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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — NEW ZEALAND
Ai'ticles of Import
Value
Articles of Export
Value
Clothing, and materials for.
1 £ 1,982,896
Colonial produce :
£ '
Iron and steel goods, ma-
Wool ....
4,443,144
chinery, <fec.
1,406.111
Gold
980,204
Sugar
373,407
Grain, pulse, flour .
339,643
Tea
178,350
Frozen meat .
1,56»>,286
Spirits, wines, and beer '
268,160
Kauri gum
398,010 1
Tobacco and cigars
164,889
Tallow ....
259,964 i
Paper, printed books, and
Hides, skins, leather
343,769
stationery
337,336
Live stock
11,974 1
Coal
98,139
Butter and cheese .
553,122 i
Bags and sacks .
104,401
Bacon and hams
13,560 1
Fruit
183,133
Preserved meats
78,235 j
Oils
163,793
- Grass seed
46,947 !
Fancy goods
100,824
i Phormium (N.Z. Hemp) .
30,674
Other imports, excluding
Other articles .
530,735
specie ....
2,686,762
British and foreign produce
144,955
Specie
Total .
61,022
1 Specie
1
Total.
275,771
8,055,228
10,016,993
The expansion of the export trade in wool, frozen meat, kauri gum, butter, and cheese, for four decennial periods, is shown in the following table :-
Years
Wool
Frozen Meat
Kauri Gum
Butter
Cheese
1867 1877 1887 1897
Lbs.
27,152,966
64,481,324
88,824,382
135,835,117
Cwts.
402,107 1,407,921
Tons 2,685 3,632 6,790 6,641
Cwts.
38
5,206
17,018
99,002
Cwts.
90
4,999
23,913
77,683
In 1857 the export of gold was 10,436 oz., value 40,442Z. ; in 1863, 628,450 oz., value 2,431,723/. ; in 1882 230,893 oz., value 921,664Z. ; in 1892 237,393 oz., value 951,963/. ; in 1894 221,614 ounces, value 887,865/. ; in 1895 293,493 ounces, value 1,162,181/. ; in 1896, 263,694 ounces, value 1,041,428/. ; in 1897, 251,645 ounces, value 980,204/. ; in 1898, 280,176 ounces, value 1,080,691/. The total value of gold entered for export from the colon\^ to December 31, 1898, was 54,453,325/. Most of the mining is done on Government land.
The following table shows the value ot trade with different countries for four years : —
Imports from
Exports to
1894
1895
1896
1897
1894
1895
1896
1897
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
United Kingdom
3,049,770
3,992,.359
4,714,476
5,392,738
7,903,493
7,045,646
7,541,981
8,168,123
Australian
Colonies
1,740,965
1,261,125
1,090,374
1,001,003
870,400
1,035,753
1,287,001
1,823,784
Pacific Islands .
275,415
282,571
301,159
283,593
150,740
125,643
126,859
117,365
India and Ceylon
19.3,.S81
233,135
221,459
803,624
2,337
2,137
2,681
2,810
China ....
26,422
38,664
39,427
43,390
3,838
4,680
8,268
6,773
Mauritius . .
31,431
12,474
21,219
25,564
542
261
64
3,258
United States .
394,691
394,223
492,840
628,044
287,196
316,639
326,589
875,096
Other places
175,945
185,578
256,366
377,267
12,501
19,465
27,662
19, 84
Totals
6,788,020
6,400,129
7,137,320
8,055,223
9,231,047
8,550,224
9,821,105
10,016993
