Value ok Products of Principal Manufactures and of Corresponding Imports.

	Products.	Imports.
	1885.	1886.
Printing	£273,886
Agricultural implements	111,823	£ 18,954
Coach and waggon building	128,316	3,195
Ships and boats	47,116	10,516
Woollens	194,311	104,993
Boots and shoes	276,725	157,415
Clothing	237,781	208,852
Furniture and upholstery	162,375	46,635
Cheese and butter	43,094	856
Flax	20,059
Cordage and twine	56,413	8,924
Cured and tinned fish	12,182	32,061
Malt	96,015	262
Coal	255,326	123,315
Flour and meal	754,830	17,277
Preserved fruit and jam	32,292	18,635
Beer	325,182	74,942
Candles	54,593	42,117
Soap	74,570	5,511
Saw milling, sashes, doors	1,177,713	50,662
Brick, tile, and pottery	91,797	615
Boiling down and meat	543,878	1,334page 8
Tanning and scouring	£634,915	£55,974
Aerated waters	94,098	2,875
Total	£5,698,720	£978,010

In the next table manufacturing hands are compared first with the total population, and secondly with population, less "Domestic Class," The very material difference in the result is caused by the larger proportion of children in New Zealand. The table shows that according to the return of manufactories (excluding mines) we have a larger proportion of workers engaged in this branch of production than Victoria has. The returns for New Zealand are those of the census year 1886. Those for Victoria are the latest obtainable—viz., for 1887. The population of Victoria is that of December 31, 1886.