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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 ot Duty in each Colony. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1806. 1897. 1898. Plated WareNew South Wales Victoria Free .. 25 per cent. £ 283 £ 323 337 £ 2,580 90 £ 244 45 £ 1 678 350 £ 256 743 283 660 Potatoes — Victoria New South Wales Queensland Tasmania South Australia Western Australia 2,670 289 2,028 999 £1 per ton Free 15s. per ton 10s. £1 £1 2,336 17,444 591 15 39 2,758 125 8 50 6,830 12 2 29 8,209 1 18,507 205 12 20,294 102,874 6,626 229 2,531 4,862 9 Rugs— Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania Western Australia 20,386 2,930 6,894 8,247 18,725 137,416 25 per cent. Free 15 per cent. 20 47 419 51 71 3 53 466 50 46 603 66 108 489 654 71 116 483 1,467 288 271 11 155 311 1,280 18 18 4 46 5 198 18 116 591 772 841 1,446 2,675 1,677 Saddlery and HarnessVictoria New South Wales Queensland 30 per cent. Free 25 and 15 per cent, and free 15 865 95 260 "986 98 26 345 8 6 772 8 14 442 880 355 1,034 379 786 456 Sausage-skins— Victoria New South Wales 327 32 60 107 132 217 309 27 137 540 665 Free 327 100 239 526 164 1,205 Seeds, Grass and Glover— Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia Western Australia Tasmania Free 25 per cent. Free 9,715 7,587 8 114 13 752 8,513 2,788 187 57 8,597 2,814 7 129 5,870 4,318 506 6,413 3,238 33 175 35 718 33,448 4,569 254 Free and 20 per cent. 600 253 498 3,513 18,189 12,145 11,192 10,612 41,784 11,800 Unenumerated— Victoria New South Wales Queensland Free 145 299 1 166 343 1 92 280 6 83 202 1 218 324 379 724 South Australia Tasmania Western Australia Free and 25 per cent. Free Various 139 76 499 246 51 15 53 111 74 67 101 147 17 SilverNew South Wales Queensland 660 1,255 444 450 683 1,368 3 127 509 4,565 12 15,301 24 23 Free 23 127 509 4,577 15,325 Skins, Rabbit— Viotoria New South Wales Tasmania South Australia 4,610 598 2 279 4 2 186 649 5 44 Free 5,210 327 188 649 5 Skins, Sheep— With WoolVictoria New South Wales Queensland .. 1 162 21 219 162 231 303 72 370 1,071 36 1 644 16 Free 183 381 606 1,477 661