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New Zealand—Table of Statistics— continued.

Expobts (op all Descbiptions). Years. £ 1841 .. .. .. .. .. 17,717 1851 .. .. .. .. .. 84,160 1858 .. .. .. .. .. 458,023 1861 .. .. .. .. .. 1,370,247 1874 .. .. .. .. .. 5,251,269 1881 .. .. .. .. .. 6,060,866 1888 .. .. .. .. .. 7,767,325 1894 .. .. .. .. .. 9,239,277 Imposts (of all Descriptions). Years. £ 1841 .. .. .. .. .. 13,358 1851 .. .. .. .. .. 349,540 1858 .. .. .. .. .. 1,141,273 1861 .. .. .. .. .. 2,493,811 1874 .. .. .. .. .. 8,121,812 1881 .. .. .. .. .. 7,457,045 1888 .. .. .. .. .. 5,941,900 1894 .. .. .. .. '.. 6,788,863 Hemp Expoets. (N.Z. Flax or Phormium tenax.) Years. £ 1864 .. .. .. .. .. 170 1867 .. .. .. .. .. 4,256 1871 .. .. .. .. .. 90,011 1874 .. .. .. 37,690 1881 .. .. .. .. .. 27,699 1888 .. .. .: .. .. 76,282 1893 .. .. .. .. .. 219,375 Railways. Length of Line opened. Years. Miles. 1873 .. .. .. .. .. 145 1878 .. .. .. .. .. 1,078 1881 .. .. .. .. .. 1,333 1888 .. .. .. .. .. 1,910 1894 .. .. .. .. .. 1,948 Cost of Construction. £15,137,036. Wool Exports. Years. Lb - Val ™- -1858 .. .. 3,810,372 .. .. 254,025 1861 .. .. 7,855,920 .. .. 532,728 1867 .. .. 27,152,966 .. .. 1,580,608 1874 .. .. 46,848,735 .. .. 2,834,695 1881 .. .. 59,415,940 .. .. 2,909,760 1886 .. .. 90,853,744 .. .. 3,072,971 1888 .. .. 83,226,033 .. .. 3,115,008 1893 .. .. 109,719,684 .. .. 3,774,738 1894 .. .. .. .. .. 4,834,740 Gold Export. Years. £ 1857 .. .. .. .. .. 40,422 1864 .. .. .. .. .. 1,857,847 1878 .. .. .. .. .. 1,244,190 1888 .. .. .. .. .. 914,309 1893 .. .. .. .. .. 915,921 1894 .. .. .. .. .. 887,865 Total value exported from 1857 (gold first discovered) to 31st March, 1894, £49,566,878.

Kauri-gum Exports. Years. Va - e f--1853 .. .. .. .. .. 15,972 1858 .. .. ~ .. .. 20,037 1864 .. .. .. .. .. 60,590 1871 .. .. .. .. .. 167,958 1878 .. .. .. .. .. 132,975 1881 .. .. .. .. .. 253,788 1880 .. .. .. .. .. 257,653 1.888 .. .. .. .. .. 380,933 1893 ... .. .. .. .. 510,775 Butter and Cheese Export. 1884. £ Total Butter .. .. .. 66,593 Cheese .. .. .. 25,074 £91,667 1888. £ Total. Butter .. .. .. 118,252 Cheese .. .. .. 78,918 £197,170 1894. £ Total. Butter .. .. .. 251,280 Cheese .. .. .. 115,203 £366,483 Coal. -v aavc . Raised. Imported. leals - Tons. Tons. 1878 .. .. .. 162,218 174,148 1881 .. .. .. 337,262 129,582 1887 .. .. .. 558,620 107,230 1893 .. .. .. 691,548 117,444 Total output, up to 31st December, 1893 : — 8,496,849 tons. Frozen-meat Exports. Years. - VVale--1881 .. .. .. .. .. Nil. 1882 .. .. .. .. .. 19,339 1883 .. ' .. .. 118,328 1884 .. .. .. .. .. 345,090 1885 .. .. .. .. .. 373,857 1886 .. .. .. .. .. 427,193 1887 .. .. .. .. .. 455,870 1888 .. .. .. .. .. 628,129 1894 '.. .. .. .. .. 1,194,545 Live-stock. Years. Horses. Cattle. 1843 .. .. .. 528 4,065 1858 .. .. .. 14,912 137,204 1867 .. .. .. 65,715 312,835 1878 .. .. .. 137,768 578,430 1886 .. .. .. 187,382 853,358 1891 .. .'. .. 211,040 831,831 1894 .. .. .. .. 885,305 Sheep. 1843 .. .. .. .. .. 10,255 1858 .. .. .. .. .. 1,523,324 1867 .. .. .. .. .. 8,418,579 1878 .. .. .. .. .. 13,069,338 1886 .. .. .. .. .. 16,564,595 1891 .. .. .. .. .. 18,200,000 1894 .. .. .. .. .. 20,230,829

W. B. Perceval, 13, Victoria Street, London, S.W., 26th April, 1895. Agent-General for New Zealand. Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (1,400 copies), £2 6s. 6d.

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1867. 1878. 1888. 1894. Average Yield per Acre, 1888. Land under — Crop and sown grasses .. Wheat Oats Barley Acres. 676,900 47,786 101,563 13,136 Acres. 3,523,277 264,861 327,345 ! 28,666 Acres. 7,284,752 357,359 336,474 27,912 Acres. 8,698,197 242,737 376,600 28,800 Bushels. 26-37 31-24 27-26