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No. 1.—RETURN showing the Quantity and Value, Year by Year, for the last Twenty Years, of the Seven Principal Articles of Export, being the Produce of the Colony.

No. 2.—STATEMENT showing the Prices at which the Seven Principal Articles of Export from the Colony have been valued in Returns of Values of Exports during the last Eleven Years.

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Year. Wool. Gold. Grain of all Kinds. Flax. Kauri-gum. Butter and Cheese. Frozen Meat. Tallow. 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 Lb. 59,853,454 64,481,324 59,270,256 62,220,810 66,S60,150 59,415,940 65,322,707 68,149,430 81,139,028 86,507,431 90,853,744 88,824,382 83,225,733 102,227,354 102,817,077 106,187,114 118,180,912 109,719,684 144,295,154 116,015,170 £ 3,395,816 3,658,938 3,292,807 3,126,439 3,169,300 2,909,760 3,118,554 3,014,211 3,267,527 3,205,275 3,072,971 3,321,074 3,115,008 3,976,375 4,150,599 4,129,686 4,313,307 3,774,738 4,827,016 3,662,131 oz. £ 318,367 1,268,599 366,955 1,476,312 1,244,190 284,100 i 1,134,641 303,215 1,220,263 250,683 ! 996,867 230,893 921,664 222,899 892,445 246,393 988,953 222,732 890,056 235,578 939,648 187,941 J 747,878 229,608 J 914,309 197.492 785,490 187,641 751,360 251,161 i 1,007,172 237,393 J 951,963 227,502 915,921 221,614 j 887,865 293.493 J 1,162,181 5,027,100 20,097,777 Bushels. 2,172,098 1,323,910 2,112,208 5,540,435 5,815,960 4,371,632 6,838,280 I 5,455,687 4,577,887 3,511,258 4,079,945 5,084,509 6,027,201 8,204,347 5,757,949 6,552,883 4,826,290 2,389,242 2,304,613 90,416,678 £ Tons. 337,878 897 276,452 1,054 508,767 623 660,557 446 898,997 I 894 986,072 ' 1,383 922,169 I 2,040 1,308,720 ■ 2,013 759,683 : 1,525 510,652 ! 1,063 461,499 1,112 435,601 1,578 666,134 4,042 970,659 17,084 1,009,111 21,158 646,501 15,809 796,344 12,793 574,442 12,537 213,405 196,796 £ 18,285 18,826 10,666 7,874 15,617 27,097 41,955 36,761 23,475 16,316 15,922 25,094 75,269 361,182 381,789 281,514 214,542 219,375 ■ I Tons. 2,888 3,632 3,445 3,229 4,725 5,461 5,533 6,518 6,393 5,876 4,921 6,790 8,482 7,519 7,438 8,389 8,705 8,317 8,338 7,425 £ 109,234 118,348 132,975 147,535 242,817 253,778 260,369 336,606 342,151 299,762 257,653 362,434 380,933 329,590 378,563 437,056 517,678 510,775 404,567 418,766 Cwt. 1,757 10,205 6,125 517 3,435 5,482 14,817 11,388 26,109 40,168 39,604 40,931 66,677 64,513 75,267 79,200 95,423 104,350 116,426 134,707 £ 7,398 40,171 21,479 2,259 10,333 14,608 62,218 48,912 91,667 138,129 151, 194 109,483 197,170 213,945 207,687 236,933 318,204 354,271 366,483 378,510 Cwt. 15,244 87,975 254,069 296,473 346,075 402,107 552,298 656,822 898,894 1,000,307 869,600 903,836 1,025,243 1,134,097 £ Tons. .. _ .. - .. 19,339 118,328 i .. 345,090 J .. 373,857 I .. 427,193 j .. 455,870 ! .. 628,800 i .. 783,374 1,087,617 1,194,724 i .. 1,033,377 ! .. 1,085,167 t .. 1,194,545 i 9,970 1,262,711 |13,178 10,009,992 23,148J £ 204,499 260,999 Totals .. 124,024 j 6,241,590 465,498 1,735,566,854 70,501,532 13,140,439 98,101 1,791,559 937,101 2,971,054 J 8,443,040 * The value ol flax exported during 1894 was £66,256, ana during 1895 was £21,040. It is therefore no longer one ol the seven principal articles of export. Department of Trade and Customs, W. T. Glasgow, Wellington, 22nd June, 1896. Secretary and Inspector.

Articles of Export. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1 1894. 1895. Wool Gold Grain Flax Kauri-gum Butter .. Cheese .. Frozen meat Tallow .. .. per lb. „ oz. „ bush. „ ton „ ton .. „ lb. .. „ lb. „ ton 8Jd. £4 2s. 3d. £15 Ys. £51 8}d. 25s. 2d. 8Jd. £3 19s. 9d. 2s. 2£d. £14 7s. £52 7s. 5fd. 24s. Sd. 9d. £3 19s. 7d. 2s. 2d. £15 18s. £53 7s. 6Jd. 4Jd. 22s. 8d. 9d. 9£d. £3 19s. Scl. ; £3 19s. 6d. 2s. 7a. : 3s. 2Jd. £18 12s. £21 3s. £44 18s. ! £43 16s. 8d. 8Jd. 8Jd. 4£d. 5gd. 22s. 9d. 23s. 10d. 9|d. £4 2s. 5Jd. £18 £50 18s. 4ja. 24s. 2d. 9|d. £4 2s. 3d. £17 16s. £52 8d. 4|d. 23s. 10d. 8Jd. £4 2s. 5|a. £16 15s. 5a. £59 9s. 5d. 9d. 4fd. 23s. 9d. 8Jd. £3 19s. lid. 2s. 4Jd. £17 8s. 7d. £61 8s. 3d. 9§a. 24s. 8d. £4 Os. 2d. Is. 9Jd. * £48 10s. 5d. 4§a. 23s. 4a. £20 10s. 3a. 7|d. £3 19s. 2d. Is. 8id. £56 8s. 8§a. 4ja. £1 2s. 3d. £19 16s. Id. * No longer one of the seven principal articli The export value stated in the statistical returns is based on the exporter's declaration of value, the c accepted ; if the exporter's value is found to be too high or too low, he is required to furnish correct value. Department of Trade and Customs, Wellington, 30th June, 1896. ss of export from the colony. :orrectness of which is inquired into by Collectors of Customs. There is no standard valui W. T. Glasgow, Secretary and Inspector.