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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 53

Dunedin Chamber of Commerce

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Dunedin Chamber of Commerce.

Receipts and Expenditure to 1st July, 1882.

Receipts.

£ s. d. £ s. d.
Subscriptions from 131 Members at £2 2s. 275 2 0
Subscriptions from 20 New Members at £3 3s. 63 0 0
338 2 0
Donations in Liquidation of Overdraft 121 17 0
Subscriptions for High School Medals 9 2 0
Use of Chamber 26 0 0
Sale of Reports 12 7 0
£507 8 0
Expenditure.
Bank Overdraft 134 1 9
Liability to Secretary 10 10 0
High Schools Medals 9 17 6
Cleaning Offices 19 5 0
Rent of Chamber 128 16 8
Printing, Advertising, and Stationery 15 10 0
Printing, Annual Report 22 4 0
Petty Disbursements 15 16 10
Telegrams and Postages 9 4 5
Books 1 15 6
Bank Interest 6 15 8
Secretary 126 0 0
£499 17 4
Balance 7 10 8
£507 8 0

Examined and found correct,

John Davie,

Auditor. Dunedin,

H. Houghton,

Secretary.
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Comparative Table of Imports and Exports for the Port of Dunedin for the Years ending June 30th, 1880, 1881, and 1882, respectively

Countries. From 30th June, 1879, to 30th June, 1880. From 30th June, 1880. to 30th June, 1881. From 30th June, 1881, to 30th June, 1882. United Kingdom Australia India .. China Mauritius United States Canada Othur Countries Imports, £1,421,887 419,657 33,200 52,257 198,732 93,430 6,956 £2,136,119 Exports. Imports. £1,224,807 £l,255,482 315,037 10,644 4,202 £1,554,690 439,969 30,657 86,690 117,101 106,918 12,377 £2,049,194 Exports. £1,313,651 282,170 11,568 665 4,328 £1,612,382 Imports, £1,714,129 377,226 73,587 65,162 159,835 134,558 1,176 7,450 Exports £1,300,577 257,372 6,832 12,067 £2,533,123 .£1,576,848

Showing increase on Imports £483,929
And decrease on Exports for past year 35,534

Customs Revenue Returns for the year ended 31st March, l882, for all Ports of Entry.

Total value of Imports into New Zealand -.£7,457,045 Total amount of Duty 1,470,107 Total value of Exports 6,060,866 Of which was collected at—Dunedin Invercargill and Bluff Oamaru Being an increase on the previous year of £435,685 13 0 45,476 0 0 18,177 0 0 £499,338 13 0 £16,065

Return of Shipping at the Port of Dunedin for the Year ending July, 1882.

Foreign Intercolonial Coastwise Total Tons. Tons. 85 Vessels = 62,539 In, and 42 Vessels = 39,236 Out. 153 = 86,920 117 = 75,783 691 = 122,491 748 = 148,944 929 271,950 907 263,963

Registered Tonnage of Colonial Owned Vessels, Port of Otago.

Steamers. Sailing Vessels.
No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage.
1st January, 1880 25 6,174 81 7,670
1st January, 1881 34 9,806 78 7,695
1st July, 1882 33 *9,387 72 7,558

Return shewing the number of Foreign and Inter colonial Vessels Entered and Chared at New Zealand Ports during the year ending 30th June, 1882.

Inwards 765 Vessels = 420,134 Tons
Outwards 762 Vessels = 413,487 Tons

Being an increase of 48,905 tons on the year.

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Gold Exported. Return of Gold Exported from 1st April, 1857, to 30th June, 1882

Total Quantity for New Zealand 9,910,210 ozs.
Of the Value of £38,666,278
Exported from Otago 4,134,837 ozs.
Of the Value of £16,283,843

Exported for the year ending 30th June, 1882, 114,253 ozs., of the value of £456,215, of which Otago exported 49,070 ozs., of the value of £196,562.

Return of Sheep and Lambs in Otago and Southland, May 31, 1881.

On Freehold and Pastoral Lands 3,586,896 Sheep
Held by 1209 owners, the largest being the holder of 211,840 Sheep
Total number of Sheep in New Zealand, 1880 11,307,297
Total number of Sheep in New Zealand, 1881 11,868,845
Total number of Sheep in New Zealand, 1882 Estimated 12,800,000

Wool Shipments.

Total Quantity of Wool exported from New Zealand for the Season of 1882 63,768,940 lbs,
Of the Value of £3,075,182
Of which there was exported from Otago and Southland 64,680 bales
Equal to 22,637,972 lbs. = To a little more than one-third of the whole.
And the Value of £1,167,848 = To a little more than one-third of the whole.
Increase over season of 1881 for Otago 745,669 lbs.

The National Debt of New Zealand.

Gross Public Debt, 30th June, 1882 £30,047,611
Less Sinking Fund Accrued 2,317,776
£27,729,835
Cash Balance in hand 30th July, 1882 £662,425
Remaining to be expended out of the Five Million Loan.

From which deducting cost of construction of Railways, £9,944,137, from the total indebtedness of £27,729,535 leaves £17,785,698 as the National Debt of the Colony at the present time apart from Railways.

Railway Revenue over Expenditure is approximately estimated up to 30th June last. The amount realised on the estimated cost of the Railways is £3 18s. 2d. per cent, per annum, and there are evidences of improvement in that direction.

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Railways.

Total Mileage open for Traffic, March 31st, 1882 1390 miles
Total amount expended for their construction £9,443,000
Equal to a cost for Construction, Rolling Stock, &c., of £7,436 per mile.
Total number of Passengers carried 2,911,477
Total amount of Tonnage carnal 1,437,714 tons
Total number of Live Stock carried 373,621
Total number of Parcels carried 286,741

Population.

Census of New Zealand, 30th June, 1882, estimated 507,788
Otago and Southland 139,067
Dunedin and Suburbs 42,79

Being an estimated Increase during the year of 15,104 on total population of Colony.

The Maori population is 44,097 in addition to the above.

Banking Returns.

For the Quarter ending June 30th 1882.

£
Notes in Circulation 1,005,326

Deposits.

On Government Account 883,393
Not Bearing Interest 4,326,949
Bearing Interest 4,168,596
£9,378,938

Being an increase of £252,847 on the Year.

Savings Banks.—Government and Private.

Total Amount of Deposits in the Colony at the end of Year 1881, £1,549,115. Depositors, (61,054, averaging £25 7s. 7d. each Depositor.

Property Tax Returns.

For the Year 1880 and 1881.

Assessment capita! value under the Property Assessment Act £81,284,000

Inclusive of £ l0,855,510 of exemptions of £500 and under in value.

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Mortgages Under the Land Transfer act.

Returns shewing the mortgages under the Land Transfer Act during the last two years, The following are the amounts, shillings and pence omitted:—

Remaining, Borrowed, Paid-off, Remaining,
March, 1881. 1882. 1882. March, 1882.
£ £ £ £
Auckland 1,075,119 714,536 186,990 1,602,666
Otago 3,897,078 817,996 475,995 4,239.079
Canterbury 5,634,963 2,948,745 1,033,936 7,549,772
Wellington 1,732,139 520,114 313,540 1,938,712
Nelson 238,930 74,723 37,414 276,238
Southland 1,808,743 706,495 307,658 2,207,580
Hawke's Bay 1,101,536 244,927 178,475 1,167,988
Westland 74,349 7,015 13,290 68,075
Taranaki 158,953 88,888 40,495 207,346
Marlborough 116,009 28,352 6,151,795 8,295 137,067
Totals 15,837,823 2,596,091 19,393,527
Corresponding period, 1880-1881. 6,727,898 2,102,207

Agricultural Statistics.

1882.
Total number of holdings 26,298
Extent of land broken up (in acres) 248,552
Extent of land sown in wheat (in acres) 365,715
Estimated gross produce of wheat (bushels) 8,297,800
Extent of land sown in oats (in acres) 243,387
Estimated gross produce of oats (bushels) 6,924,848
Estimated gross produce for green food or hay (acres) 61,431
Extent of land in barley (acres) 29,808
Estimated gross produce of barley (bushels) 661,093
Extent of land in potatoes (acres) 22,540
Estimated gross produce of potatoes (tons) 121,890
Extent of land in turnips or rape (acres) 258,526
Extent of land in other crops (acres) 21,078
Total number of acres under crop exclusive of grasses 1,002,485
Extent of hay (acres) 68,423
Estimated produce (tons) 89,081
In grasses after having been broken up (acres) 1,771,875
Grass sown lands, not previously ploughed (acres) 2,166,194
Average yield per acre in 1882 Wheat 22¾ bushels
Average yield per acre in 1882 Oats 28½ bushels
Average yield per acre in 1882 Barley 22¼ bushels
Average yield per acre in 1882 Potatoes 5tons 8 owt.

In Otago the average reached 25¾ bushels Wheat to the acre.

Average yield per acre in 1881 Wheat 25¾ bushels
Average yield per acre in 1881 Oats 31¾ bushels
Average yield per acre in 1881 Barley 28 bushels
Average yield per acre in 1881 Potatoes 4½ tons

In Otago the average reached as high as 29 bushels Wheat and 37 bushels Oats to the acre.

Comparative Returns.

In 1881, South Australia returns 8,606,510 bushels of wheat from 1,733,542 acres, New Zealand in the same year returns 8,147,705 bushels of wheat from 324,933 acres and the yield in that year- was by no means a remarkable one. The returns from Victoria for the same year were 9,719,049 bushels of wheat from 976,416 acres.

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Coal Fields.

Output.

For 1881 337,262 Tons
For 1880 300,000 Tons
For 1879 231,218 Tons
Imported during 1881 129,962 Tons

Industrial Statistics.

The Industrial Statistics collected during the Census in April twelvemonths have just been published and presented to Parliament, The results they give, as compared with the figures for 1878, when the Drevious Census was taken out, are as follow:—

1878. 1881.
Number of manufactories 1,271 1643
Number of hands employed—
Males 3.728 6,200
Females 449 1,339
Value of land and buildings of manufactories £1,761,094 £1,993,000
Machinery and Plant 1,289,373 1,612,000

The increase in the employment of females in factories is interesting. There were 44 in the printing business, and of these 12 were in Auckland and 13 in Otago. There were seven females employed in flax-mills, live in cordial manufactories, three in meat-preserving works, 21 in wool-scouring establishments, 40 in sash and door works (the bulk in Auckland), and 19 in potteries. The distribution of female labour in manufactories is also notable. Thus, of the 1399 employed in manufactories, 239 were in Auckland, 58 in Wellington, 317 in Canterbury, and 699 in Otago.

Although the returns as to production are 18 months old they are the hist we have, and are, therefore, of interest. In 1880 we made over 28,000,000 bricks, produced 143,000,000 feet sawn timber, scoured 1,163,2351b. wool, preserved 852,7911b. and 201,204 tins of meat, produced 3291 tons of tallow, made 1,400 gallons of neatsfoot oil, boiled down 401,600 sheep, brewed and probably drank 4,874,754 gallons of beer, 637,144 dozen of aerated water, 10,284 dozen of cordials, made 69,281 tons of flour, 7143 tons of meal, 122 tons of paint, 1000 gallons of varnish, worked up 844,6471b. of wool, and made in addition 96,768 yards of cloth, 280,291 pairs of boots and shoes and 7,350 boot uppers, manufactured and cured 655 tons of bacon, 47 tons and 16,439 dozen of fish, started the manufacture of cod-liver oil, made 294,555 bushels of malt, 4440 gallons of wine, and 3291 tons of soap and candles. Such are the bold outlines of the industrial statistics presented to Parliament.—Oamaru Mail.

The breweries in the Colony number 99. They employ 526 hands, 218 horses, 169 drays and waggons, and made during the year 4,874,754 gallons of beer. The approximate value of land and buildings is set page 32 down at £233,218, and machinery and plant £84,180. In connection with the breweries are 34 malt-houses, turning out 294,555 bushels of malt.

Collieries at work in the Colony number 51—viz., 5 in Auckland, 9 Nelson, 3 Westland, 6 Canterbury, 28 Otago. These employ 484 horsepower, and 992 hands. The output of coal last year was 277,918 tons, exclusive of yield from a number of small mines. Land and buildings are valued at £100,071, and machinery and plant at £121,079.

The quartz-mines at work in the Colony number 84—namely, 28 in Auckland, 2 in Marlborough, 32 in Nelson, 22 in Otago. Amount of horse-power, 1463; hands employed, 1147; quantity of gold produced, 84,184 oz.; quantity of quartz crushed, 98,460 tons.—Otago Daily Times.

W. J. M. Larmach,

Chairman, H. Houghton, Secretary.

* With the recent additions to the Union S.S. Company's Fleet the Tonnago has increased to upwards of 15,000 Tons.