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Imports and Exports.
Customs Revenue Returns for the year ended 31st March, 1885, for all Ports of Entry.
| Total value of Imports into New Zealand |
£7,732,285 |
| Total value of Exports |
6,967,806 |
| Total amount of Duty |
1,548,304 |
Of which was collected at—
| Dunedin |
£392,720 |
|
| Invercargill and Bluff |
39,801 |
|
| Oamaru |
12,659 |
|
|
|
£445,180 |
| Being a decrease on the previous year of £00,000 |
|
|
|
| Value of Imports, per head of European Population |
£13 |
11 |
3 |
| Value of Exports, per head of European Population |
12 |
4 |
10 |
Comparative Table of Imports and Exports for the Port of Dunedin for the Years ending June 30th, 1883, 1884, and 1885, respectively.
| Counties. |
1883 |
1884. |
1885. |
|
Imports |
Exports. |
Imports. |
Exports. |
Imports. |
Exports. |
| United Kingdom |
£1,846,502 |
£1,442,211 |
£1,298,305 |
£1,178,593 |
£1,442,391 |
£1,099,168 |
| Australia |
400,557 |
339,723 |
309,138 |
423,396 |
342,395 |
447,830 |
| India |
60,780 |
|
39,368 |
4,393 |
61,795 |
746 |
| China |
84,602 |
4,150 |
49,696 |
10,116 |
45,970 |
6,705 |
| Mauritius |
160,786 |
378 |
165,318 |
2,842 |
94,046 |
|
| United States |
133,736 |
|
128,039 |
279 |
137,637 |
39 |
| Canada |
270 |
|
|
|
467 |
|
| Other Countries |
10,173 |
70,154 |
4,922 |
755 |
20,299 |
7 |
|
£2,697,406 |
£1,856,616 |
£1,994,786 |
£1,610,365 |
£2,145,000 |
£1,554,495 |
| Showing increase on Imports for past year |
£150,214 |
| A decrease on Exports for past year |
55,870 |
Return of Shipping at the Port of Dunedin for the year ending 31st July, 1885.
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Principal Items of Export.
| Agricultural Products— |
|
|
|
| Butter and Cheese |
£97,705 |
0 |
0 |
| Flour |
29,775 |
0 |
0 |
| Barley |
25,919 |
0 |
0 |
| Oats |
270,773 |
0 |
0 |
| Wheat |
422,331 |
0 |
0 |
| Hides |
38,502 |
0 |
0 |
| Flax |
20,708 |
0 |
0 |
| Potatoes |
54,670 |
0 |
0 |
| Sheepskins |
42,554 |
0 |
0 |
|
£1,002,937 |
0 |
0 |
| Wool |
3,215,329 |
0 |
0 |
| Frozen Meat |
355,691 |
0 |
0 |
| Preserved Meat |
59,857 |
0 |
0 |
| Tallow |
213,731 |
0 |
0 |
| Kauri Gum |
325,282 |
0 |
0 |
| Leather |
40,865 |
0 |
0 |
| Rabbitskins |
108,640 |
0 |
0 |
| Timber |
128,990 |
0 |
0 |
| Gold |
946,208 |
0 |
0 |
| Other Colonial and British and Foreign Produce |
138,517 |
0 |
0 |
| Miscellaneous |
432,359 |
0 |
0 |
|
£6,967,806 |
0 |
0 |
Intercolonial Trade for the Year ending 31st March, 1885.
|
Exports. |
Imports. |
| Queensland |
£58,259 |
£34,718 |
| New South Wales |
714,916 |
675,831 |
| Victoria |
754,044 |
800,539 |
| South Australia |
45,505 |
26,306 |
| Western Australia |
263 |
17,910 |
| Tasmania |
18,537 |
80,458 |
|
£1,519,524 |
£1,635,762 |
Registered Tonnage of Colonial Owned Vessels, Port of Otago.
|
|
Steamers. |
|
Sailing Vessels. |
|
No. |
Tonnage. |
No. |
Tonnage. |
| 1st July, 1883 |
43 |
15,596 |
74 |
8,121 |
| 1st July, 1884 |
46 |
16,499 |
60 |
7,371 |
| 1st July, 1885 |
46 |
17,964 |
60 |
9,524 |
Return showing the number of Foreign and Intercolonial Vessels Entered and Cleared at New Zealand Ports during the year ending 31st March, 1885.
| Inwards |
852 Vessels |
= |
559,188 Tons. |
| Outwards |
872 Vessels |
= |
534,242 Tons. |
Return of Gold Exported from 1st April, 1857, to 31st December, 1884.
| Total Quantity for New Zealand |
10,616,196 ozs. |
| Of the value of |
£41,634,507 |
| Exported from Otago |
4,371,289 ozs. |
| Of the Value of |
£17,256,941 |
Exported for the year ending 31st December, 1884, 239,688 ozs., of the value of £927,433, of which Otago exported 78,810 ozs., of the value of £318,932.
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Population.
| Population of New Zealand, 30th June, 1885, estimated |
569,394 |
| Otago and Southland, estimated |
157,083 |
| Dunedin and suburbs, estimated |
46,476 |
Being an estimated Increase during the year of 16,887 on total Population of Colony.
The Maori Population is 44,000 in addition to the above.
Occupations of People.
| Residing within the Agricultural Districts of the Colony, estimated |
323,983 |
| Engaged in manufactures |
13,475 |
| Other occupations |
168,263 |
| Not enumerated |
63,712 |
|
569,394 |
Principal Occupations of the People, March 31st, 1885.
| Labourers |
20,648 |
| Millers |
16,480 |
| Domestic Servants |
19,695 |
| Commercial Clerks |
4,872 |
| Station and Bush Hands |
11,873 |
| Railway Labourers |
3,324 |
| Draymen and Carters |
3,277 |
| Shipwrights |
578 |
| Seamen and Engineers |
5,027 |
| Officers of Government |
3,437 |
| Persons who Buy and Sell (Shopkeepers, etc.) |
14,509 |
| Milliners and Dressmakers |
4,278 |
| Professional Men |
11,873 |
| Blacksmiths |
2,748 |
| Carpenters |
7,275 |
| Masons and Plasterers |
1,758 |
| Painters |
2,200 |
| Printers |
1,897 |
| Breweries |
526 |
| Engine Drivers and Firemen |
1,306 |
| Chinese |
5,804 |
| Laundresses |
580 |
| Butchers and Salesmen |
2,556 |
| Bakers |
1,592 |
| Sawmillers |
4,870 |
| Police |
457 |
| Constabulary |
740 |
| Supported by Charity |
2,725 |
| Hotelkeepers |
1,591 |
| Club, Inn, and Eating-house Servants |
2,471 |
| Widows |
7,296 |
|
168,263 |
Freehold Estate.
30,684 persons and 80 companies own 18,511,350 Acres Freehold Land outside Boroughs and Townships of the value of £53,350,812.
Of these two companies hold areas over 150,000 acres, two over 100,000, one over 75,000, and three over 50,000. The total number of Freeholders in the Colony is 71,240, of whom 30,764 own 5 acres and upwards of country land.
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Banking Returns, for the Quarter ending June 30th, 1885.
| Notes in Circulation |
£1,038,995 |
Deposits.
| On Government Account |
561,363 |
| Bearing Interest |
5,777,017 |
| Not Bearing Interest |
3,546,401 |
|
£9,884,781 |
Being an Increase of Deposits of £245,567 on the Year.
Advances, £15,306,987, being an Increase on the Year of £295,141.
Savings Banks—Government and Private.
Total Amount of Deposits in the Colony at the end of Year 1884, £1,499,112. Depositors, 65,717, averaging £22 16s. 3d. each Depositor, being an Increase of £89,861 on the year.
Property Tax Returns, for the Year ending 31st December 1884. Assessment capital value of real property under the Property Assessment Act
| Real Estate |
£101,000,000 |
| Personal Property |
64,000,000 |
|
£165,000,000 |
Exclusive of Railways, Telegraph, and other Public Works.
Returns for the present year not completed.
| Amount secured by Mortgages 1885 |
26,089,774 |
| Amount secured by Mortgages 1884 |
24,412,343 |
| Increase |
£1,677,431 |
The National Debt of New Zealand.
| Gross Public Debt, 31st March, 1884 |
£33,691,022 |
| Less Sinking Fund Accrued |
3,041,922 |
|
£30,649,100 |
| Cash Balance in hand 31st December, 1884 |
£335,736 |
| Remaining to be expended out of Loan |
573,012 |
From which, deducting cost of construction of Railways, £11,251,633, from the total indebtedness of £29,574,903, leaves £18,323,270 as the National Debt of the Colony at the present time apart from Railways.
Amount of Public Debt per head, less Sinking Fund accrued, £53 19s. 9d.
Railways.
| Total Mileage open for Traffic, March 31st, 1885 |
1,479 miles |
| Total amount expended for their construction |
£11,810,194 |
| Equal to a cost for Construction, Rolling Stock, etc., of |
£8,758 per mile |
| Total number of Passengers carried |
3,232,886 |
| Total amount of Tonnage carried |
1,700,049 tons |
| Total number of Live Stock carried |
739,886 |
| Total number of Parcels carried |
325,000 |
| Total receipts for year |
£1,045,712 |
Railway Revenue over Expenditure is approximately estimated up to 31st March last at £355,686. The amount realised on the estimated cost of the Railways is £3 0s. 3d. per cent, per annum.
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Export of Frozen Meat.
Return shewing the total number of Sheep exported from New Zealand since its commencement in February, 1882, to the 31st August, 1884, with ports of shipment:—
| 1882—Dunedin |
|
23,109 |
| 1883—Dunedin |
60,218 |
|
| Canterbury |
55,563 |
|
|
|
115,781 |
| 1884—To August 31 |
|
270,332 |
Shipped from the following Provinces, from 30th June, 1884, to 30th June, 1885.
| Auckland |
|
7,021 |
| Hawke's Bay |
|
97,603 |
| Marlborough |
|
10,132 |
| Wellington |
|
115,247 |
| Canterbury |
|
112,546 |
| Otago— |
|
|
| Oamaru |
67,910 |
|
| Dunedin |
96,969 |
|
|
|
164,879 |
| Total |
|
507,428 |
Agricultural Statistics.
|
1885. |
| Total number of holdings |
29,114 |
| Extent of land broken up—in acres |
159,324 |
| Extent of land sown in wheat—in acres |
270,043 |
| Estimated gross produce of wheat—bushels |
6,866,777 |
| Extent of land sown in oats—in acres |
354,794 |
| Estimated gross produce of oats—bushels |
12,360,449 |
| Estimated gross produce for green food or hay—acres |
56,670 |
| Extent of land in barley—acres |
39,703 |
| Estimated gross produce of barley—bushels |
1,205,906 |
| Extent of land in potatoes—acres |
21,348 |
| Estimated gross produce of potatoes—tons |
123,504 |
| Extent of land in turnips or rape—acres |
352,956 |
| Extent of land in other crops—acres |
2,616 |
| Total number of acres under crop exclusive of grasses |
1,132,241 |
| Extent of hay—acres |
56,670 |
| Estimated produce—tons |
79,868 |
| In grasses after having been broken up |
2,592,492 |
| Grass sown lands, not previously ploughed—acres |
2,666,342 |
| Peas and beans—acres |
10,056 |
| Mangold, beet and carrots—acres |
4,870 |
| Hop—acres |
1,228 |
| Garden or orchard |
20,254 |
| Plantations, forest trees |
24,688 |
| Average yield per acre in New Zealand, 1885 |
Wheat |
25.43 bushels |
| Average yield per acre in New Zealand, 1885 |
Oats |
34.84 bushels |
| Average yield per acre in New Zealand, 1885 |
Barley |
30.37 bushels |
| Average yield per acre in New Zealand, 1885 |
Potatoes |
5.79 tons |
| Average yield per acre in Otago, 1885 |
Wheat |
29.33 bushels |
| Average yield per acre in Otago, 1885 |
Oats |
37.58 bushels |
| Average yield per acre in Otago, 1885 |
Barley |
32.09 bushels |
| Average yield per acre in Otago, 1885 |
Potatoes |
5.61 tons |
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The Official Statistics for Victoria give the total yield of Wheat in that Colony during the season 1884-5 at 10,850,000 bushels, being an average yield of 9.49 bushels per acre.
South Australia.—The Returns give the area under crop as 1,942,453, with a yield of 14,621,755 bushels; the average being 7 bushels 32 pounds per acre.
Sheep Returns.
| Total number of Sheep in New Zealand, 1883 |
13,306,829 |
| Total number of Sheep in New Zealand, 1884 |
13,978,520 |
| Total number of Sheep in New Zealand, 1885 |
14,580,597 |
| Sheep in Otago 1885 |
3,800,000 |
Wool Shipments.
| Total Quantity of Wool exported from New Zealand for the Season of 1884-5 |
80,324,631 lbs. |
| Of the Value of |
£3,215,329 |
| Of which there was exported from Otago and Southland |
73,175 bales |
| And of the Value of |
£823,219 |
Being a decrease of £395,071 on the year |
During the past year 4,500 Bales of Wool, of the value of £50,625, were consumed by the Mosgiel, Kaikorai, Roslyn, and Oamaru Woollen Mills. These, added to the quantity exported, raise the production of Otago for 1885 to 77,675 Bales, and the value to £873,844.
In addition to the above the Kaiapoi Mills, Canterbury, worked up 2,050 Bales.
Coal Industry.
| Output for the year—1884 |
480,831 tons |
| Output for the year—1883 |
421,764 tons |
| Being an increase of |
59,067 tons |
| Number of Mines |
94 |
| Number of men employed |
1283 |
| Total output of coal to the 31st December, 1884 |
3,007,198 tons |
Imported—1884.
| Great Britain |
5,969 tons |
| New South Wales |
186,025 tons |
Dunedin Harbour Improvements.
| Total amount expended on Harbour improvements to 30th June, 1885 |
£543,538 |
| From Loan |
£532,800 |
| From Revenue |
10,738 |
Present Annual Income of the Board.
| From Endowments |
£7,000 |
|
| From Harbour Dues |
35,000 |
|
|
|
£42,000 |
Vessels drawing 17ft. of water now discharge at Dunedin wharves.
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