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Typo: A Monthly Newspaper and Literary Review, Volume 2
[Value of Imports]
From the returns for the past year, just issued by the New Zealand Government, we learn that that the total value of imports was £6,245,515, as against £6,759,013 in 1886, and the total duty received £1,280,586, as against £1,311,808. This substantial falling-off, both in imports and revenue, is a significant indication of the condition of trade. We extract the following items from the import returns for 1887:
| Books, printed* | 6,211 pkg | £112,199 | Free |
| Cards, playing* | 3,927 doz. packs | 949 | £1,217 |
| Fancy goods | 5,792 pkg | 68,266 | 10,325 |
| Gas-engines | 20 | 1,874 | Free |
| Gold-leaf | 43 pkg | 658 | Free |
| Ink, printing* | 819 pkg | 3,182 | Free |
| Ink, writing* | 515 pkg | 1,494 | 224 |
| Paintings and engravings | 416 pkg | 4,120 | 486 |
| Paper bags* | 6,423 cwt | 10,048 | 1,731 |
| Paperhangings* | 2,059 pkg | 17,923 | 2,785 |
| Paper, printing* | 52,782 cwt | 71,232 | Free |
| Paper, wrapping* | 9,648 cwt | 10,000 | 1,066 |
| Paper, writing | 998 pkg | 10,541 | Free |
| Paper, other kinds* | 366 pkg | 2,824 | Free |
| Printing materials* | 1,188 pkg | 14,472 | Free |
| Stationery | 4,467 pkg | 53,259 | 6,711 |
| Stationery | 2,075 pkg | 14,628 | Free |
On the items indicated by the asterisk, there has been an increase on the previous year's returns; on all others a falling-off. By referring to p. 35 of our first volume, the particulars may be compared in detail. In the item of writing-ink, £84 worth, for Government use, was imported duty-free; and £8,306 worth of stationery came in free for the same reason. Paintings and engravings of the value of £292, for public institutions, were also admitted free.