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No. 4. COMPARATIVE RETURN of the TOTAL AMOUNTS of GOLD FIELDS REVENUE (exclusive of Gold Duty) collected in the several Districts during the YEARS 1871 and 1872, showing the INCREASE or DECREASE in respect of each District.

No. 5. RETURN of the QUANTITY of GOLD EXPORTED from NEW ZEALAND during the YEAR ended 31st DECEMBER, 1872.

Province. District. IS' '1. .ncrease. 'ecrease. £ 8,137 1,276 £ 5,899 4,651 27 374 7,110 2,648 790 2,841 104 113 36 74 134 142 758 1,608 1,956 1,579 353 631 163 2,209 909 413 470 1,212 1,480 4,408 2,693 5,241 1,152 285 £ £ 2,238 Auckland Nelson Shortland Coromandel Nelson Collingwood Westport and Reefton Brighton and Charleston Cobden ... Ahaura ... Wangapeka Matakitaki Blenheim Wairau ... Havelock Hokitika... Kanieri ... Greymouth Ross Stafford Okarito ... Pounamu Dunedin ... Naseby ... Black's and St. Bathan's Manuherikia Clyde Mount Benger ... Cromwell Queenstown Arrowtown Lawrence Switzers Orepuki ... 3,375 27 558 3,254 3,182 803 3,245 370 336 184 3,856 534 13 404 266 223 Marlborough 36 35 Westland Otago 39 211 172 844 1,971 1,682 1,449 391 634 82 1,875 1,055 379 734 979 1,437 3,898 2,355 5,444 994 158 274 130 81 334 77 30 86 363 38 3 34 146 233 43 515 338 "264 158 127 "203 Totals 47,939 52,463 9,596 Deduct Decreases ... 5,072 Net Increases 4,524 C. T. Batkin, Beceiver-General.

Duri: •G the 'ear e: ided 31s' Deceji: IEE, 1872. Port of Extort. ' Produce of the Gold Fields in THE Province op To United States of America. Totals. To Great Britain. To New South Wales. To Victoria. I To China. To Other Places. Quantity. Value. Oz. 18,398 Oz. 61,024 Oz. 23,496 Oz. Oz. 1,972 Oz. Oz. 104,890 £ 369,341 Auckland Auckland Picton Marlborough ... 1,682 326 "49 1,682 375 6,728 1,500 2,057 8,228 Nelson Westport Greymouth Nelson 4,629 4,650 5,875 2,300 28,913 30,315 "8 4,974 8,175 33,550 39,939 32,700 134,200 159,756 81,664 326,656 Greymouth Hokitika Okarito Lyttelton Westland 3,348 3,140 24,930 64,592 2,880 40 28,278 67,732 2,880 195 113,112 270,928 11,520 780 "l55 99,085 396,340 Dunedin Jjlnvercargill Otago 94,316 48,180 4,409 5,759 5,002 8 153,265 4,409 613,060 17,636 157,674 630,696 Total 128,636 73,881 230,104 5,759 6,974 16 445,370 1,731,261 J. Hi :kwort] Inspeci (for th< Seen itary ani ;or of Cus' ;oms).