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No. 1.—Return showing the Value of the Principal Articles imported into New Zealand from Australia and Tasmania— continued.

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Article, and Countries whence imported. How treated under New Zealand Tariff. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. Essential Oils: Other Kinds— Victoria New South Wales £ & & £ £ £ * ♦ # 917 885 704 522 632 442 * * Free 1,802 1,226 1,074 'anoy Goods— Victoria New South Wales Queensland .. South Australia Western Australia Tasmania 3,350 4,328 2,705 3,816 1,775 3,885 4 1,186 3,829 1 1,116 2,671 3 1,377 5,433 9 "l81 6 5 25 2 15 20 per oent. ad val. 7,859 6,536 5,694 5,018 3,805 6,810 'ish (Potted and Preserved) — Victoria New South Wales South Australia 2,200 1,807 45 1,053 728 600 1,062 467 516 407 1,180 250 907 2d. per lb. 4,052 1,781 1,662 'lockVictoria New South Wales Queensland Tasmania 983 1,587 1,157 742 1,734 2,269 1,031 2,767 705 115 24 6 Free to July, 1895, thereafter 10 per cent. 2,476 3,306 3,587 24 'lour — Victoria New South Wales South Australia 40 1 1,073 867 369 7,872 1,036 3,825 "ll3 454 Is. cental 41 . 1,186 9,108 454 4,861 'ruits, Dried: Currants — Victoria New South Wales 3,558 2,088 1,281 671 1,694 2,310 1,566 2,436 1,013 1,130 988 3,427 2d. per lb. 5,646 1,952 4,004 Raisins— Victoria New South Wales South Australia 4,002 2,143 4,415 2,291 713 1,814 1,551 3,116 2,294 31 1,797 1,698 154 3,286 3,002 526 4,208 2,365 2d. per lb. 3,004 3,365 Unenumerated — Victoria New South Wales South Australia ., 5,441 3,649 6,814 6,573 703 191 95 428 249 445 602 4 510 426 708 636 20 1,461 1,176 79 'ruits: FreshVictoria New South Wales Tasmania 2d. per lb. 989 677 1,051 936 1,364 2,716 8,376 7,961 8,718 6,647 10,498 13,739 5,143 8,250 10,373 3,467 6,252 9,329 4,407 8,425 9,996 4,249 8,092 6,881 Jd. per lb. to July, 1895, thereafter Id. and Jd. per lb. 25,055 30,884 23,766 19,048 22,828 19,222 Victoria New South Wales Queensland Tasmania 6,630 22,796 21 890 4,335 19,335 32 626 4,484 16,414 17 870 4,368 19,882 73 120 7,069 19,391 46 4,903 21,549 3 Free 30,340 24,328 21,785 24,443 26,506 26,455 Bottled and Preserved — Victoria New South Wales 19 206 163 355 85 1,179 25 per cent. 225 518 1,264 ♦ Not shown separately for 1893-95,