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No. 6. RETURN of the Quantity and Value of Gold entered for Duty for Exportation from New Zealand from 1st April, 1857, to 31st December, 1897.

No. 7. COMPARATIVE RETURN of the Quantity and Value of Gold entered for Duty for Exportation from New Zealand for the Years ended 31st December, 1897 and 1896.

* Gold duty abolished in the South Island on the 31st March, 1891, by " The Gold Duty Abolition Act, 1890." Department of Trade and Customs, W. T. GLASGOW, Wellington, 20th January, 1898. Secretary and Inspector.

Produce of the Goldfields is Cubing the quabteb ended 31st Dec, 1897. Entebed fob Exportation to the 30th Sept., 1897. Total ehteeed fob expobtatios feom New Zealand to the 31st Dkc, 1897. County or Borough. District. Qu'ntity Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. County of Coromandel.. „ Thames „ Ohinemuri .. Piako Borough of Thames ■ Auckland Oz. 4,986 505 24,049 & 21,065 2,131 85,140 Oz. Oz. '572 12,415 30,112 110,751^ 2,107,858 7,948,643 2,137,970 8,059,394 Wellington 188 706 188 706 County of Collingwood .. Marlborough 85,604 333,412 85,604 333,412 Nelson 130 520 1,673,009 6,632,643 1,673,139 6,633,163 County of Bullet „ Inangahua .. Grey „ Westland Borough of Kumara „ Hokitika .. -West Coast I 2,412 1,449 3,693 3,227 34 97 9,649 5,797 14,772 12,909 135 388 4,299,690 Canterbury 10,912 43,650 4,288,778 17,054,955 17,098,605 County of Taieri „ Tuapeka Vincent „ Maniototo .. „ Waihemo Waitaki , Lake „ Wallace „ Waikouaiti .. „ Bruce Fiord Southland .. 24 96 24 96 Ofcago 640 5,757 6,746 1,179 111 366 1,224 1,680 94 271 1,642 892 2,461 23,191 27,033 4,691 453 1,457 5,016 6,751 385 1,091 6,576 3,590 20,602 82,695 5,348,213 21,164,079 5,368,815 21,246,774 Totals 122 484 122 484 Unknown 61,756 237,616 13,503,796 53,135,018 13,565,552 53,372,634

[ : Pboduce OF THE GOLDFIELDS IN THE District of During the Quabteb ended — Totals fob Ybae 1897. Totals fob Yeab 1896. 31st March, 1897. 30th June, 1897. 30th Septem- 31st Decem- Ouanti , v ber, 1897. ber, 1897. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Oz. 26,392 351 1,134 17,903 23,841 Oz. 23,571 436 Oz. 25,402 23 628 17,256 16,913 Oz. 30,112 Oz. 105,477 810 1,892 58,817 84,649 £ 392,337 3,195 7,055 235,430 342,187 Oz. 92,346 916 2,753 79,317 88,362 £ 350,355 3,588 10,333 317,161 359,991 Auckland Harlborough.. Stelson Nest Coast .. 3tago 12 ,'746 23,293 130 10,912 20,602 Fotals for 1897 69,621 60,046 60,222 61,756 251,645 980,204 Petals for 1896 1,041,428 76,402 44,208 76,051 67,033 263,694