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Table H (5). RETURN of the VALUE of IMPORTS and EXPORTS for each PROVINCE for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 30th June, 1873.

Table H (6). RETURN of the QUANTITY of FLOUR and GRAIN Imported into and Exported from New Zealand for the Ten Years ended on the 31st DECEMBER, 1872.

Value op Impoets. VALtJE OF Pbovinces. Exports. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Westland Canterbury Otago £ 1,453,522 20,014 683,807 131,324 ]fi,6fi9 476,497 230,158 916,880 2,170,940 £ 723,127 386 495,571 209,244 75,819 351,292 410,092 1,004,882 2,164,667 Totals ... 0,102,811 5,435,080

18G3. 1864. 186! 1866. 186' Imports. Exports. Imports. Exports. Imports. Exports. Imports. Exports. Imports. ExportB. Flour ... tons 14,986 16,188* 19,801 23,264 2i 8,098 971* Grain— Barley ... bushels 35,364, 3,238 14,868 18,904 2,390 28.9G6 392 413 9,258 Maize ... „ 195,225 127,246 133,975 125,680 114,566 Oats ... „ 505,460 459,185 3,580 99,295 19,584 89,043 27,449 65,672 17,639 Wheat ... „ 164,022 248,803 331,116 3,473 26G.186 4,769 235,473 131,915 Not described „ 2,024 186: 1861 187i 187 187: Imports. Exports. Imports. Exports. Imports. Exports. Imports. Exports. Imports. Exports. Flour ... tons 8,871 153* 6,347} 504 4,759 737* 5,7762 926* 3,631* 517* Grain— Barley ... bushels 15,031 1,600 1,058 114,915 50 156,213 249 11,537 51,366 92,557 Maize ... „ 86,701 1,150 107,425 88,583 310 112,624 108 233,204| 130 Oats ... „ 10,227 484,533 1,606 342,677 9,618 340,205 215 594,149 275 565,901 Wheat ... „ 188,477 94,297 183,256 81,758 80,011 387,185 158,871 271,941 72,774* 477,455 Other Kinds „ 331 54 1,846 1,339* Nil.