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Table No. 14. Registered Vessels belonging to New Zealand. Vessels. Tonnage. Average Tonnage. 1885 ... 597 ... 95,887 ... 161 1895 ... 479 ... 100,988 • ... 211 1905 ... 609 ... 171,753 ... 282 5-32 per oent. increase in tonnage of vessels for year 1885 as compared with 1895. 70-07 „ , 1895 . 1905.

Table No. 15. Increases for Two Decennial Periods, 1885-1895 and 1895-1905. 1885-1895. 1895-1905. Population (excluding Maoris and residents of Cook and other Pacific Islands) ... ... ... 123,480 No. 183,756 No. Occupied holdings ... ... ... ... 21,027 „ 17,152 „ Land in cultivation (including sown grasses) ... 4,029,889 acres 3,416,116 acres Horses ... ' ... ... ... .. 50,036 No. 89,119 No. Cattle ... ... ... ... ... 194,543 „ 763,035 „ Sheep ... ... ... ... ... 5,279,803 „ -695,729* „ Postal: Money-orders issued ... ... ... '£231,209 £729,108 Telegraph revenue (including telephones) ... £10,334 £150,799 Railways (Government) open for traffic ... ... 401 miles 393 miles „ " receipts ... ... ... ... £135,623 £1,166,663 Dray-roads constructed Shipping —Vessels (inwards) ... ... ... 153,251 tons 466,459 tons. „ (outwards) ... ... ... 135,946 „ 492,606 „ Wool ... ... ... ... ... 29,507,739 lbs. 23,897,567 lbs. Frozen meat ... ... ... ... ... £888,854 £1,431,721 Butter ... ... ... ... ... £125,214 £1,180,956 Cheese ... ... ... ... ... £115,167 £54,262 Phormium fibre ... ... ... ... £4,724 £675,427 Gold £272,125 £931,755 Provisions, tallow, timber, &c. ... ... ... £392,158 £2,839,256 Exports, New Zealand produce ... ... £1,798,242 £7,113,377 Imports ... ... ... ... ... -£1,079,792* £6,428,728 Output of coal ... ... ... ... 215,591 tons 859,102 tons. Banks: Deposits (average of four quarters) ... £3,461,119 £7,001,186 Savings-banks deposits ... ... ... £2,478,136 £5,153,258 Decrease.

By Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9o6.

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