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No. 3— continued. GOLD PRODUCED, 1857 to 1909—continued. Table showing the Total Quantity and Value of Gold entered for Exportation from the 1st January, 1857, to the 31st December, 1909. (This Return shows the Output of the various Goldfields. Gold entered at Nelson from Hokitika, Greymouth, and Westport is put under the Head of "West Coast," and Gold from Invercargill and Riverton under the Head of "Otago ") — continued.

Auckland. Nelson. Marllx Auckland. Marlborough. mgh. West Co West Coast. oast. Otago. )tago Wellington. Canterbun. Wellington. Grand Totals. Grand Totals. i Value. £ 2,160 1,451 3,759 2,547 20,167 24,285 22,576 15,429 8,644 10,123 10,771 3,588 ' 3,195 3.003 513 2,404 3,845 1,890 3,009 1,145 155 Oz. 117,801 112,671 98,774 100,139 101,696 89,096 109,268 103, 106 99,127 86,950 89,429 79,317 58,817 79,948 90,031 73,923 113,286 ! 118,796 125,241 122,310 109,704 104,743 87,069 86,052 95,014 Value. £ 471,825 446,287 395,430 400,405 406,451 356,368 437,126 412,383 396,510 347,464 357,719 317,161 235,430 319,789 360,149 295,733 454, 00G 475,272 501,090 489,177 438,258 414,292 343,146 335,722 369,930 Oz. 73,183 79,104 70,443 02,107 64,419 63,423 87,209 82,933 77,660 76,353 87,694 88,362 84,649 55,348 130,311 129,075 142,940 181,110 166,458 169,478 172,098 160,739 118,352 119,907 120,121 Value. fc 294, 378 317,543 279,518 247,142 256,430 255,976 349,573 333,407 313,238 307,644 353,796 359,991 342,187 223,231 526,605 521,029 575,492 728,124 668,852 684,764 694,214 649,32$ 478,982 483,900 484,385 Oz. Value. Oz. Value. £ £ 47 169 '.'. '.'. 24 96 88 132 52 206 :: :: :: :: 28 111 23 90 22 83 .... 2 7 11 46 Oz. Value. £ 237,371 948, 61f 227,079 903,56! 203,869 811, 10( 201,219 801, 06( 203,211 808,54! 193,193 773,43! 251,996 1,007,48! 238,079 954, 744 226,811 913,13! 221.615 887,83! 293,491 1,162,164 263,694 1,041,424 251,645 980,201 280,175 1,080,69; 389,558 1,513,17: 373.616 1,439,605 455,561 1,753,78; 508,045 1,951,431 533,314 2,037,831 520,320 1,987,50( 520,486 2,093,934 563,843 2,270,90( 508,210 2,027,495 506,423 2,004,92( 506,371 2,006,905 Oz. Value. Oz. Value. Oz. Oz. Value. 6z. Value. 1);-. I 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1808 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 £ £ 42,989 170,416 ; 2,798 10,337 540 32,271 128,140 . 2,582 9,979 404 30,697 121,564 2,914 10,829 1,041 35,223 139,556 1 3,027 11,320 699 28,655 113,191 > 3,252 12,310 5,189 31,745 125,760 2,856 11,049 6,073 45,392 i 181,185 : 4,445 16,896 5,649 45,555 ' 183,655 : 2,535 9,604 3,898 45,714 186,553 2,145 8,187 2,165 52,916 211,974 2,860 10,634 2,536 111,213 180,862 I 2,400 9.016 2,695 92,346 350,355 2,758 10,333 916 105,477 392,337 1,892 . 7,055 810 142,383 527,780 1,720 6,882 781 168,769 624,737 I 419 1,571 166,342 605,398 3,718 14,605 535 191,968 695,551 : 7,212 28,138 133 201,583 721,977 5,947 23,649 601 232,681 832,334 : 7,962 HI,710 972 223,010 791,529 5,049 20,141 473 232,215 936,602 6,469 25.862 295,417 1,195,541 2,944 11,746 298,101 1,187,079 3,893 15,274 795 296,971 1,171,375 3,196 12,783 297 288,614 1.142.098 2,572 10,280 39 4,876,024 18,490.401 304,821 1,204,653 90,070 Totals .. 350,946 6,925,380 27.520,903 7,034,706 27,966,327 273 1,044 [ 134 529 19,231,47 273 1,044 134 529 19,231,474 75,540,80! 74 75,540, 80S J Note.— I; March, 1891, n 1871 and 1872 the gold duty was Is. to 2s. Gd. per ounce; the gold duty was abolished in the South Island. in 1873 and succeeding years the duty was 2s. per 20-carat, and in like proportion for gold of less value. From the 31sl