H.—32.

Principal Exports to Australian Colonies for the Year ended 31st December, 1898—continued.

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Quantities. Value in Ster] ling. Articles, and Countries to which exported. Produce and Manufactures of the Colony. British, Foreign, and other Colonial Produce and Manufactures. Total. Produce and Manufactures of the Colony. British, Foreign, and other Colonial Produce and Manufactures. Total. Minerals: Sulphur— Victoria New South Wales 10 tons 1,755 „ £ 20 4,077 £ £ Manganese— Victoria New South Wales 1,765 tons 4,097 149 tons 58 „ 509 174 683 Quartz (auriferous)— Victoria 207 tons 7 tons 100 100 Oil (whale)— New South Wales 7 tons 1,532 gallons .. 1,532 gallons .. 109 109 Onions — New South Wales Queensland 33,441 cwt. 5,114 „ 12,639 1,816 38,555 owt. 14,455 Oysters— Victoria New South Wales Tasmania 92,685 dozen .. 627,400 „ 48,355 „ 767 3,076 403 Paper: Bags— Tasmania 768,440 dozen .. 4,246 435 435 515 cwt. Wrapping— Victoria New South Wales Tasmania 515 owt. 5 cwt. 79 „ 363 „ 6 64 285 447 owt. 355 Phormium, New Zealand — Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia 1,150 tons 600 „ 19 „ 40 „ 18,987 9,067 300 600 TowVictoria New South Wales Tasmania 1,809 tons 28,954 149 tons 30 „. 1 „ 464 107 6 Pictures, &c.— Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania 180 tons 577 115 657 33 132 3 Plants and Shrubs— Victoria New South Wales South Australia Western Australia Tasmania 940 102 253 20 6 7 Pollard and Sharps— New South Wales Western Australia 388 75 tons 10 „ 225" 30 Potatoes— Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia Western Australia Tasmania 85 tons 255 3,446 tons 16,156 „ 1,261 „ 360 „ 706 „ 41 „ 20,294 102,874 6,626 2,531 4,862 229 Rugs— Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia Western Australia Tasmania 21,970 tons 137,416 306 1,278 18 18 46 i 1,670