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1888. NEW ZEALAND.

SAN FRANCISCO AND DIRECT MAIL - STEAMERS (RETURN SHOWING OUTWARD AND INWARD CARGO AND PASSENGERS CARRIED BY).

Laid on the Table by the Hon. Sir 11. A. Atkinson, with the Leave of the House.

Outwaed and Inwaed Caego and Passengers carried by the San Francisco Mail-steamers and by the Direct Mail-steamers, also the Value and Quantity of Coal (the Produce of NewZealand) shipped at the Various Ports in the Colony, during the Year ended the 31st December, 1887. By the steamers of the Union Shipping Company, San Francisco service : — .Inwards. —General cargo, 1,335 tons (no details given); coal, nil. Outwards. —General cargo, 568 tons (no details given) ; coal shipped at Auckland, 1,389 tons, value £1,389. Passengers. —Arrivals, 396 ; departures, 716. By the direct mail-steamers of the New Zealand Shipping Company :— Inward Cargo.— lo,6B7 tons weight, or 16,336 tons measurement, general cargo (no details given). Outward Carg0.— 16,854 tons weight: 30,615 bales of wool and skins, 1,398 bales of rabbitskins, 139 pockets of wool, 2,800 packages of basils, 728 packages of pelts, 4,975 casks of tallow, 4,292 packages of beef, 205,684 carcases of mutton, 7,829 legs of mutton, 19,081 cases of meats, 4,269 packages of butter, 12 casks of lard, 1,777 bales of flax, 66 packages of hides, 745 packages of leather, 27 casks of entrails, 347 packages hearts and kidneys, 830 packages of sundries, 15,859 cases kauri-gum, 60 sacks of malt, 528 sacks of oats, 475 sacks of pease, 5,651 sacks of grass-seed, 22 sacks of apples, 4,848 packages of cheese, 37 packages of honey, 25 bundles of cloth-clippings, 20 sacks of bran, 20 sacks of pollard, 200 sacks of flour, 1,600 bags of flour, 1,937 sacks of wheat, 14 packages of hair, 21 packages of gold, 31 barrels of beef, 551 sacks of potatoes, 215 bags of ores, 29 bags of linseed, 165 cases of pearl-shell, 22 bundles of whalebones, 15 bags of cotton-waste, 12 casks of oils, 40 casks of pitch, 10 live rams, 27 packages of quartz, 6 casks of casings, 14 packages of horns and bones, 16 pigs of silver. New Zealand coal shipped at Auckland, 283 tons, value £283; Wellington, 12,668 tons, value £13,610; Lyttelton, 1,848 tons, value £2,102; Dunedin, nil. Passengers. —Arrivals, 2,548 ; departures, 1,227. By the direct mail-steamers of the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company :— Inwards. —23,101 tons general cargo (no details given). Outwards.— 2l,4oo tons weight: 28,082 bales wool, 235 packages wool, 1,073 bales flax, 1,208 bales leather, 1,150 casks tallow, 1,230 casks pelts, 15,827 cases preserved meats, 3,317 cases cheese, 111 sacks bones, 23,175 sacks grain and seed, 410,601 carcases sheep and lambs frozen, 22,401 legs mutton frozen, 2,706 packages beef frozen, 991 packages meat (sundries) frozen, 5,809 kegs butter, 2,414 boxes antimony, 547 bags ore, 1,792 bags potatoes, 1,372 cases kauri-gum, 827 packages sundries. Coal shipped at Auckland, nil; Lyttelton, 11,333 tons, value £13,148; Wellington, 2,255 tons, value £2,594; Dunedin, nil. Passengers. —Arrivals, 1,911; departures, 737. [Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, nil; printing (1,275 copies), 15s.]

Authority: Geobge Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBBB.