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1896. NEW ZEALAND.

EXPORTS: RETURN OF THE QUANTITY AND VALUE OF THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF EXPORT FOR THE PAST TWENTY YEARS; ALSO, PRICES AT WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN VALUED. [In Continuation of H.-12, 1895.]

Returns to Orders of the Souse of Representatives dated 17th June and 23rd June, 1896. Ordered (No. 1), " That there be laid before this House a return showing the value, year by year, for the last twenty years, of the seven principal articles of export, being the produce of the colony."—(Mr. Buchanan.) Ordered (No. 2), "That there be laid before this House, in continuation of H.-12, 1895, a return showing the quantity, value, and prices of the seven principal articles of export."—(Mr. Duthie.)