PROGRESS OF THE COLONY.

Progress, Volume I, Issue 3, 2 January 1906, Page 52

PROGRESS OF THE COLONY.

4i 891904. Increase. Population, excluding Maoris and residents of Cook and other Pacific Islands 686,12 a Occupied holdings Number 46,676 Land in cultivation, including grasses .. Acres 10,128,070 Live stock — „ Horses Number 237,418 Cattle Number 964.034 Sheen " •• Number 20,230,829 Postal money orders issued .... £ 770J&3 Railways, Government — Open for traffic (March, 1895-1905) .. Miles 1,993 Receipts (March, 1895-1905) •• • £ 1.150,^52 Shipping — m , Vessels, inwards Tons 631,100 Vessels, outwards .. •• • Tons 631,250 Export of New Zealand produce — Wool, quantity.. • ■ lb . 144-295- *54 Wool, value " u f 4.827,016 Grain, quantity .. •• Bushels 2,434,295 Grain, value £ 226 - lS 3 Frozen meat, quantity . • Cwt 1,023,243 Frozen meat, value . • £ 1, 194-545 Butter, quantity . . • • Cwt 60 '77i Butter, value £ 2 5^80 Cheese, quantity Cwt 55>°55 Cheese, value £ 115.203 Phormium fibre, quantity . . . Tons /rr Phormium fibre, value .... £ 66,256 Gold, quantity Oz 221,614 Gold, value £ 88 £ >86 g Gum, kauri, quantity Tons 8,33b Gum, kauri, value £ 404-567 Provisions, tallow, timber, etc. .. £ 1,112,233 Total exports New Zealand produce £ 9,085,148 Imports £ 6,788,020 Output of coal Tons 719-546 Banks — Deposits (average of four quarters) .. / i 3.92- 2I 7 Assets (average of four quarters) .. £ 17,746,421 Liabilities (average of four quarters). . £ i4,93°.79i Savings Bank, Post Office and privateNumber of depositors Number l >i' 4 ° S Amount to credit £ 4,066,594 Life Insurance, Government — Number of polices in force .. .. Number 32,907 Amount insured (with bonuses) .. £ 9. 2 3 2 -543 * Means decrease. 857.539 68,680 13,868,074 314,322 1,736,850 18,280,806 1,476,887 2,374 2,209,231 1,154,569 1,144,764 144,647,376 4,673.826 3,775,604 392,250 1,912,979 2 793-599 314,3603 1 4, 360 1,380,460" 84,526 185,486 26,936 710,281 520,323 1,987,501 9-203 501,817 2,008,052 14,633,272 13,291,694 1,537,838 19,074,960 20,893,096 20,643,359 297,569 8,839,307 44.194 11,261,080 171,411 22,004 3.739.998 76,904 772,816 *i, 950,023 700,104 38i 1,058,379 523.469 513.514 352,222 *i53,i90 1,341,309 166,067 887,736 1,599,054 253.589 1,129,180 28,871 70,283 22,259 644,025 298,709 1,099,636 865 97,250 895,819 5.548,124 6,503,674 818,292 5,147,743 3, 146,67 $ 5.712,568 143. J 64 4 772,713 11,287 2,028,537

Mr. E. J. yon Dadelszen, Registrar-general, has prepared the following statistical comparisons for the years ended December 1894 and 1904 —