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Statistical View of New Zealand, 1891, 1901, and 1902.

New Zealand Government £3-per-cent. Inscribed Stock, 1945. Issue of £1,250,000 at £94 10s. per Cent. To the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, London. hereby request you to allot to * £ , say, pounds, of the above-named stock, in terms of the prospectus of the 13th February, 1903 ; and hereby engage to pay the instalments thereon as they shall become due, on any allotment that may be made in respect of this application, as provided by the said prospectus. The sum of £ , being the amount of the required depositf (namely, £5 for every £100 of stock applied for), is enclosed herewith. Signature : Name of applicant in full: Communications to be addressed to , at Date, February, 1903. * Applications must not be for less than £100, and must be for multiples of £100. f Where applications on behalf of several persons are made through one agent at the same time, one cheque only, for the total deposit, is necessary; but in all such oases both the applications and the cheque should be enclosed in one oovering envelope. Cheques should be made payable to " Bearer," not to " Order," and should be orossed thus :— Bank of England, ajc New Zealand Loan. The list of applications will be closed on or before Thursday, the 19th February, 1903. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation,' not given; printing (1,250 copies), £1 19s.

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1891. 1901. 1902*. Population (excluding Maoris! and residents of Cook and other Pacific islands) Occupied holdings ... ... ... No. Land in cultivation ... ... ... Acres Live-stock— Horses ... ... ... ... No. Cattle ... ... ... ... No. Sheep ... ... ... ... No. Telegraph— Line ... ... ... ... ... Miles Messages ... ... ... ... No. „ ... ... ... Value, £ State railways — Open for traffic... ... ... ... Miles Eeceipts ... ... ... ... £ 634,058 38,083 8,489,352 211,040 831,831 16,753,752 787,657 63,982 13,128,491 279,672 1,361,784 20,233,099 807,920 20,342,727 5,349 1,968,264 112,385 Mar., 1892. 1,869 1,115,432 1891. 6,503,849 9,400,094 7,469 4,167,981 169,089 Mar., 1902. 2,235 1,874,586 1901. 11,817,915 12,690,460 Imports... ... ... ... ... £ Exports (produce of the colony) ... ... £ Export of— Wool ... ... ... ... ... £ Grain ... ... ... ... ... £ Meat (frozen) ... ... ... ... £ Butter ... ... ... ... £ Cheese ... ... ... ... £ Gold ... ... ... ... ... £ Gum (kauri) ... ... ... ... £ Output of coal-mines ... ... ... Tons 11,314,856 13,486,487 4,129,686 676,338 1,194,724 150,258 86,675 1,007,172 437,056 668,794 1890. 8,773,837 1891. 145,780,502 230 3,699,103 1,285,811 2,253,262 882,406 238,685 1,753,784 446,114 1,227,638 1900. 17,141,149 1901. 229,587,916 291 3,354,566 2,718,799 1,205,802 163,539 1,951,426 450,223 Manufactories, value of output ... ... £ Private wealth ... ... ... ... £ „ per head ... ... ... £ Land and improvements— Unimproved value ... ... ... £ Value of improvements ... ... ... £ Total value of land and improvements ... £ Banks of issue— Average amount on deposit ... ... £ Savings-banks— Depositors ... ... ... ... No. Amount to credit ... ... ... £ 75,787,895 46,365,297 122,225,029 1902. 94,847,727 59,968,405 154,816,132 1901. 16,034,848 12,796,098 126,886 3,406,949 245,024 7,268,103 * The statistics for 1902 have been telegraphed from the colony, and therefore only give the principal items. t Maori population, census, 1901 : 43,101.