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Table VIII. Comparative Statement of the Number and Value of Rabbit-skins exported from the Colony during the Years ended the 31st March, 1885, to 1893.

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Number. Value. o^isiriei. 1888. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1889. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. Auckland .. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ o 229,000 1,468 3,336 5,309 2,182 12 33 46 - Wellington 889,436 1,240,223 544,712 337,988 313,441 583,198 512,373 939,788 793,721 9,220 12,550 4,325 3,428 2,671 4,299 3,732 7,394 0,359 Wairau and Picton Lyttelton .. 68,736 87,716 400,479 700,471 730,780 794,249 583,728 848 972 5,22S 7,474 7,467 8,520 5,650 1,525,730 2,308,650 3,689,982 762,556 198,876 37,848 86,798 1,114,154 337,075 I ! 15,728 22,252 24,544 0,147 1,253 331 878 11,673 5,462 Oamaru 24,534 121,135 17,170 52,700 57,240 152,550 132,680 54,300 186,775 250 1,009 163 440 480 1,339 1,407 502 1,940 Dunedin .. 7,014,993 4,787,600 4,376,228 9,986,752 10,801,641 7,929,493 9,538,272 9,707,048 12,183,745 79,242 42,217 35,375 85,842 81,795 66,256 83,891 81,521 88,085 Bluff 345,636 205,764 272,600 896,691 750,448 876,820 2,308,130 1,913,482 1,976,030 3,346 1,637 1,839 11,388 6,141 7,416 21,090 18,529 16,001 Other ports 7,716 9,528 3,540 2,500 4,120 31 57 22 21 36 ! Totals .. 14,525,521 16,065,194 j I 108,640 9,869,065 8,892,372 8,900,692 12,125,871 12,593,177 10,295,217 13,312,573 81,847 66,246 108,229 97,632 87,218 118,487 127,920 123,533