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APPENDIX. Comparative Statement of the Number and Value of Rabbit-skins exported from the Colony during the Years ended the 31st March, 1884 to 1890.

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Number. Value. District. 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1887. 1889. 1890. 1884. I 1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. £ * & £ 1890. Auckland 1,408 3,336 & £ 229,000 5,309 2,182 .. 12 83 40 Wellington 700,894 889,436 1,240,223 544,712 337,988 313,441 5S3,198 7,901 9,220 12,550 4,325 3,428 2,671 972 5,228 4,299 Blenheim 08,736 87,710 400,479 700,471 848 7,474 Lyttolton 1,745,954 1,525,730 2,308,650 3,089,082 702,550 198,870 37,848 16,491 152,550 7,929,493 07,055 870,820 9,230 15,728 22,252 j 24,544 6,147 1,253 331 Oamaru.. 24,534 121,135 17,170 52,700 57,240 250 1,009 I 103 : 440 i 480 1,339 Dinieclin 0,514,884 7,014,993 4,787,600 4,370,228 9,986,752 10,801,641 79,242 42,217 35,375 85,842 81,795 j 66,256 BluR 924, G09 345,636 205,704 272,000 890,091 750,448 3,340 1,037 I 1,83? 11,388 0,141 81,847 66,246 108,229 97,032 7,410 Other ports 8,900,092 12,125,871 7,710 9,528 57 Totals .. 9,892,341 9,809,0G5 8,892,372 12,593,177 10,295,217 100,077 108,640 87,218 _J