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No. 8. Return of the Quantity and Value of Gold entered for Duty* for Exportation from New Zealand from 1st April, 1857, to 31st March, 1908.

No. 9. Comparative Return for the Quarters ended 31st March, 1908, and 31st March, 1907.

Produce of the Goldfields in dubing the Quarter ended 31st March, 1908 Enter exportat] 318T D] .ED fob ion to the ic„ 1907. Total entebed fob Expobtation from New Zealand to the 318T March, 1908. County or Borough. District. Qu'ntity; Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. County of Thames Ohinemuri .. Coromandel .. Piako Borough of Thames Waihi Great Barrier Island .. -Auckland ] 1 Oz. 1,792 17,370 505 £ ! 7,361 61,244 2,122 Oz. Oz. £ 3^155 51,812 13 i 234 206,545 16,467,434 Wellington 74,634 1290,506 4,290,439 16,176,928 4,365,073 County of Marlborough Marlborough 188 89,894 706 350,223 188 89,929 706 350,354 86 131 County of Collingwood .. Waimea Takaka 1 . Nelson { 457 1828 1,718,472 6,812,741 1,718,929 6,814,569 457 1,828 County of Buller Inangahua .. Grey , Westland Borough of Kumara Hokitika .. Ross -West Coast 2,575 9,764 7,291 3,226 10,011 37,448 29,252 12,945 21,280,817 3 408 "l2 1,632 Canterbury 23,267 91,300 5,324,741 21,189,517 5,348,008 County of Taieri Tuapeka Vincent Maniototo .. Waihemo Waitaki Lake Wallace , Waikouaiti .. Bruce Clutha Fiord , Southland Stewart Island 402 7,788 8,825 1,959 216 839 1,472 1,480 1,618 31,565 35,560 7,869 869 3,392 5,947 5,996 99 387 99 387 Otago 27,141,956 "72 286 12J657 51i202 35,710 144,304 6,794,640 26,997,652 6,830,350 207 824 207 824 nknown Totals .. 134,103 J528.069 18,218,680 71,528,978 18,352,783 72,057,047 •Gold duty al lolished in the 8outh Island on 31st March, 1891, by " The Gold Doty Abolition Act. 1890."

Quarter ended list March, 1908. Quarter ended 3) 1st March, 1907. District o Value. Quantity. Quantity. Value. Auckland Marlborough .. Nelson West Coast .. Otago Oz. 74,634 35 457 23,267 35,710 £ 290,506 131 1,828 91,300 144,304 Oz. 65,266 110 1,125 25,133 26,484 £ 261,993 438 4,501 99,510 107,030 Totals 134,103 528,069 118,118 473,472 W. T. GLASGOW, Secretary and Inspector. Dei artment of Trade and Customs, Wellington, 29th April, 1908.