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Conclusion.

I part with this essay with reluctance, conscious of many defects, and feeling how much better it might have been, considering the greatness of the subject. It is, however, some satisfaction to find, in looking over the pages written, and comparing them with the remarks of His Excellency the Governor at the closing of the Exhibition, that the same idea is conveyed throughout—namely, that not in sudden, desperate efforts to achieve a position as a great manufacturing country, but rather in a constant pressing onward, is the desired end to be achieved; and that the retrospect of the last twenty years gives us the greatest possible encouragement for the future.

Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.

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Table showing the Value of the Imports and Exports of the Colony from and to each of the under-mentioned places during the year 1884.^*

Country, Place, &c.	Imports.	Exports.
	£	£
United Kingdom	4,934,493	5,158,078
Australia	1,555,304	1,572,987
Tasmania	80,458	18,537
Pacific Islands	100,181	90,070
United States—
East Coast	300,181	183,939
West Coast	48,372	30,430
Brazil		1,401
China	282,897	13,765
India	73,467	4,582
Mauritius	257,670	3,850
Europe	26,024