs. 23 cases, 55 pkgs. 49 pkgs. 3 pkgs. Warehoused Grain—Wheat ,, Other Kinds ... Grindery Warehoused 25 brls., 10,689 bags, 1,140 pkgs. 72,774i bushels ... l,339i bushels ... 759 pkgs. 12 cases 241 tons, 5 cwts. ... 8 pkgs. 773 pkgs. 61 cases, 5 bales, 4 pkgs. 44 tons 8 cwts. ... 8,502 20,021 450 6,365 737 3,067 130 62,019 Coffee Warehoused 1,783 5,403 Coke and Fuel Confectionery Warehoused Copera (Dried Cocoanut) Copper —Nails 5,386 5,370 14,986 2,783 2,048 Guano Gutta Percha Haberdashery Warehoused Hair Hardware and Ironmongery ... Warehoused Hats and Caps Warehoused 3,967 440 „ Rod, Bolt, &c. „ Sheathing ... „ Ware Cordage Warehoused Corks Cottons Warehoused Cotton „ Seed „ Waste Curiosities ... Cutlery Doors and Sashes Drapery Warehoused Drugs Warehoused Druggists' Ware Warehoused Earthenware Eggs Engine Packing Fancy Goods Warehoused Fire Engine, Hose, &c. Fireworks Fish —Potted and Preserved Warehoused „ Salted Warehoused 619 1,351 3,348 183 9,439 125 6,093 57,435 28,148 3,757 3,029 655 21 4,692 995 639,886 51,531 20,038 4,747 11,654 3,339 16,126 925 512 31,645 1,505 2,291 34 Hay Holloware ... Hops Warehoused Hosiery Warehoused India Rubber Goods ... Instruments —Musical Warehoused „ Optical ... „ Scientific ... „ Surgical ... Iron —Bar and Rod ... „ Castings „ Fencing „ Galvanized „ Hoop _ „ Pipes... „ Sheet „ Undescribed 31,132 pkgs. 17 pkgs. 1,974 pkgs. 196 cases, 37 pkgs. 93 tons 8 cwts. ... 443 pkgs. 1,175 pockets 178 bales, 275pckts., 2 cases 368 pkgs. 4 bales, 54 cases, 7 pkgs. 13 pkgs. 609 pkgs. 11 cases 11 pkgs. 95 pkgs. 7 pkgs. 3,093 tons 4 cwts. 1 ton 4 cwts. 2,664 tons 1,475 tons 17 cwts. 452 tons 13 cwts. 886 tons. 77 tons 3 cwts. 339 tons 1 cwt. ... 410 tons 17 cwts., 10 pkgs. 201 pkgs. 1 pkg. 766 pkgs. 21 tons 16 cwts. ... 80 tons 12 cwts. ... 184 tonB 10 cwts. 5 cwts. 2 qrs., 2 pkgs. 1,929 cwts. 1 qr. 6 cases, 20 pkgs. ... 68 pkgs. 3 cases 188 pkgs. 6 bales, 13 cases, 7 pkgs. 2 No. 20 No. 7 No. 348 No. 2 No. 12 No. 35 No. 1,333 No. 2 No. 1,438 pkgs. 117 pkgs. 2,664 pkgs. 150,385 75 52,849 6,587 599 3,501 20,855 7,318 17,506 3,296 448 24,360 475 178 2,351 46 42,427 65 52,695 38,391 6,554 5,739 1,378 6,452 5,274 21,556 4 6,361 710 2,332 4,573 23 20,706 791 1,097 120 7,945 5,547 pkgs. 841 cases, 639 pkgs. 3,064 cwts. 3 qrs. Ill half-brls., 447 cases, 196 pkgs. 3,525 tons 11 cwts. 701 bags 14,569 3,287 6,962 Jewellery Warehoused Lamps and Lanterns ... Lead—Pig ... „ Pipes ,, Sheet ,, Undescribed ... Leather Warehoused Leatherware Warehoused Flour Warehoused Fruit —Bottled and Preserved Warehoused „ Dried Warehoused 946 58,600 755 3,947 pkgs 45 cases, 590 pkgs. 1,991 cwts. 2qrs.... 236 casks, 157 cases, 86 pkgs. 7,573 cwts. 1,101 brls., 34 bdls., 321 cases, 405 pkgs. 3,504 cwts. 2 qrs. 100 tanks, 2 bdls., 99 cases, 285 bxs., 230 pkgs. 55,145 pkgs. 4,343 pkgs. 8 cases, 15 pkgs. ... Value only 2,242 pkgs. 1 case, 61 pkgs. ... 1 case 4,254 pkgs. 1,055 pkgs. 13 cases, 8 pkgs. ... 153 cwts. 2 qrs. ... 3 casks 4 pkgs. 249 bushels l,200i bushels ... 232,322 J bushels... 42,050J bushels ... 29 tanks, 5 pkgs.... 275 bushels 29,761 cwts. 3 qrs. 6,858 1,241 5,196 Linens Warehoused „ Currants Warehoused „ Raisins Warehoused 1,582 13,553 5,608 9,014 Live Stock—Dogs ,, Goats „ Horned Cattle „ Horses „ Mules ,. Pigs „ Poultry „ Sheep „ Other Kinds Machinery-Agricultural Mill „ Qrtz-Crushing „ Sawing and Planing ... ,, Wool and Hay Pressing ... „ Other kinds... Maps and Charts Marble Matches and Vestas ... Mats and Rugs Warehoused 1,291 10 60 345 10,047 40 60 38 13,487 10 16,872 2,378 14,829 „ Green Furniture Warehoused Gas Plant ... Glass —Bottles „ Plate Warehoused „ Window „ Ware Warehoused 1,331 26,021 35,606 420 28,207 5,724 1,357 14 8,760 11,750 333 648 8 82 94 575 21,600 19,667 970 67 33,645 95 pkgs. 220 pkgs. 2,123 pkgs. " 100 pkgs. 50 pkgs. 4,270 pkgs. 598 pkgs. 2 bales, 2 cases, 382 pkgs. 627 cwts. 3 qrs., 816 pkgs. 153 cases 8 cwts. 1 qr. 121 cwts. 1 qr. 1,843 2,872 25,000 600 443 26,227 4,868 Glue Warehoused Gold Leaf ... Grain —Barley „ Beans and Peas „ Maize „ Malt Warehoused „ Oats „ Rice Meal—Maizena and Corn Warehoused „ Linseed „ Oaten Meats —Potted and Preserved 847 3,481 183 11 127 157 pkgs. 652

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Articles. Quantity. Value. Articles. Quantity. Value. Warehoused Millinery Warehoused Miscellaneous Articles Molasses and Treacle ... Warehoused 51 cases, 11 pkgs. 178 pkgs. 18 cases Value only 2,354 tons 2 cwts. 145 brls., 49 qr.-csks., 213kog3,75pkgs., 700 lbs. 20, 906 cwts. 3 qrs. 928 pkgs., 12 brls., 10 casks, 220 bags, 8 pkgs. 230 pkgs. 11 casks, 5 bags, 1 case 22 bags, 19 pkgs., 18,600 No. 15 pkgs., 17tons 15cwts. 2qrs. 1,942 No. 1,272 gals. 50 cases 17,311 gals. 20 drums 7,341 gals., 3 brls. 191,814 gals. 24,878 cases 67,365* gals. 20 brls., 620 drums 2,238 gals. 10 packages 10,980 gals., 4 casks 44,716* gals. 102 cases, 311 pkgs. 96 packages 29,001 pkgs. 20 casks, 4 bags, 1,142 cases, 3,035 packages 2 cases, 654f lbs.... 1 case, 8 boxes, 32 packages 277 packages 18 cases 11,039 packages ... 2 casks, 420 kegs, 6 cases, 14 pkgs ... 1,216 pkgs. 6 bales, 46 pkgs. ... 481 packages 59 cases, 42 pkgs.... 45 packages 3,698 No. 2,007 packages ... 410 boxes, 2 cases, 265 packages ... 118 barrels 489 packages 34 packages 194 packages 8 cases ... 734 packages 1,794 packages ... 127 cwts, 95 pkgs. 10 packages 20 cwts. 1 qr. 493 cwts. 76 tierces, 30 casks, 200 cwts. 47 cwts. 3 qrs. 5 cases ... 76 cwts. 3 qrs. 50 barrels 581 No.... 422 bottles Value ... 61 cwts. 1,140 pkgs. 1,140 packages 105 cases, 5 pkgs.... 1,100 cwts. 3 qrs.... 11 eases, 6 pkgs. ... 3,755 tons 16 cwts. 384 cwts. 3 qrs. ... 11,587 bushels ... 1,287 packages ... £ 165 10,600 602 36,557 2,036 Scrim Cloth ... Warehoused Ship Chandlery— Anchors ... Cables Other kinds Silks Warehoused 336 packages 22 bales, 11 pkgs.... £ 8,911 1,090 Nails and Screws Nuts Warehoused 871 31,659 2,167 Slates I Slate Slabs ... Soap Warehoused Specie—Copper Gold „ Silver : Specimens of Natural History ... Spices Warehoused 241 cwts. 3 qrs. ... 38 tons 14 cwt. ... 943 packages 101 packages 4 cases ... 205,600 No.,27 cses. 3 packages 33 No. ... 3,201 cwts. 3 qrs.... 245bxs.,370hlf.-bxs. Value ... Value ... Value ... 434 1,006 7,755 12,362 430 2,263 42 4,963 500 254 232,062 8,322 „ Almonds Warehoused 451 935 88 „ Cocoanuts 141 30 338 845 314 200 4,513 30 775 23,929 21,148 14,830 871 920 29 3,080 10,537 942 1,331 81,853 „ Other Kinds Oakum Oars Oil —Castor ... Warehoused „ Colza ... Warehoused „ Cocoanut „ Kerosine Warehoused „ Linseed... Warehoused „ Olive ... Warehoused „ Sperm ... „ TJndescribed Warehoused Oilcloth Oilman's Stores Warehoused Pepper Warehoused Spirits—Brandy Warehoused „ Cordials Warehoused „ Geneva Warehoused „ Gin, sweetened Warehoused 25 packages 465 packages 7 bales, 18 brls., 26 cases, 44 pkgs 152 pkgs., 603 cwts., 2 qrs. 28 bags, 70 pkgs.... 3,255* gals. 206 hhds., 4,948 qr.csks, 30,330 cases 116* gallons 767 cases, 16 qr.-csks 502* gallons 2 qr.-casks, 15,827 cses, 203 hlf.-cses 284f gallons 49 qr.-csks, 7,256 cases... 977* gallons 78 cases 640* gallons 175 hhds., 4 pnehs., 1,587 qr.-casks, 62 brls., 20 octs., and 71 cases ... 836 gallons 14 hhds., 2,147 qr.csks.,335 octaves, 1 keg, 4,888 cses. 346 3,599 1,067 4,265 659 2,215 91,437 119 1,534 183 11,935 236 „ Perfumed Warehoused „ Rum Warehoused 6,066 2,698 1,111 215 Opium Warehoused 24,008 1,717 Paintings and Engraving Warehoused Paints and Colours Warehoused 4,817 4,813 180 20,352 „ Whisky Warehoused 12,801 400 „ Spirits of Wine — Warehoused „ Other kinds ... Warehoused Spirits of Tar Starch and Blue 24,234 Paper Hangings Warehoused Perfumery ... Warehoused Photographic Goods ... Pipes—Drain „ Tobacco Warehoused 375 12,817 443 4,679 1,021 470 510 7,282 1 qr.-cask, 4 drums 146} gallons 226 cases 58 gallons 854 cwts., 3,554 packages 30 cases, 158 pkgs., 4,512 packages 18 bales, 39 cases, 17 packages 47 tons 8 cwts. 1 qr. 31 tons, 10 pkgs.... 1,383 No. 4 tons, 402 pkgs.... 2,405 tons 11 cwts. 2 qrs. 2 trcs., 95,853 bags, 7,282 gunnies, 116,669 mats, 1,788 esks., 2,734 kegs,4,071pockts, 21,912 pkgs. ... 205 tons 18 cwts. 3 qrs. 8 cwts. ... 31,466 lbs. 1 package 492,876 lbs. 2,495 chests, 21,945 hf.-chsts, 269 qr.chsts,34,398bxs., 33 cs., 3,296 pkgs Value ... 9 packages 145,000 No., 555 bundles 886 No.... 22,816 No. 60 165 396 23 Warehoused Stationery ... Warehoused 6,932 561 56,313 Pitch and Tar Plants Plate Plated Ware... Warehoused Printing Materials „ Paper Provisions—Preserved Warehoused „ Salted, Bacon „ „ Beef... Warehoused 465 1,611 2,255 982 5,236 480 8,528 25,913 409 10 92 657 Steel Stone Building Grindstones ... Stoneware Sugar 1,156 2,259 163 691 1,004 Warehoused 96,384 630 292 70 122 250 1,208 5,781 118,319 2,557 34,767 3,397 1,587 60 13,165 842 14,269 7,882 Sulphur 284,889 „ Hams Warehoused „ Pork Warehoused Tallow Tapioca, bulk Warehoused 3,833 10 548 3 45,794 Pumps Quicksilver ... Railway Materials Resin Saddlery and Harness... Warehoused Sago —Bulk ... Warehoused Tea Warehoused 131,928 6,4f!6 252 Telegraph Materials ... j Tents and Tarpaulins ... Timber —Laths Salt Saltpetre Seeds—Grass „ Other kinds „ Logs and Piles ... „ Posts and Rails... 664 1,798 774

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No. II.—EXPORTS. RETURN showing the Quantity and Value of Articles Exported from New Zealand during the Tear 1872.

Articles. Quantity. lue. •lid cs. 'uanl ;ity. Inc. imber —Palings „ Sawn „ Shingles „ TJndescribed... in—Block ... 1,120,123 No. ... 3,937,759 feet ... 5,424,360 No. 1,650 No. Ill tons 14 cwts. 2 qrs. 124 cwts., 24,637 packages 554 packages 28,620* lbs 7 hhds., 5 trcs., 298 hf.-trcs., 284 qr.tres., 1,728 boxes, 347tliree-qr.-bxs, 1,521 half-boxes, 1,827 cases, 30 bales, 32 kegs, and 72 packages 4,931* lbs. 402 cases, 103 pkgs. 20 bales 333 lbs.... 9 cases, 2 pkgs. ... 48 packages 602 packages 6 cases ... £ 8,884 37,095 5,022 55 Twine Warehoused Turpentine and Varnish Warehoused Vegetables ... 996 cwts. 1 qr. ... 2 bales, 12 cases ... 14,243* gallons ... 20 casks 797 tons 10 cwts., 59,575 pkgs. ... 44,883* gallons ... 50 hhds., 547 qr.casks, 159 cases 790 packages 41 cases, 1 pkg. ... 4,222 cwts. 3 qrs.... 14 casks 15,937* gallons ... 166 hhds., 7 butts, 10 pipes, 4,493 qr.-casks., 1 brl., 334 octs., 12,741 cases, 25 baskets 9,158 packages 3 bales, 2,097 pkgs. 177 bales, 110 cases 237 packages ... 12,583 lbs. 81 tons 15 cwts. ... £ 6,123 240 6,158 40 12,348 36,533 5,698 „ Sheet ... 49,829 2,695 3,138 Vinegar Warehoused „ Ware ... tobacco Warehoused Watches and Clocks ... Warehoused Whiting and Chalk ... Warehoused Wine Warehoused 1,344 7,709 105 1,275 5 11,410 „ Cigars Warehoused ,, Sheepwash ... Snuff Warehoused tools and Utensils ?oys Warehoused 54,348 2,441 17,110 60 133 242 580 10,676 71 Woodware ... Woollens Warehoused 68,328 9,386 98,706 Wool Zinc 24,577 512 3,047 Total £5,142,951

.id les. luanl ;ity. lue. ad les. Juanl ;ity. uc. £ £ .gricultural Implements .lkali .pparel and Slops .rms and Ammunition — Fire Arms Pistols Powder, Blasting ... tags and Sacks leer —Bottled „ Draught larley—Pearl (iscuits —Plain „ Fancy looks —Printed loots and Shoes 1 pkg. 22 cwts. 2 qrs. ... 15 cases, 106 pkgs. 3 No. 58 No. 10,000 lbs. 63 bales, 303 pkgs. 3,925 gallons 13,403 gallons ... 18 tons 23 tons 9 cwts. ... 336 pkgs. 1 case, 26 pkgs. ... 1 case, 137 pkgs. ... 208 tons 17 cwts. 471 tons 10 cwts. 3 pkgs. 6,000 No. 1,673 cwts. 3 qrs. 150 lbs. 30 pkgs. 2 pkgs. 656 No. 16 pkgs., 390 brls. 1,362 cwts. 2qrs.... 2 pkgs. 1,060 tons 21 tons 992 lbs. 224 lbs. 4 pkgs. 153 tons 15 cwts... 6 cwts. 145 cwts. 1 qr. ... 1,519 cwts. 3 qrs 240 pkgs. 134,993 lbs. 785 cwts. 5 qrs. ... 29 pkgs. 5 pkgs. 493 No. 5 bales, 3 cases, 187 pkgs. 36 pkgs. 20 13 3,349 20 30 375 644 837 1,707 360 675 30 160 674 407 1,693 53 18 4,622 6 203 93 139 558 4,379 1 970 50 45 12 26 1,716 45 567 3,508 8,912 10,871 4,320 443 106 527 Earthenware Fancy Goods Fish —Dried „ Preserved Flour Fruit—Bottled „ Dried „ Green Fungus Furniture Glass—Ware „ WindowGlue Gold Dust ... Grindery Grain—Barley „ Beans and Peas „ Maize „ Malt „ Oats „ Rice Wheat Guano Gum —Kauri Haberdashery Hair Hardware and Iron8 pkgs. 14 pkgs. 225 cwts. 2 qrs. ... 148 pkgs. 517 tons 12 cwts. 7 pkgs. 54 cwts., 25 i-brls., 1 case 4 cases, 5 cwts. ... 57 tons 13 cwts. 147 pkgs. 15 pkgs. 8 pkgs. 31 cwts. 2 qrs., 1 keg 445,370 oz. 3 casks, 11 pkgs. ... 11,537 bushels ... 350 bushels 130 bushels 3,595 bushels 565,901 bushels ... 4,762 cwts. 477,455 bushels ... 80 tons 4,811 tons 10 cwts. 7 pkgs. 9 cwts., 2 pkgs. ... 75 187 579 162 7,780 14 107 8 1,927 1,151 58 46 96 1,730,992 506 2,464 79 24 1,193 64,015 3,253 111,219 320 154,167 147 48 lones Iran and Sharps Srassware Iricks lutter !andles Janvas Jarriage Materials Jasks —Empty 'ement !heese !hina Ware !oals Joke !offee Jocoa and Chocolate ... !onfectionery !opera (Dried Cocoanut) Jopper—Nails Rod, Bolt, &c. lordage Jotton Manufactures ... Jotton Jotton Seed,,, Juriosities ... Jutlery )oors and Sashes mongery ... Hats and Caps Hay Hides Horns and Hoofs Hops Hosiery Houses Iron—Bar and Rod ... „ Galvanized „ Sand ... „ Undescribed Instruments—Musical „ Scientific Jewellery Lamps and Lanterns ... Lard 6 cases, 193 pkgs. 2 cases, 18 pkgs. ... 1 ton 35,122 No. 7 tons 10 cwts. ... 48 pockets 9 pkgs. 1 No. 71 tons 3 cwts. ... 4 tons 12 cwts. ... 31 tons 10 cwts. ... 127 tons 3 cwts. ... 3 pkgs. 2 pkgs. 1 pkg3 pkgs. 250 cwts. 1,244 450 8 31,763 77 435 157 15 726 100 159 1,063 110 8 60 25 574 )rapery 9,528 331 )rugs

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No. III.—SHIPPING. RETURN showing the Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels which have been Entered Inwards during the Year 1872.

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Articles. Quantity. Value. Articles. Quantity. Value. Lead Leather 8 tons 14 cwts. ... 3,015 cwts. 3 qrs., lpkg. 7 pkgs. 2,463 gallons 1 No. 10 No. 32 No. 355 No. 19 pkgs. 1 pkg. 14 pkgs. 3 pkgs. 199 tons 10 cwts. £ 166 Seeds —Other Kinds ... Shells Ship Chandlery Silver Skins —Seal ... „ Sheep Soap Specie—Gold „ Silver Specimens of Natural History ... Spirits—Brandy „ Cordials ,, Geneva „ Gin, sweetened „ Perfumed ,, Rum „ Whiskey „ Other kinds ... Stationery Starch and Blue Steel Stone 191 pkgs. 65 cases, 426 pkgs. 78 pkgs., 88 cwts. 37,064 oz. 2,012 No. 137,178 No. 494 cwts., 1 box ... Value only £ 419 2,292 406 9,910 1,864 18,245 543 1,500 25 „ Ware Lime Juice ... Live Stock —Cattle ,, Horses ... Pigs „ Sheep Machinery-not described Maps and Charts Matches and Vestas ... Mats and Rugs Meal—Oatmoal Meats —Potted and Preserved 18,224 30 310 12 380 43 1,678 188 10 137 112 2,902 Miscellaneous Molasses and Treacle ... Nails and Screws Oil—Colza ... ,, Cocoanut „ Fish ... „ Linseed „ Sperm „ Whale, Black ... „ Other Kinds Oilman's Stores Onions Paints and Colours Paintings and Engravings Perfumery ... Phormium, N.Z. Photographic Goods ... Pipes—Tobacco Plants Plate Potatoes Printing Materials Provisions —Salted Bacon and Hams — Beef Pork Provisions—Preserved Quicksilver ... Rags Railway Materials Saddlery Salt Seeds —Grass 63,895 cwts. 1 qr., 9 pkgs. Value only 8 cwts. 2 qrs. 296 cwts. 25 gallons 2,914 gallons 21,495 gallons ... 226 gallons 7,469 gallons 14,332 gallons ... 898 gallons 170 pkgs. 88 cwts. 67 cwts., 7 pkgs. ... 9 pkgs. 44 pkgs. 3,986 tons 18 cwts. 1 pkg. 8 pkgs. 9 cases, 61 pkgs. ... 1 case 108 tons 5 cwts. ... 8 bales, 6 pkgs. ... 706 cwts. 3 qrs. ... 161,890 8,675 8 478 8 375 4,050 57 1,819 3,022 184 501 93 129 234 291 99,405 20 10 364 20 827 196 1,848 24 pkgs. 3,514j gallons 37 gallons 4,107i gallons ... 483* gallons 75i gallons ._ 2,954 gallons 1,924 gallons 2i casks, 6 cases .... 161 pkgs., 1 box ... 2 pkgs. 16 cwt. 2 tons 10 cwts., 45 blocks 802 cwts. 38,604 cwts. 2 qrs. 18,143 lbs. 4,568,435 feet ... 716 1,915 36 1,103 111 189 694 451 22 1,109 14 20 Sugar Tallow Tea Timber —Sawn „ Laths and Shingles ... 56 1,003 68,788 1,355 19,431 „ Logs „ Palings „ Spars „ Other Kinds Tin Tobacco „ Sheepwash ... „ Cigars Snuff Tow Vegetables ... Vinegar Whalebone ... Wine Wood ware ... Wool Woollens Zinc 260,800 No. 1,919 No. 700 No. 153 No. 283 tons, 634 pkgs. 140 pkgs. 66,411 lbs. 8,992 lbs. 4,578 lbs. 46 lbs. 145 tons 9 cwts. ... 198 cwts., 176 pkgs. 200 gallons 6,712 lbs. 2,964J gallons ... 4 cases 41,886,997 lbs. ... 4 cases, 18 pkgs. ... 76 cwts. 211 6,123 6 947 655 400 4,009 133 1,007 3 1,062 182 20 760 1,053 17 2,537,919 862 86 3,959 cwts. 3qrs.... 140 cwts. 2 qrs. ... 319 pkgs. 15 bottles 63 cwts. 1 qr., 7 bales Value only 1 case, 5 pkgs, 37 cwts. 5,737 bushels 8,474 278 551 300 63 1,871 143 11 1,937 Total £5,190,665

With Cargoes. In Ballast. Totals. Porte. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Luckland Jhames tusscll longonui lokianga few Plymouth... Vanganui Vellington fapier lelson Vestport Ireymouth lokitika )karito jy ttclton 'imaru 192 6 29 6 2 4 2 68 12 72 14 50 44 1 95 14 12 109 35 84,050 915 9,027 1,810 327 260 468 28,211 2,739 32,718 1,266 11,816 14,183 93 36,057 2,996 1,989 52,500 17,439 3,237 41 799 183 12 20 21 814 118 2,361 75 881 1,094 5 1,155 114 91 1,554 1,237 3 3 1 1 236 286 216 700 18 16 9 17 195 6 32 6 3 4 2 68 13 72 14 50 44 1 95 14 12 109 35 84,286 915 9,313 1,810 543 260 468 28,211 3,439 32,718 1,266 11,816 14,183 93 36,057 2,996 1,989 52,500 17,439 3,25( 4: 81is; 2: 21 2: 81' 13! 2,36: 71 88: 1,091,15! 11' 9: 1,55' 1,23^ )amaru )unedin Huff Totals 767 298,864 13,812 1,438 M 775 300,302 13,861 —H. 6.

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No. IV.—SHIPPING. RETURN showing the Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels which have been Cleared Outwards during the Year 1872.

No. V.—SHIPPING. BRITISH and Foreign Vessels Entered and Cleared. —Return of the Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels Entered and Cleared at New Zealand Ports during the Year 1872.

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With Cargoes. u Ballast. Totals. Ports. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. mckland 'names tussell 150 5 26 5 11 2 3 1 14 5 2 37 7 39 43 1 46 9 3 41 36 1 68,045 809 8,754 1,430 2,278 272 168 328 6,895 2,454 1,025 18,505 606 13,132 16,309 93 19,465 1,672 436 25,010 16,769 86 2,702 34 733 154 84 14 14 14 204 77 30 1,306 38 957 1,183 4 609 69 22 687 1,211 6 66 17,264 596 216 5 26 5 11 2 4 2 61 13 2 46 14 52 45 1 95 12 9 85 36 1 84,309 809 8,754 1,430 2,278 272 259 468 25,268 4,600 1,025 20,398 1,285 16,999 16,615 93 37,099 2,233 1,535 41,782 16,769 86 3,29! ft 73! 15' 8' 1. 21 2! 69! 14! 3( 1,37' r. 1,24! 1,20( longonui lokianga [aipara few Plymouth... Vanganui Wellington lapier Vairau felson Vestport J-reymouth lokitiku )karito iyttelton 'imaru 1 1 17 S 9 7 13 2 91 140 18,373 2,146 1,893 679 2,867 306 6 9 489 71 68 39 292 17 49 3 G 44 17,634 561 1,099 16,772 535 23 49 456 1,149: 7: 1,14; 1,21: )amaru )unedin iluff Harbour ... tiverton Totals 487 204,541 10,152 256 79,825 743 2,650 284,366 12,80!

Entered. With Cargoes. '.n Ballast. Totals. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. tritiaH 692 246,958 11,573 e 695 M 698 247,653 11,607 'oreign 75 51,906 2,239 2 743 20 77 52,649 2,259 Total 767 298,864 13,812 1,438 51 775 300,302 13,866 !learbd. With Carg< ICS. n Ballast, Totals. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Jritish 429 161,429 8,244 244 74,153 2,482 673 235,582 70 49,784 10,726 'oreign 58 43,112 1,908 12 6,672 168 2,076 Total 487 204,541 10,152 256 80,825 2,650 743 1285,366 12,802

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No. VI.—REVENUE. ABSTRACT of all Duties and Revenue collected by the Customs Department during the year 1872.

By Authority: Gbobgb Didsbdey, GoTernment Printer, Wellington.—lB73 J [Price 6d.]

Head of Receipt. Rate of Duty. Quantity. Amount Collected. Spirits... „ (New Zealand) 3igars and Snuff Cobacco ,, Sheepwash ... Ue, Beer, &c, in wood ... „ in bottle ... Pea Coffee, Cocoa, &c. „ Ground ... lugar and Molasses firearms ?owder—Sporting Ihot ... Joo<Is by measurement ... „ weight )pium... id valorem Kher duties not specified above 1 12s. per gallon 6s. „ 5s. per lb. 2s. 6d. „ 3d. „ 4s. per gallon... Is. Is. 3d. „ 6d. perlb. 3d. „ 5d. „ Id. , 5s. each 6d. perlb. ... 10s. per cwt. ... 5s., 3s., 2s. 6d., 2s., Is. 6d., Is., 6d., 3d., per cubic foot 4s., 3s. 6d., 3s., 2s., Is., per cwt., 3d., Id., id., per lb. 20s. per lb. 10 and 5 per cent. 464,140 gallons 5,172 gallons 47,456 lbs. 726,336 lbs. 30,080 lbs. 166,150 gallons 43,860 gallons 205,648 gallons 2,116,280 lbs. 487,600 lbs. 2,592 lbs. 21,420,240 lbs. 412 No. ... 17,480 lbs. 1,096 cwt. | ... ) 2,071 lbs. * £278,532 15,517 11,864 90,792 376 33,230 2,193 12,853 62,907 6,095 54 89,251 103 437 548 130,813 48,224 Rents, Seizures, &c. Bonded Warehouse Duty ... II. S. Act Arms Act Lighthouse Dues Oyster Act Gold Duty Pilotage, &c. Distillation Other Receipts ... 2,071 3,556 33,863 £813,279 493 4,108 661 1,725 6,505 9 53,656 10,872 654 822 Total Duties and Revenue £892,784 This includes 120 gallons at 6s. per gallon, removed to Excise Warehouse for mixing with New Zealand distilled spirits. Customs Department, William Seed, Wellington, 19th June, 1873. Secretary and Inspector of Customs.