A GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE IMPORT, EXPORT, AND SHIPPING RETURNS, AND AN ABSTRACT OF THE CUSTOMS REVENUE.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1874 Session I, H-10

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1874 NEW ZEALAND.

A GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE IMPORT, EXPORT, AND SHIPPING RETURNS, AND AN ABSTRACT OF THE CUSTOMS REVENUE.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly ly command of His Excellency.

CONTENTS. No. I.—Return showing the Quantity and Value of Articles Imported during the Tear 1873. I No. ll.—Return showing the Quantity and Value of Articles Exported during the Year 1873. No. lll.—Return showing the Value of the Imports and Exports from and to each Country during the Year 1873. No. IV. —Return showing the Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels which have been Entered Inwards during the Year 1873. No. V. —Return showing the Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels which have been Cleared OutwaedS during the Year 1873. 8 No. Vl.—Return of the Number, Tonnage, and Crews of British and Foreign Vessels Entered and Cleared at New Zealand Ports during the Year 1873. No. Vll. —Return showing the Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels Entered and Cleared Coastwise at New Zealand Ports during the Year 1873. No. Vlll.— Abstract of all Duties and Revenue collected by the Customs Department during the Year 1873.

No. I.—IMPORTS. RETURN showing the Quantity and Value of Articles Imported into New Zealand during the Year 1873.

Articles. Quantity. Value. Articles. Quantity. Value. Agricultural Implements Alkali, Soda Crystals, &c. Warehoused 2,787 pkgs. 16,398 cwts. 2 qrs. 2 cases, 8 pkgs., 24 cwts. 1 qr. 3,846 pkgs. 46 bales, 745 cases, 207 pkgs. £ 21,694 14,634 "Warehoused 1,041 trunks, 56 cases, 1,106 pkgs. 35 cwt., 88 pkgs. ... 8 casks, 60,599 No. 30 casks, 10 cases, 323 pkgs. 21 casks, 3 cases, 3 pkgs., 49,811 No. Value only 1,048 pkgs. 5 cases, 12 pkgs. ... 232 nests, 628 pkgs., 5,487 No. Value only 128 cwts. 3 qrs. ... 135 kegs 9,351 cwts. 3 qrs.... 724 cases, 20,345 boxes, 272 chests, 425 pkgs. 525 pkgs. £ 37,050 2,369 564 Apparel and Slops Warehoused 56 162,097 Brass and Brassware ... Bricks „ Bath... 42,339 185 Arms and Ammunition — Fire Arms Swords Blasting Powder Caps Cartridges and Cases Fuse Gunpowder Shot Arrowroot, bulk Arsenic Warehoused Bags and Sacks Warehoused „ Fire ... 1,095 No. 335 No.... 565,525 lbs. 4,283,025 No. 14,000 No., 6i lbs. 274 pkgs. 17,624 lbs. 1,208 cwts. 10,394i lbs. 282 cwta. Iptg 30 bales, 7,107 pkgs. 161 bales, 773 pkgs. 2,176 tons 16 cwts. 363 pkgs. 8 pkgs. ... 97,450 gals. 7,372 casks, 10,599 cases ... 28,829 gals. 475 hhds., 12 brls. 610 cwts. 2 qrs., 36 pkgs.... 344 pkgs. 4 cases, 27 pkgs. ... 950 pkgs. 2 cases, 73 pkgs. ... 18 No. ... 834 tons 3,304 pkgs. 10,575 pkgs. 5,301 424 15,177 1,009 59 2,625 2,479 2,157 274 231 3 102,149 13,199 18,372 1,858 95 26,638 Bridge Materials Brushware and Brooms Warehoused Buckets and Tubs 554 10,272 14,384 329 Building Materials Butter Warehoused Candles Warehoused 907 544 448 490 44,529 Canvas Carpet Bags and Portmanteaus ... Warehoused 27,471 17,879 Bark Basket and "Wickerware Warehoused Beer—Bottled Warehoused 132 pkgs. 1 bale, 3 cases, 5 pkgs. 1,168 pkgs. 78 bales, 20 pkgs. 551 No. Value only 13 pkgs., 909 No., 6,184 pieces 2,477 412 36,169 2,775 11,511 7,947 „ Bulk Warehoused Biscuits —Plain 31,726 3,866 3,024 Carpeting Warehoused Carriages and Carts ... Carriage Material Casks—Empty „ Fancy Warehoused Blacking andBlackLead Warehoused Boats Bones and Bone Dust... Books—Printed Boots and Shoes 688 1,384 226 3,469 256 1,015 5,613 67,564 216,474 Cement and Plaster of Paris » Warehoused Chaff Chains ... .., Cheese Chicory 18,414 toll., 8,451 pkgs. 100 barrels 217 tons 5 cwts. ... 127 tons 9 cwts. ... 38 cwts. 1 qr. 28,589 lbs. 1,587 23,235 100 2,137 4,057 178 668 1—H. 10.

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Betttiix showing the Quantity and alue of Articles Imported--continued. Articles. Quantity. Value. Articles. Quantity. Value. £ £ 417 15,356 708 i 36,805 46,551 4,280 94 26,878 Warehoused 9 brls., 68 eases, 30 pkgs. 668 pkgs. 47 pkgs. 236 gals. 108,203J tons ... 126,200 lbs. 351 cases, 153 pkgs. 132,648 lbs. 5trcs.,137caske, 12 cases, 195 bags, 242 pkgs. 1,198 tons 1 cwt.... 1 ton 19 cwts., 3,113 pkgs. 282 cases, 417 pkgs. 380| tons 4 tons 10 cwts. ... 5 tons 16 cwts. ... 24 tons 13 cwts. ... 11 cwts. 3 qrs., 22 pkgs. 4,768 cwts. 2 qrs. 942 pkgs. 1,433 pkgs. 547 bales, 398 cases, 49 pkgs. 388,431 lbs. 8,198 cwts. 47 pkgs. 25 pkgs. 225 pkgs. 2 eases ... 950 No. 14,611 pkgs. 17 bales, 100 cases, 1,274 pkgs. 4,430 pkgs. 25 cases, 1,823 pkgs. 3,313 pkgs. 27 kegs, 340 cases, 202 pkgs. 2,229 pkgs. 127 pkgs. 10 hhds., 45 pkgs. 83 pkgs. 1,956 pkgs. 30 cases, 33 pkgs... 38 pkgs. 2 pkgs 615 10,697 1,304 33 187,833 7,268 2,980 6,524 Glue Grain —Barley „ Beans and Peas „ Maize ,, Malt Warehoused „ Oats „ Rice Warehoused 106 cwts. 70,344i bushels ... 1,123 bushels 168,174 bushels ... 84,152 bushels ... 131 tanks, 459 bags 385J-bushels 24,232 cwts. 1 qr. 77 brls., 12,282 bags, 12 pigs. 59,182 bushels ... 3,304i bushels, 2 pkgs., 4,128 lbs. 1,013 pkgs. 127i tons 4 pkgs. 722 pkgs. 17 bales, 103 eases, 65 pkgs. 304 ewts. 3 qrs., 30 pkgs. China and Parian Ware Warehoused Cider and Perry—Bulk Coala Cocoa and Chocolate ... Warehoused Coffee Warehoused „ Wheat „ Other Kinds ... 10,988 19,914 Coke and Fuel Confectionery 9,330 3,992 575 13,909 1,685 85 48,534 Warehoused Copera (Dried Cocoanul) Copper—Eod, Bolt, &c. Nails „ Sheathing „ Ware 16,055 3,123 4,522 597 848 2,435 Grindery Guano Gutta Percha Haberdashery Warehoused Hair 10,710 434 15,8fiO 6,829 61,497 Hardware and Iron2,191 Cordage Corks Cottons Warehoused mongery ... Hats and Caps Warehoused 46,812 pkgs. 1,928 pkgs. 205 cases, 76 pkgs. 216i tons 583 pkgs. 19 bales, 1,590 pckts. 145 bales, 469 pckts. 423 pkgs. 6 bales, 85 cases, 9 pkgs. 7 pkgs. 1,060 pkgs. 11 cases, 9 pkgs. ... 39 pkgs. 116 pkgs. 8 pkgs. 3,543 tons 13 cwts. 22 cwts. 3,496 tons 18 cwts. 2,306 tons 1 ewt. 328 tons 1 cwt. ... 1,007 tons 19 cwts. 205 tons 8 cwts. ... 548 tons 12 cwts. 99 tons 2 cwts., 188 pkgs. 207 pkgs. 4 cases, 4 pkgs. ... 932 pkgs. 1 case, 3 pkgs. 26 tons 11 cwts. ... 107 tons 14 cwts. 255 tons 8 cwts. ... 7 cwts. 2 qrs., 20 pkgs. 1,440 cwts. 2 qrs. 3 pkgs. 108 pkgs. 3 cases, 9 pkgs. ... 211 pkgs. 10 bales, 25 cases, 10 pkgs. 6 No. ... 16 No. ... 590 No. 2 No. ... 3 No. ... 5 cases, 13 pkgs. ... 1,717 No. 1,676 pkgs. 825 pkgs. 2,930 pkgs. 225,108 ■ 52,777 fl 7,821 4 1,115 4,858 20,502 8,437 23,058 Cotton „ Seed... „ Waste Curiosities ... Cutlery Warehoused Doors and Sashes Drapery Warehoused 39,409 30, 757 2,232 1,072 98 9,973 201 639 679,660 Hay Hollo ware ... Hops Warehoused Hosiery Warehoused Drugs Warehoused Druggists' Wares Warehoused 71,636 34,290 7,979 18,579 Indiarubber Goods Instruments—Musical Warehoused „ Optical ... „ Scientific... ,, Surgical ... Iron—Bar, Rod, &c. ... „ Castings ,, Fencing „ Galvanized ,, Hoop » Kg „ Pipes „ Sheet „ Undeseribed 5,321 329 37,815 751 1,075 2,395 119 57,723 62 85,731 4 75,955 5,642 9,066 3,504 8,630 Earthenware Warehoused Eggs Engine Packing Fancy Goods Warehoused Eire Engine, Hose, &c. Fireworks Fish—Potted and Preserved Warehoused 2,820 37,293 1,612 531 1,080 43,462 2,279 2,117 17 9,084 pkgs. 1,076 cases, 1,521 pkgs. 2,051 ewts. 3 qrs.... 50 brls., 10 i-brls., 50 eases, 31 pkgs. 4,286 tons 14 cwts. 24,072 Jewelry Warehoused Lamps and Lanterns ... Warehoused Lead—Pig ... „ Pipes „ Sheet „ Ware 2,834 26,403 1,205 8,350 93 837 3,146 6,984 „ Salted ... Warehoused 7,793 4,491 Flour Fruits—Bottled and Preserved... Warehoused „ Dried... Warehoused 368 69,575 Leather Warehoused ,, Ware Warehoused Linens Warehoused 107 19,840 89 2,342 168 8,488 M 1,990 60 680 14,430 10 25 61 15,813 22,620 15,458 6,562 „ Currants Warehoused „ Raisins Warehoused „ Green 4,636 pkgs. 84 cases, 716 pkgs. 2,651 cwts. 2 qi-s.... 1 bag, 10 casks, 126 mats, 247 cases, 110 pkgs. 6,369 cwts. 1 qr. ... 1,092 casks, 543 eases, 462 pkgs. 4,614 cwts. 57 bdls., 157 boxes, 235 cases, 277 pkgs.... 721 eases, 50,610 pkgs.... 5,540 pkgs. 67 cases, 285 pkgs. Value only 3,312 pkgs. 232 pkgs. lpkg. ... 9,583 pkgs. 2,014 pkgs. 8 cases, 88 pkgs. ... 10 pkgs. 9,122 1,493 6,921 954 11,321 5,748 11,519 1,700 Live Stock —Asses „ Horned Cattle „ Horses „ Mules Pigs „ Poultry „ Sheep Machinery-Agricultural „ Mm ,, Qrtz-Crushing „ Sawing and Planing ... „ Wool and Hay Pressing „ Other Kinds Maps and Charts Marble Matches and Vestas ... Warehoused Mats and Hugs Furniture Warehoused ' Gas Plant ... Glass—Bottles „ Plate Warehoused „ Window „ Ware Warehoused Gold Leaf ... 24,648 46,205 2,059 27,545 9,134 3,089 17 19,634 18,219 973 263 223 pkgs. 103 pbgs. 3,410 pkgs. 12 pkgs. 152 pkgs. 6,198 pkgs. Ipkg 622 pkgs. 5,023 1,480 41,566 ~f 168 861 41,384 6 4,766

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Rettiest showing the Quantity and Value of Articles Imported; — continued. Articles. Quantity. ! Value. Artioles. Quantity. Value. Warehoused Meal—Ifaizena and Corn Warehoused „ Linseed „ Oaten „ Other Kinds ... Meats—Potted and Preserved Warehoused Millinery Warehoused Miscellaneous Molasses and Treacle ... Warehoused 10 pkgs. 803 cwts., 701 pkgs. 105 cases, 202 pkgs. 102 cwts. 125 cwts. 3 qrs. ... 3 cwts. 2 qrs. & 201 3,674 928 110 97 11 Warehoused Seeds—Grass „ Other Kinds ... Ship Chandlery — „ Anchors ,, Chain Cables „ Other Kinds Silks Warehoused 68 bales, 3 cases, 51 pkgs 38,607i bushels ... 1,120 pkgs. £ 3,461 41,741 8,035 387 pkgs. 25 cases, 30 pkgs. 205 pkgs. 26 eases Value ... 126 tons 13 cwts. 9 hhds., 39 casks, 257 kegs 35,709 cwts. 1284 pkgs. 10 brls., 4 bags,'7O pkgs. 344 pkgs. 10 brls., 4 pkgs. ... 36 bags, 7 pkgs., 34,050^." ... 43 pkgs. 127 cwts., 625 pkgs. 1,650 No. 18,497 gals. 21,408i gals. 100 drums 251,656 gals. 31.9S4 cases 79,062 gals. 41G drums, 131 pkgs 3,750i gals. 11 pkga. 24,975 gals. 52,168^ gals. 270 drums, 80 pkgs. 351 pkgs. 16 pkgs. 43,959 pkgs. 10 kegs, 1,916 cases, 4,163 pkgs. 1,056 lbs. 2,063 lbs. 273 pkgs. 22 cases, 4 pkgs. ... 13,783cwts.,40pkgs 31 casks, 646 kegs, 27 pkgs. 1,757 pkgs. 2 bales, 85 pkgs. ... 886 pkgs. 116 cases, 71 pkgs. 54 pkgs. 250 No. 3,579 pkgs. 50 eases, 237 pkgs. 934J brls. 410 pkgs. 87 pkgs. 289 pkgs. 14 cases, 6 pkgs. ... 775 pkgs. 2,189 pkgs. 136 cwts. 2 qrs., 192 pkgs. 22 cwts. 2 qrs. ... 515 cwts. 2 qrs. ... 68 tierces, 32 cwts. 168 cwts. 136 cwts. 60 brls. 543 No. 232 bottles Value only 2,115 pkgs. 1,377 pkgs. 1 bale, 101 cases, 34 pkgs. 1,613 cwts. 4,882 tons 9 cwts. 582 cwts. 2 qrs. ... 355 pkgs. 900 168 10,274 1,658 56,982 2,774 18 tons 15 cwts. ... 58 tons 2 cwts. ... 1,946 pkgs. 188 pkgs. 13 cases 49 bis., 478,803 No. 80 No. 2,322 cwts. 2 qrs. 320 bxs., 40* bxs., lpkg. Value only Value only Value only 655 1,566 16,695 20,641 1,418 5,849 30 3,397 Slate Slate Slabs ... Soap Warehoused Nails and Screws Nuts Warehoused 536 58,599 2,927 Specie—Copper Gold „ Silver Specimens of Natural History ... Spices Warehoused „ Pepper 289 451 267,050 13,465 „ Almonds Warehoused ,, Cocoa .., 417 1,755 43 31 pkgs. 980 pkgs. 29 cases, 105 pkgs. 759 cwts. 2 qrs., 107 pkgs. 35 bags, 157 pkgs. 3,550i gals. ... 134 hhds., 5,268i casks, 34,969 cses. lOlfgals. 1,021 cases 695i gals, lhhd., 18,891 cases, 2.290J cases ... l.Olligals. 1 hhd., 176i casks, 6,821 cases 1,2404- gals. 129 cases, 14 pkgs. 480-1 gals. 156 hhds., l,431i casks, 2 brls., 234 cases 571fgals. 23 hhds., 2,229i csks, 256 octaves, 7,797 cases 32 gals. 13i casks, 1 brl., 10 pkgs. 191| gals. 1,516 cases 75 gals. 834 cwts. 2 qrs., 5,150 pkgs. 232 cases, 60 boxes, 438 pkgs. 2 cases, 5,512 pkgs. 49 bales, 17 cases, 67 pkgs. 55 tons, 10 cwts.... 159 tons, 10 cwts. 9 pkgs. 1,878 No. 697 pigs. 2,031 tons, 5 cwts., 1,135 csks, 7,425 kgs, 6,162 gunns., 8,124 pockets, 167,936 mats, 64,792 bags, 17,829 packages... 184 tons, 3 cwts 35,530 lbs. 479,7074 lbs. 2,265 chsts, 36,616i chts,l,039ichts., 68 cases, 47,500 bxs., 479 pkgs. ... Value only 48 pkgs. 4,581,265 feet ... 10,000 No. 2,287 No. 1,441,485 No. ... 69,329 No. 448 4,168 1,410 „ Other Kinds Oakum Oars Oil —Cocoanut „ Colza ... Warehoused „ Kerosine Warehoused „ Linseed Warehoused „ Olive ... Warehoused „ Sperm ... „ Other Kinds Warehoused Oilcloth Warehoused Oilman's Stores Warehoused 230 80 1,069 530 2,364 5,365 116 28,998 26,652 17,457 595 1,459 21 3,613 11,421 736 5,308 95 89,944 Warehoused Spirits—Brandy Warehoused „ Cordials Warehoused „ G-eneva Warehoused 4,504 1,186 2,494 104,941 123 1,526 296 „ Gin, Sweetened Warehoused 19,188 528 „ Perfumed Warehoused „ Rum Warehoused 5,801 3,826 1,241 205 16,130 2,810 1,358 3,712 457 26,097 „ Whisky Warehoused 11,283 301 Opium Warehoused Paintings and Engraving Warehoused Paints and Colours Warehoused „ of Wine Warehoused 27,979 15 Paper Hangings Warehoused Perfumery ... Warehoused Photographic Goods ... Pipes —Drain ,, Tobacco Warehoused Pitch, Tar, &e. Plants Plate Plated Ware Warehoused Printing Materials „ Paper Provisions —Preserved 965 20,940 858 8,684 1,359 471 54 8,207 285 1,509 2,600 2,817 8,394 488 10,289 31,871 „ Other Kinds ... Warehoused Spirits of Tar Starch and Blue 109 144 1,694 18 7,591 Warehoused 752 83,696 1,663 Stationery ... Warehoused Steel Stone—Building 3,067 „ Grindstones ... „ Ware Sugar Warehoused 629 690 1,504 80,990 „ Salted, Bacon „ Beef... Warehoused ,, Hams Pork Warehoused Pumps Quicksilver ... Kail way Materials Resin Saddlery and Harness... Warehoused 530 116 908 393 1,193 275 235 1,170 3,841 264,858 3,400 49,430 Sulphur Tapioca, bulk Tea 291,892 3,268 648 42,636 Warehoused 5,105 2,369 20,155 1,185 9,443 Telegraph Materials ... Tents and Tarpaulins ... Timber—Sawn „ Laths „ Logs and Piles „ Palings „ Posts and Bails 178,010 5,222 1,451 44,266 15 6,249 10,836 1,152 Sago Salt Saltpetre Scrim, Cloth

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No. II.—EXPORTS. RETURN showing the Quantity and Value of Articles Exported from New Zealand during the Year 1873.

iETUEN S, lOWlllg itiantity am .ue of Artia lea Importer L— continued. Articles. Quantity. Value. Articles. Quantity. Value. Timber—Sbingles u Other Kinds 8,465,900 Ho. ... 12,920 spokes, 1,885 felloes, 66 naves, 124 pieces 39 tons 19 ewts. ... 40 tons, 6,589 pkgs. 345pkgs. ipk B .... •:: 28,883} lbs. 2 hkds., 4 trcs., 394 i-trs., 840 i-trcs., 2,095 cases, 1,970 bxs., 721 f-bxs., 142 J-bxs., 15 kegs, 103 pkgs.... 4,989^ lbs. 356 cases, 4 J-eases, 237 pkgs. 2,893 lbs. 149 lbs..., 7 cases, 3 pkgs. ... 82 pkgs. 1,355 pkgs.' 13 cases, 23 pkgs.... 26,949 i gals. 473 eases, 450 drums 1,254 cwts. 3 qrs., 36 pkgs. £ 7,272 Warehoused Vegetables ... 1 case, 4 pkgs. 488 tons 5 cwts., 11,114 pkgs. ... 63,372 gals. 25hhds.,326i-casks, 20 i-brls. 170 i-brls., 332 cases, 130 pkgs. Value only 1,245 pkgs. 13 cases, 17pkgs.... 7,726 cwts. 3 qrs. 20 pkgs. 19,624igals. 212 hhds., 27 butts, 27 pipes, 169 octs., 4,690 i-casks, 27 brls., 18,644 cases 28,972 pkgs. Iptg 135,719 lbs. 1 case, 2,166 pkgs. 307 bales, 251 cases, 127 pkgs. 52 pkgs., 119 tons 11 cwts. £ 99 Tin—Block ... „ Sheet ... „ Ware ... Warehoused 560 5,474 20,401 6,484 2 2,962 Vinegar Warehoused 9,064 7,552 Tobacco Warehoused Waterworks Material... Watches and Clocks ... Warehoused Whiting and Chalk ... Warehoused 1,723 8,535 11,171 232 1,746 17 13,085 Tobacco—Cigars Warehoused 73,044 2,469 Wine Warehoused „ Sheepwash „ Snuff ... Warehoused Tools and Utensils Toys Warehoused Turpentiue and Varnish Warehoused 19,276 88 215 151 1,205 13,377 919 10,060 1,266 Wood ware ... Warehoused Wool Woollens Warehoused 83,712 12,381 7 6,950 110,740 Zinc 35,488 5,308 Twine ... ... 8,079 Total £6,464,687

Articles. Quantity. Value. Articles. Quantity. Value. Agricultural Implements Ale and Beer—Bottled Bulk ... Apparel and Slops Arms and Ammunition — Firearms ... Caps Cartridges Gunpowder Shot Bags and Sacks Bark Biscuits —Plain „ Fancy Boats Bones Books—Printed Boots and Shoes Bran and Sharps Building Materials Butter Candles ,.. Canvas Cement and Plaster of Paris Cheese Coal Coffee Copper—Nails „ Sheathing „ Scrap Copera (Dried Cocoanut) Cordage Cotton Manufactures ... Cotton Cotton Seed... Curiosities ... Doors and Sashes Drapery Drugs ... 8 pkgs. 3,875 galls. 10,871 gals. 189 pkgs. £ 64 912 1,178 5,178 Fancy Goods Fungus Fish—Dried ,, Preserved Flour Fruit—Dried Furniture Glass—Bottles „ Window G-lassware ... Glue Gold Grain—Barley „ Malt „ Oata „ Rico... „ Wheat Gum—Kauri Guano Hardware and Iron42 pkgs. 1,905 ewts. 105J ewts. 107pkgs. 942| tons 53i ewts. 82pkga. 91 pigs. 11 pkgs. 32 pkgs. 241 ewts. 505,337 oz. 247 bushels 1,470 bushels 49,487 bushels ... 532i ewts. 538,227 bushels' ... 2,834 tons 1,150 tons £ 729 1,195 160 462 12,070 145 561 52 37 163 339 1,987,425 112 754 7,347 704 128,619 85,816 4,600 172 No. 84,000 No. 82,000 No. 22 lbs. ... li cwt.... 283 pkgs. 24 tons ... 969 ewts. 421 pkgs. 3 No. ... 105i tons 60 pkgs. 62 pkgs. 48 tons ... 274 36 193 5 3 1,337 249 1,214 288 60 1,008 503 1,194 263 103 2,342 77 150 723 cwtB. 16 cwt.... 24 pkgs. mongery ... Hats and Caps Hay Hair Hides Hops Horns Hosiery Instruments—Musical Iron —Undescribed Jewellery Lead —Pig ... „ Sheet Leather Live Stock —Cattle „ Horses ... ii Pigs „ Sheep Machinery-Other Kinds Matches and Vestas ... 347 pkgs. 27 pkgs. 22£tons 8£ ewts 37,801 No. 44 pockets 8£ tons 14 pkgs. 11 pkgs. 145 tons 5 pkgs. 26 tons 135 ewts. 4,685 ewts. 258 No. 15 No 11 No. ... 1,241 No. 49 pkgs. 23 pkgs. 2,646 770 102 78 34,544 439 96 553 307 1,088 95 525 154 26,927 2,003 340 30 1,350 1,161 181 194 pkgs. 1,993 ewts. 736 tons 1,083 lbs. 20 ewts. 236 ewts. 90 ewts. 376 tons 1,965 ewts. 301 pkgs. 383,423 lbs. 376 tons 30 pkgs. 487 No. 157 pkgs. 119 pkgs. 210 6,625 680 58 125 1,095 270 3,713 4,152 11,561 29,902 2,162 239 532 6,585 403

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No. III.—IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. RETURN showing the Value of the Imports and Exports of the Colony of New Zealand from and to each under-mentioned Country, Colony, or Port, during the Year 1873.

Iettten o: luam ;y ani ie o. ;ic !es Ixpori I — continuet Articles. Quantity. Value. Articles. Quantity. Value. Meal —Oaten Meats —Preserved Millinery Miscellaneous Nails Oilman's Stores Oil —Cocoanut „ Kerosene „ Linseed „ Sperm ... „ Whale... Onions Paints and Colours Paper —Waste Plants Phormium, N.Z. Potatoes Printing Materials Provisions —Bacon and Hams ... „ Beef, Salted „ „ Fresh „ Pork, Salted Pearl Barley Rags Railway Material Saddlery and Harness Sauces Seeds —Grass Shells Silks Ship Chandlery Silver Skins —Seal... „ Sheep „ Rabbit 2,077 cwts. 59,439 cwts. 10 pkgs. £ 2,006 154,049 206 7,706 266 1,389 720 742 108 2,057 3,934 143 216 160 517 143,799 2,350 195 Soap Specimens of Natural History ... Specie—Gold „ Silver Spirits—Brandy „ Cordials ,, Geneva „ Gin, sweetened ,, Perfumed „ Rum „ Whiskey Stationery ... Stone —Building Sugar Tallow Tea Tin—Ore ... „ Sheet ... Turpentine and Varnish Timber —Sawn „ Logs „ Laths and Shingles ... „ Spars „ Other Kinds, Firewood... 730 cwts. £ 886 146 cwts. 612 pkgs. 4,935 gals. 7,328 gals. 418 gals. 6,958 gals. 26,325 gals. 12 tons 90 cwts. 12 tons 75 pkgs. 6,454i tons 545J tons 13 pkgs. 64 pkgs. 2,550 gals. 87 gals. 3,252 gals. 1,212 gals. 60 gals. 2,074 gals. 3,317 gals. 59 pkgs. 33J-tons 36 tons 15 cwt. ... 39,843 cwts. 5,746 lbs. 40 tons 657 cwts. 2,937 gals. 6,225,463 feet ... 4,629 feet 1,081 11,400 510 1,695 69 827 220 147 435 877 984 121 1,424 67,118 546 1,300 1,825 371 27,764 15,248 3,164 cwts. 1,292 cwts. 115 cwts. 360 cwts. 60 cwts. 193 cwts. 15 pkgs. 144 pkgs. 6,273 bushels 406 pkgs. 2 pkgs. 82 pkgs. 36,187 oz. 1,602 No. 105,476 No. 36,716 No. 10,568 2,328 205 626 86 140 650 264 316 2,289 1,231 305 1,233 9,850 1,847 14,387 1,263 Tobacco ,, Cigars Whalebone ... Wine Wool Woollens Zinc 546,300 No. 136 No. 401 tons 77,054 lbs. 2,434 lbs. 5,784 lbs. 4,421 gals. 41,587,049 lbs. ... 30 pkgs. 184 cwts. 342 873 163 6,791 688 212 2,352 2,705,351 823 155 Total £5,610,371

Country, Colony, or Port. Imports therefrom. Exports thereto. Country, Colony, or Port. Imports therefrom. Exports thereto. Fnited Kingdom iritish Possessions — New South Wales Norfolk Island Queensland South Australia ... Tasmania Victoria... Western Australia Africa —Cape Town China —Hong Kong Mauritius £ 3,781,130 £ 3,702,416 Brought forward Foreign States — China ... France... New Caledonia ... Norway Sandwich Islands South America ... Montevideo South Sea Islands Southern Whale Fishery ... United States of America ... 6,199,432 £ 5,269,73! 455,020 2,696 52,493 83,504 1,603,232 4,600 2 18,141 198,614 175,714 2,636 2,393 6,094 1,334 *1,349,316 230 61,003 653 510 271 13,269 5,87: 4,21^ 46,136 140 143,273 6,464,687 4,931 51 2: 60,43! 2,761 262,341 29,602 Carried forward 5,269,735 Totals 5,610,37: 6,199,432 * This ini :ludes gold of the value of £1,217,062.

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No. IV.—SHIPPING. RETURN showing the Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels which have been Entered Inwards during the Year 1873.

No. V.—SHIPPING. RETURN showing the Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels which have been Cleared Outwards during the Year 1873.

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With Cargoes. In Ballast, Totals. Ports. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Auckland )nehunga Chames tussell ilongonui lokianga few Plymouth ... Wellington Napier kelson iVestport irey mouth lokitika liyttelton LHmaru 169 6 1 25 4 1 3 78 10 43 7 29 51 113 14 12 132 1 31 1 65,941 2,127 198 7,758 1,079 162 349 39,124 2,174 16,124 782 6,130 15,585 42,940 3,270 2,475 65,183 85 16,309 96 2,672 156 8 713 109 6 27 1,098 73 823 39 426 1,158 1,436 127 95 1,993 5 1,150 4 2 1 1 3 181 41 289 780 8 3 9 29 171 6 1 26 5 4 3 78 10 43 7 29 51 113 14 12 132 1 32 1 66,122 2,127 198 7,799 1,368 942 349 39,124 2,174 16,124 782 6,130 15,585 42,940 3,270 2,475 65,183 85 16,424 96 2,680 156 8 716 118 35 27 1,098 73 823 39 426 1,158 1,436 127 95 1,993 5 1,160 4 )amaru Dunedin Bluff Harbour ... Jiverton 1 115 10 Totals ... 731 287,891 8 1,406 69 739 289,297 12,177 12,118

With Cargoes. In Ballast. Totals. Ports. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Liiekland (nehvmga Barnes tussell 136 7 3 24 8 14 8 50,154 2,380 516 7,841 2,031 2,906 1,602 2,132 163 24 680 161 117 68 46 17,441 516 182 7 3 25 8 14 8 1 2 70 15 2 28 4 30 51 108 7 3 102 32 2 67,595 2,380 516 7,929 2,031 2,906 1,602 173 656 34,673 5,147 1,269 9,851 422 8,095 17,054 46,661 1,725 528 55,183 15,270 181 2,648 163 24 693 161 117 68 7 "19 894 156 35 475 22 538 1,155 1,367 63 24 1,527 1,090 8 1 88 13 longonui lokianga [aipara few Plymouth... Vanganui Wellington f apier Vairau kelson Vestport 1-reyniouth lokitika jyttelton 'imaru 1 11 5 2 10 4 27 51 42 4 328 8,526 2,543 1,269 4,618 422 7,395 17,054 24,000 1,045 10 216 76 35 311 22 486 1,155 682 37 1 1 59 10 173 328 26,147 2,604 7 9 678 80 18 5,233 164 3 700 52 )amaru )unedin iluffHarbour ... tiverton 29 28 2 607 1,048 8 66 3 3 73 4 22,661 680 528 34,332 647 685 26 24 920 42 20,851 14,623 181 Totals 416 170,285 8,038 288 111,562 3,216 ' 704 281,847 11,254

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No. VI.—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 1873.

No. VII.—SHIPPING COASTWISE. RETURN showing the Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels Entered and Cleared Coastwise at the under-mentioned Ports during the Year 1873.

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EUTEBED. With Cargoi !S. In Ballast. Totals. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. tritish 663 255,600 10,635 S 1,406 59 671 257,006 10,694 'oreign 68 32,291 1,483 68 32,291 1,483 Totals 731 287,891 12,118 8 1,406 59 739 289,297 12,177 Cue abed, With Carg( >es. In Ballasl Totals. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. 373 6,758 270 103,833 643 249,481 9,789 iritish 145,648 3,031 'oreigu 43 24,637 1,280 18 7,729 185 61 ; 32,366 1,465 Totals 704 281,847 416 170,285 8,038 288 111,562 3,216 11,254

Enteeed. Cleaeed. Ports. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Auckland )nelmnga L aipara Vangaroa Thames tussell loldanga ?auranga Poverty Bay ... "Jew Plymouth... Waitara (Vanganui Wellington Napier Wairsm ?ioton lavelock iaikoura kelson .,. iVcstport 3-reymoutli loki I ika )karito jyttelton Kmaru )amaru Dunedin !nvercargill 31uff Harbour ... Jiverton 3,642 202 96 181 1,697 527 24 100 156 127 21 321 713 304 139 187 254 37 963 207 295 291 12 1,307 231 278 581 36 297 64 187,052 25,599 7,046 13,140 90,031 6,895 3,127 2,845 14,737 31,618 1,664 21,984 123,613 34,802 8,803 38,886 8,660 2,227 79,008 17,992 32,485 28,522 840 134,686 29,461 28,403 103,150 1,748 31,725 2,956 21,852 2,482 454 950 7,206 3,802 164 381 1,316 2,972 231 2,492 10,045 2,636 863 3,567 614 209 8,922 2,611 3,834 3,105 96 9,276 2,728 3,355 8,552 207 2,941 300 3,616 199 77 169 1,688 528 10 98 152 127 21 323 703 304 136 189 261 37 975 209 297 263 12 1,320 237 272 612 37 281 68 188,213 25,113 5,005 9,740 94,671 6,726 319 2,778 14, 704 31,618 1,664 21,828 125,965 33,534 6,691 38,926 8,853 2,227 81,633 16,809 30,981 29,930 840 133,216 29,664 28,887 109,392 1,776 31,563 2,892 21,696 2,458 345 827 7,871 3,819 38 373 1,323 2,972 231 2,478 10,219 2,626 808 3,566 632 209 9,153 2,609 3,731 3,235 96 9,307 2,775 3,262 9,189 210 2,772 308 Totals 13,290 1,113,705 108,163 13,221 1,116,158 109,138'

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No. VIII.—REVENUE. ABSTRACT of all Duties and Revenue collected by the Customs Department during the Year 1873.

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Heads of Eeceipt. Eate of Duty. Quantity. Amount Collected. Spirita „ (New Zealand) cigars and Snuff Pobacco „ Sheepwash ... Ue, Beer, &c, in bottle ... „ in wood ... Pea ... Coffee, Cocoa, &c. „ Ground ... Sugar and Molasses firearms Powder—Sporting Shot ... 3-oods by measurement ... < „ weight ... I 3pium id valorem Dther duties not specified above 12s. per gallon ... ... 497,088 gallons* 6s. „ ... ... 65,920 gallons 5s. perlb. ... ... ... 56,544 lbs. 2s. 6d. „ ... ... ... 773,592 lbs. 3d. „ ... ... ... 20,800 lbs. 4s. per gallon ... ... ... 181,080 gallons Is. 3d. „ ... ... ... 217,280 gallons Is. „ ... ... ... 59,300 gallons 6d. perlb. ... ... ... 2,366,280 lbs. 3d. „ ... ... ... 547,920 lbs. 5d. „ ... ... ... 576 lbs. Id. „ ... ... ... 22,842,960 lbs. 5s. each ... ... ... 708 No. 6d. perlb. ... ... ... 16,480 lbs. 10s. percwt. ... ... ... 1,050 cwt. 5s., 3s., 2s. 6d., 2s., Is. 6d., Is., 6d., "> 3d., per cubic foot ) 5s., 4s., 3s. 6d., 3s., 2s., Is. per cwt, \ 3d., 2d., ljd. per lb. j 20s. per lb. 5 and 10 per cent. £297,672 19,776 14,136 96,699 260 36,216 13,580 2,965 59,157 6,849 12 95,179 177 412 525 92,592 55,390 2,411 127,409 44,383 Eents, Seizures, &c. Bonded Warehouse Duty ... M. S. Act—Fees ... Arms Act ,, Lighthouse Dues Oyster Act —Fees Gold Duty Pilotage, &c. Distillation Other Eeceipts ... £965,800 92 4,175 839 1,757 7,379 a y 50,240 12,744 648 1,013 i £1,044,696 Total Duties and Ecvenue This includes 1,936 gallons at 6s. per gallon, removed to Excise Warehouse for mixing with New Zealand distilled spirits Customs Department, William Seed, Wellington, 10th June, 1873. Secretary and Inspector of Customs. By Authority ; Geoege DiDSBtiBy, Government Printer, Wellington,—1874. Jrice Gd.]