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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

[introduction]

The colony's Customs returns and the operations of the Lyttelton Harbour Board set forth, better than anything else could, the extent and conditions of the shipping trade of Canterbury. Valuable information in connection with the Customs is given at pages 28 and 29 of the general introduction to this volume, and the operations of the Lyttelton Harbour Board are described at pages 118 and 119. In the year 1901 New Zealand exported to Great Britain, to Australia, to America, and to Africa, goods valued at £12,692,796 (more or less), and, of that total, Canterbury's share amounted to £3,126,530. Figures like these give a better idea of the shipping trade of Canterbury than could be given by mere details about the shipping itself, and, consequently, it has not been thought necessary to bring these into this section.