The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 30
A European Population. 1871
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A European Population. 1871.
Males, | 150,356 |
Females, | 106,037 |
Total | 256,393 |
Of whom under fifteen years of age, | 101,349 |
Native population about, | 38,000 |
Tonnage of British vessels entering N. Zealand ports, | 253,512 |
Of Foreign, | 19,639 |
Total, | 273,151 |
Value of imports, 1870, £4,639,015; exports, 1870, £4,822,756.
The principal exports (1870) are:—
Gold, | £2,163,910 |
Wool, | 17,03,944 |
Gum, Kauri, | 1,75,074 |
Flax, | 1,32,578 |
Tallow, | 75,583 |
Wheat, | 71,851 |
Oats, | 44,195 |
Barley, | £21,525 |
Butter and cheese, | 22,322 |
Sawn-timber, logs, &c. | 18,323 |
Sheep, | 16,459 |
Meats, preservetd, | 14,108 |
Silver, | 11,380 |
Oil, | 10,749 |