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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.

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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 ,, ,,