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No. V.—SHIPPING. Return showing the Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels, including their repeated Voyages, that Entered and Cleared Coastwise at each Port in New Zealand, during the Year 1878. Entered. Cleared. Portf. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Auckland ... ... ... 3.461 212,223 21,539 3.4S 6 217,765 21,798 Onehunga ... ... ... 181 25,13° 2.214 183 25,414 2,266 Thames ... ... ... 1,885 93.7° 8 9.434 '.885 93.74° 9.439 Russell ... ... ... 623 61,422 5,028 618 59.475 4.835 Mongonui ... ... ... 68 7,997 1,008 67 7,675 982 Hokianga ... ... ... 34 5.399 227 33 5,131 218 Kaipara ... ... ... 9 1 «»3°5 5*3 89 10,981 511 Wangaroa ... ... ... "9° 21,339 J,389 lgB 21,096 1,381 Tauranga ... ... ... 421 55,394 5>278 47 56,254 5,263 Poverty Bay ... ... ... 33' 5 8>229 4.739 327 57,57° 4.698 New Plymouth ... ... ... 136 32,089 2.9 12 '36 32,089 2,912 Waitara ... ... ... 79 5.3°2 571 7 6 s>!3° 553 Wanganui ... ... ... 44' 32,699 4,198 441 32,595 4, 200 Wellington ... ... ... 1.55 8 283,181 23,051 1,561 283,074 22,803 Napier ... ... ... 604 99,947 7.7 11 595 95>S°4 7,682 Wairau ... ... ... "45 8,957 1,698 145 8,957 1,698 Picton ... ... ... 297 61,622 4,808 297 62,038 4,751 Havelock ... ... ... '45 5.52° 415 146 5,517 418 Kaikoura ... ... ... 9° 5>2°2 9°7 9° 5. 202 907 Nelson ... ... ... i,395 124,679 12,575 1,405 129,027 12,716 Westport ... ... ... 294 44,488 4,554 286 44.9°6 4,583 Greymouth ... ... ... 326 48,514 4,839 32° 46,453 4,7" Hokitika ... ... ... 204 25,249 2,526 214 24,019 2,550 Lyttelton ... ... ... 1|728 268,017 17.702 1.693 271,238 17,716 Timaru ... ... ... 239 28,309 2,409 235 27,154 2,370 Oamaru ... ... ... 421 56,641 4,59 42° 55,665 4,216 Dunedin ... ... ... 1,235 215,235 16,533 1,266 232,417 15,935 Invercargill and Bluff Harbour ... 352 65,790 5.14 1 353 63,240 4,984 Riverton ... ... ... 97 5,824 46° 97 5,809 456 Totals for 1878 ... ... 17.Q7 1 1,700,411 168,548 i7,°39 ',985.'35 167,552 Totals for 1877 ... ... 17,260 1,788,303 152,852 17,239 1,771,917 152,734 William Seed, Secretary of Customs.