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No. 2.—Return showing the Value of Principal Articles exported from New Zealand to Australia and Tasmania, &c.— continued.

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Article, and Countries to which exported. Rate of Duty in each Colony. 1833. 1894. 3895. 1896. 1897. 1898. Meal, Oaten — Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia Western Australia Tasmania 9s. per oental Free 4s. per cwt. £2 per ton 20s. „ Jd. per lb. £ 451 3,759 752 5,194 843 50 £ 529 2,026 1,197 6,086 2,112 20 £ 405 2,739 696 3,598 581 4 £ 719 3,478 645 5,981 2,016 16 £ 2,165 5,911 744 7,242 2,906 1 £ 3,087 5,199 289 6,048 2,355 5 Meats: Potted and Preserved — Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia Western Australia Tasmania 11,049 11,970 8,023 12,855 18,969 16,983 2d. per lb. Free .. 4d. per lb. 2d. „ l<3. „ 10 per oent. 2,214 884 342 158 143 1,020 1,390 211 351 1,002 347 2,430 1,302 19 612 3,832 298 3,099 1,471 3 1,306 12,070 211 5,523 1,538 54 801 10,882 380 9,498 2,522 162 1,469 10,336 2,152 19,178 26,139 Beef, SaltedVictoria New South Wales Tasmania Western Australia 4,761 3,301 8,493 18,160 7s. per cental Free .. Id. per lb. "no 7 41 23 37 97 16 . 1 54 44 1 6 118 434 23 100 558 Pork, SaltedVictoria New South Wales Western Australia Tasmania 117 41 46 150 10s. per cental .. Free .. 2d. per lb. 2d. „ 12 209 14 24 2 2 40 90 10 8 4 5 259 140 Medicines, Patent and Proprietary— Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia 25 per cent. Free Various 20 per cent. 89 161 152 353 70 69 206 70 209 123 167 30 116 98 399 130 138 109 579 44 Metal : Manufactures of— Victoria New South Wales Western Australia South Australia Tasmania 25 per cent. Free 15 per cent. Free 20 per cent. 250 575 554 436 63 46 60 66 103 92 765 131 155 732 33 41 5 169 266 360 OldNew South Wales Tasmania Victoria 301 11 14 185 153 526 1,050 612 173 101 180 100 Free 312 199 326 627 1,230 712 Milk, Preserved— Victoria New South Wales Queensland .. South Australia Tasmania Western Australia 2d. per lb. Free 2d. per lb. Id. , 82 175 4 1 2 80 147 3 18 130 71 11 341 83 16 308 296 256 2,716 285 444 1,663 4,238 15 per cent. 2 6 8 1 54 Minerals : Sulphur— New South Wales Queensland Victoria 264 238 219 444 674 9,602 3,403 1,300 4,077 20 Manganese— Victoria New South Wales Free 4,703 4,097 68 487 14 586 50 333 208 509 174 25 Free 555 600 50 25 541 683