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in the actual amount of produce exported is much larger than would at first sight be supposed, judging from the small increase of value. Notwithstanding the low price of produce, and the depression caused thereby all over the world, New Zealand, by reason of its superior climate, its fertility of soil, and its great agricultural, pastoral, and mineral resources, holds its own in favourable contrast with other countries.

New Zealand—Table of Statistics, showing the Progress of the Colony.

Years. Population. £ 1854 .. .. .. .. .. 88,554 1867 .. .. .. .. .. 260,668 1878 .. .. .. .. .. 456,412 1888 .. .. .. .. .. 649,380 1894 .. .. .. .. .. 728,221 Years Public Revenue. £ 1853 .. .. .. .. .. 146,855 1858 .. .. .. .. .. 341,125 1867 .. .. .. .. .. 1,787,314 1878 .. .. .. .. .. 4,167,889 1888 .. .. .. .. .. 3,859,000 1894 .. .. .. 4,368,537 Years Savings-bank Deposits. £ 1858 .. .. .. .. .. 7,862 1868 .. .. .. .. .. 243,615 1878 .. .. .. .. .. 1,043,204 1887 .. .. .. .. .. 2,407,776 1893 .. .. .. .. .. 3,241,998 Postal. Letters. Years. Received. Despatched 1855 .. .. 254,605 .. .. 228,251 1867 ~.. 2,408,331 .. .. 2,402,909 1878 .. .'. 8,236,062 .. .. 7,288,699 1886 .. .. 19,896,448 .. .. 18,188,144 1893 .. .. 27,650,272 .. .. 27,132,287 Newspapers. Years. Received. Despatched. 1858 .. .. 346,603 .. .. 337,745 1867 .. .. 1,670,520 .. .. 1,390,368 1878 .. .. 5,097,907 .. .. 4,312,459 1886 .. .. 7,479,209 .. .. 6,844,838 1893 .. .. 10,099,299 .. .. 8,856,731 'Telegraphs. v , Miles of Number of yoars - Lino. Messages. 1866 .. .. 699 .. 27,407 1871 .. .. 1,976 .. .. 312,874 1874 .. .. 2,530 .. .. 752,899 1882 .. .. 3,974 .. .. 1,570,189 1887 .. .. 4,646 .. .. 1,835,394 1893 .. .. 5,513 .. .. 2,069,691 Years Expoets (of all Descbiptions). £ 1841 .. .. .. .. .. 17,717 1851 .. .. .. .. .. 84,160 1858 .. .. .. .. .. 458,023 1861 .. .. .. .. .. 1,370,247 1874 .. .. .. .. .. 5,251,269 1881 .. .. .. .. .. 6,060,866 1888 .. .. .. .. .. 7,767,325 1894 .. .. .. .. .. 9,239,277 Years Impobts (of all Descbiptions). £ 1841 .. .. ".. .. .. 13,358 1851 .. .. 349,540 1858 .. .. .. .. .. 1,141,273 1861 .. .. .. .. .. 2,493,811 1874 .. .. .. .. .. 8,121,812 1881 .. .. .. .. .. 7,457,045 1888 .. :. .. .. .. 5,941,900 1894 .. .. .. .. .. 6,788,863 Hemp Expoets. Years. (N.Z. Flax or Phormium tenax.) £ 1864' .. .. .. .. .. 170 1867 .. .. •■ •• •• 4,256 1871 .. .. .. .. ■• 90,611 1874 .. .. .. .. .. 37,690 1881 .. .. .. .. .. 27,699 1888 .. .. .. .. .. 76,282 1893 .. .. .. .. .. 219,375 Railways. Years. Length of Line opened. Miles. 1873 .... .. .. •• 145 1878 .. .. .. .. •• 1,078 1881 .. .. .. .. ■• 1,333 1888 .. .. .. .. •• 1,910 1894 .. .. .. .. .. 1,948 Cost of Construction. £15,137,036.

Wool Expobts. Value. Years. Lb. £ 1858 .. .. 3,810,372 .. .. 254,025 1861 .. .. 7,855,920 .. .. 532,728 1867 .. .. 27,152,966 .. .. 1,580,608 1874 .. .. 46,848,735 .. .. 2,834,695 1881 .. .. 59,415,940 .. .. 2,909,760 1886 .. .. 90,853,744 .. .. 3,072,971 1888 .. .. 83,220,033 .. .. 3,115,008 1893 .. .. 109,719,684 .. .. 3,774,738 1894 .. .. .. .. .. 4,834,740 Years Gold Expobt. £ 1857 .. .. .. .. .. 40,422 1864 .. .. .. .. .. 1,857,847 1878 .. .. .. .. .. 1,244,190 1888 .. .. .. .. .. 914,309 1893 .. .. .. .. .. 915,921 1894 .. .. .. .. .. 887,865 Total value exported from 1857 (gold first discovered) to 31st March, 1894, £49,560,878. Kaubi-gum Expobts. Value. Years. £ 1853 .. .. .. .. .. 15,972 1858 .. .. .. .. .. 20,037 1864 .. ... .. .. .. 60,590 1871 .. .. .. .. .. 167,958 1878 .. .. .. .. .. 132,975 1881 .. .. .. .. .. 253,788 1886 .. .. .. .. .. 257,653 1888 .. .. .. .. .. 380,933 1893 .. .. .. .. .. 510,775 BUTTEB AND CHEESE EXPOBT. 1884. £ Total. Butter .. .. .. 66,593 Cheese .. .. .. 25,074 £91,667 1888. £ Total. Butter .. .. .. 118,252 Cheese .. .. .. 78,918 £197,170 1894. £ Total. Butter .. .. .. 251,280 Cheese .. .. .. 115,203 £366,483 v , Coal. Raised. Imported. icars - Tons. Tons. 1878 .. .. .. 162,218 174,148 1881 .. .. .. 337,262 129,582 1887 .. .. .. 558,620 107,230 1893 .. .. .. 691,548 117,444 Total output, up to 31st December, 1893 : — 8,496,849 tons. Peozen-mbat Expobts. Value. Years. £ 1881 .. .. .. .. .. Nil. 1882 .. .. .. .. .. 19,339 1883 .. .. .. .. .. 118,328 1884 .. .. .. .. .. 345,090 1885 .. .. .. .. .. 373,857 1886 .. .. .. .. .. 427,193 1887 .. .. .. .. .. 455,870 1888 .. .. .. .. .. 628,129 1894 .. .. .. .. ..1,194,545 Live-stock. Years. Horses. Cattle. 1843 .. .. .. 528 4,065 1858 .. .. .. 14,912 137,204 1867 .. .. .. 05,715 312,835 1878 .. .. .. 137,768 578,430 1886 .. .. .. 187,382 853,358 1891 .. .. .. 211,040 831,831 1894 .. .. .. .. 884,305 Sheep. 1843 .. .. .. .. .. 10,255 1858 .. .. .. .. .. 1,523,324 1867 .. .. .. .. .. 8,414,579 1878 .. .. .. .. .. 13,069,338 1886 .. .. .. .. .. 16,564,595 1891 .. .. .. .. .. 18,200,000 1894 .. .. .. .. .. 20,230,829

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