8.—2.

Table R. COMPARATIVE RETURN of the DUTIES of CUSTOMS Collected at the several Ports of New Zealand for the Financial Years 1876-77 and 1877-78.

Table T. RETURN of the VALUE of IMPORTS AND EXPORTS at each Port of New Zealand for the Financial Year ended 30th June, 1878.

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Financial Yeae Financial Yeae 1876-77. 1877-78. Poets. Increase. Decrease. £ a. d. i £ s. d. ; £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland ... ... ... ... 197,641 18 5 210,041 10 6 ' 12,399 12 1 Thames ... ... ... ... 9,590 11 7 8,620 4 5 ! ... 970 7 2 Bus-ell ... ... ... ... 1,222 2 8 1,075 0 3 ... 147 2 5 Mongonui ... ... ... ... 396 16 11 366 17 3 ... 29 19 8 Hokianga ... ... ... ' ... 1,850 12 7 1,596 3 10 ... 254 8 9 Kaipara ... ... ... ... ... 311 5 11 311 5 11 Tauranga ... ... ... ... 1,695 7 1 1,458 0 5 ... 237 6 8 Poverty Bay ... ... ... 9,434 10 11 10,792 12 11 1,358 2 0 New Plymouth ... ... ... 8,131 9 1 8,726 6 8 594 17 7 Wanganui ... ... ... ... 22,061 9 2 23,601 8 3 1,539 19 1 Wellington ... ... ... ... 167,855 0 10 185.884 12 0 18,029 11 2 Napier ... ... ... ... i 39,653 5 10 40,785 19 2 1,132 13 4 Wairau ... ... ... ... 4,686 16 1 5,278 14 7 591 18 6 Picton ... ... ... ... 937 12 11 1,010 8 3 72 15 4 Havelock ... ... ... ... 845 16 6 802 15 10 ... 43 0 8 Kaikoura ... ... ... ... 1,074 11 6 983 6 3 ... 91 5 3 Nelson ... ... ... ... I 34,533 4 2 35,041 0 9 507 16 7 Westport ... ... ... ... 12,996 18 5 13,415 12 10 418 14 5 Greymouth ... ... ... ... 40,458 8 4 39,276 12 7 ... 1,181 15 9 Hokitika ... ... ... ... 35,099 1 8 29,639 5 7 ... 6,359 16 1 Lyttelton and Christchurch ... ... 195,247 10 4 223,457 1 3 28,209 10 11 Akaroa ... ... ... ... 219 14 3 81 18 0 ... 137 16 3 Timaru ... ... ... ... 19,590 0 7 18,396 16 7 ... 1,193 4 0 Oamaru ... ... ... ... 11,275 0 1 15,140 8 6 3,865 8 5 Dunedin ... ... ... ... 345,910 10 9 356,221 10 8 10,310 19 11 Invercargill and Bluff... ... ... 31,830 3 6 38,726 17 11 6,896 14 5 Kiverton ... ... ... ... 4,000 9 11 3,723 13 10 ... 276 16 1 Chathams ... ... ... ... 7 10 0 *1 15 0 ... 6 10 £ s. d. 12,399 12 1 311 5 11 1,358 2 0 594 17 7 1,539 19 1 18,029 11 2 1,132 13 4 591 18 6 72 15 4 £ s. d. 970 7 2 147 2 5 29 19 8 254 8 9 237 6 8 43 0 8 91 5 3 507 16 7 418 14 5 1,18- 15 9 6,359 16 1 28,209 10 11 137 16 3 1,193 4 0 3,865 8 5 10,310 19 11 6,896 14 5 276 16 1 6 10 Totals ... ... ... 1,199,147 0 1 1,274,458 0 0 86,239 19 8 10,928 19 9 1,274,458 0 0 10,928 19 9 86,239 19 8 1 Increase, £75,310 19s. lid. * Chatham Islands return for June quarter, 1878, not received. Table S. RETURN of the Gross Duties of Customs for each Financial Tear, from 1865-1876 to the Tear ended 30th June, 1878. Financial Year 1865-66 ... £796,2271 Einancial Year 1870-71 ... £733,300",| „ 1866-67 ... 864,668 „ 1871-72 ... 775,993 „ 1867-68 ... 793,394 j- £4,066,915 „ 1872-73 ... 855,812 [ £4,697,058 1868-69 ... 804,204 „ 1873-74 Net 1,108,677 1869-70 ... 808,422J „ 1874-75 ... 1,223,276^ Financial Year 1875-76 Net £1,225,313) „ 1876-77 ... ... ... „ 1,199,147 _ £3,698,918 1877-78 „ 1,274,458)

Poets. Value oe Imports. Value o_ Exports. Auckland Thames Bussell Mongonui Hokianga Kaipara Tauranga Poverty Bay New Plymouth... Wanganui Wellington Napier Wairau Picton Havelock Kaikoui-a Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika Lyttelton Akaroa Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill and Bluff Harbour Riverton Chatham Islands £ 1,223,237 18,653 2,568 2 £ 666,450 408 3,335 296 8,244 35,553 1,997 883 21,223 23,734 63,772 1,233,071 159,757 8,535 1,679 113 456 221,807 47,932 155,850 114,262 1,477,288 859 83,370 54,590 2,304,133 167,633 3,682 45,977 893,849 388,232 28,911 3,110 188,807 143,266 1,818,844 17,693 17,168 1,653,950 308,617 Totals 7,391,086 6,222,710 Year 1876-77 ... 6,894,380 5,476,749