MESSAGE No. 14.

Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives, 1854 Session I-II

MESSAGE No. 14.

With reference to a Resolution of the House of Representatives No. 15 of the 21st ultimo, requesting that "a comparative Return shewing the number of Vessels, with their tonnage, entered inwards and outwards, in ballast or otherwise, separating the Coasting from the Foreign, with the value ot their Cargoes, for duty and free of duty, in the Provinces of Auckland, New Plymouth, Nelson, Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago, up to corresponding dates, for the years from 1851 to 1853, inclusively, be laid on the table." Ilis Excellency the Officer administering the Government transmits to the House two Returns, which contain all the information of the kind which the Government are able to afford without a reference to each of the several Provinces, R. H. Wynyard. Government House, Auckland, Bth July, 1854.

RETURN showing the Number of Vesels entered Inwards, with their Tonnage and the value of their Cargoes, in the Provinces of New Ulster and New Munster during the years 18581 and 1852.

(Signed) Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary.

1851. 1852. Great British United Foreign Tnta 1 Great British United Foreign T i Britain. Colonies. States. States. " Britain. Colonies. States. States. Value of Value of Imports | Imports. ' No. Tons. No.! Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. Men. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. Men. New Ulster .. £125,732 8 4,048 66 12,880 52 17,549 15 3,098 141 37,575 2,480 £167,205 9 3,904 33 7,675 59 20,781 4 787 105 33,147 2,303 New Munster.. £226,807 21 11,769 85 16,535 5 1,506 1 471 112^30, 281 1,668 £192,238 15 5,982 57 11,437 2 721 4 1,084 74 19,224 1,( 49

Return showing the Number of Vessels entered Outward, with their Tonnage and the Value of their Cargoes, in the Provinces of New Ulster, and New Munster during the years 1851 and 1852.

(Signed) Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secre'ary.

1851. 1852. Great British United Foreign Great British United Foreign Britain. polonies. States. States. Total. Britain. Colonies. States. States. ' Total. Value of ! Value of Exports. 1 ~ i Exports. j No. Tons. No. Tons.! No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. Men. No. Tons, i No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. No Tons. Men. \ I New Ulster.... £47,706 4 2,302 59 11,589 51 15,740 18 4,737 132 34,366 2,265 £81,230 5 2,602 39 6,643 69 24,244 12 3,890 125 37,379 2,627 New Munster.. £36,452 4 1,900 80 18,747 1 315 19 9,409 104 30,368 1,505 £64,742 4 2,346 79 15,189 O 0 11 4,854 94 22,399 1,038