8.—6.

Table No. 20. EXTERNAL TRADE. Statement showing the Recorded, Sterling, and New Zealand Currency Values of Imports and Exports of the Dominion in each Financial Year ended 31st March, from 1930 to 1935 (excluding Specie).

Table No. 21. IMPROVEMENT IN ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. Table of Miscellaneous Statistical Information showing the most Recent Figures compared with the Lowest Point reached in the Depression.

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Exports. Imports. Excess of Exports. Year ended Full 'NewZealand On New „ Q . ,. New Zealand Sterling 0 , \ n r* i j n On Sterling o™»,. ( Equivalent. 1 "gg,, 2%iSZ »*• £ (000) £ (000) £ (000) £ (000) , £ (000) £ (000) 1930 .. .. .. 48,412 47,933 49,085 49,430 ! -1,018* -1,152* 1931 .. .. .. 39,527 37,198 37,656 39,833 i —306* —458* 1932 .. .. .. 33,943 30,857 22,510 24,761 : 9,182 8,347 1933 .. .. .. 37,510 32,677 22,049 25,059 i 12,451 10,628 1934 .. .. .. 46,043 36,834 , 20,908 26,136 19,907 15,926 1935 ... .. .. 44,918 . 35,985 26,082 32,568 i 12,350 j 9,903 . I I * J _J * Excess of imports.

Lowest Figure. Latest Figure Available. Year. Year. I Value of total production .. 1931-32 £83-6 millions 1933-34 £98-8 millions. Value of farm production .. 1931-32 £49-2 millions 1933-34 £63-3 millions. Value of exports .. .. Year ended £34-7 millions Year ended £43-0 millions 30/6/32 30/6/35 Value of imports .. .. Ditto £24-7 millions Ditto £34-3 millions. Bank deposits (excluding Go- 1932 £51-2 millions 1934 £62-3 millions, vernment) Bank debits .. .. 1932 £541-7 millions 1934 £676-2 millions. Building permits .. .. 1932-33 £2-5 millions 1934-35 £3-6 millions. Wages and salaries paid .. 1933 £58-9 millions 1935 £65-1 millions.* Mortgages registered .. 1933-34 £8-0 millions 1934-35 £12-0 millions. Mortgages discharged .. 1932-33 £8-1 millions 1934-35 £13-8 millions. Totalizator investments .. 1932-33 £3-7 millions 1934-35 £4-0 millions. Land transfers .. .. 1933-34 £9-6 pillions 1934-35 £12-2 millions. Gross farming income .. 1931-32 £39-3 millions 1933-34 £50-8 millions. Net note circulation .. .. 1931 £5-7 millions 1934 £6-3 millions. Railway goods traffic . . 1932-33 363 million ton 1934-35 420 million ton miles miles. Shipping—Total manifest ton- 1933 5-7 millions 1934 6-2 millions, nage Motor-vehicles registered .. 1932-33 193,800 1934-35 208,200 Unemployed on register .. Weekended 56,296 Weekended 48^205 17/6/33 22/6/35 Index numbers of— Share prices—Base: 1926= : 1932 703 1934 957 1000 Export prices—Base: 1909-13 1932-33 861 1934-35 1046 = 1000 * Provisional.