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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, 1899.

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, 1899 and 1898.

Department of Trade and Customs, W, T. Glasgow, Wellington, 12th January, 1900. Secretary and Inspector,

Produce of the Goldfields in During the Quarter ended 31st Dec, 1899. Entered for Expoetation to the 30th Sept., 1899. Total entered for Exportation from New Zealand to the 31st Dec, 1899. County or Borough. District. Qu'ntity Value. Quantity, j Value. Quantity. Value. County of Coromandel.. „ Thames „ Ohinemuri .. „ Piako Borough of Thames V Auckland Oz. 4,859 4,630 37,462 159 1,525 £ 20,466 19,026 135,820 677 6,391 Oz. £ Oz. £ 9,029,537 9,211,917 Wellington 48,635 182,380 2,400,487 2,449,122 County of Marlborough 188 706 188 706 Marlborough 86,385 336,415 86,385 336,415 County of Collingwood .. Nelson 419 1,571 1,674,859 6,640,045 1,675,278 6,641,616 County of Buller „ Inangahua .. Grey „ Westland Borough of Hokitika .. Ross 1 i [-West Coast J 3,323 8,530 5,786 5,170 149 604 18,290 34,120 23,142 20,678 600 2,416 17,778,543 Canterbury 23,562 94,246 4,446,107 17,684,297 4,469,669 County of Ashburton .. 20 47 187 52 207 County of Taieri Tuapeka ' .. Vincent „ Maniototo .. Waitaki Lake „ Wallace Waikouaiti .. Waihemo „ Bruce Fiord „ Southland .. Otago 440 7,712 13,002 '2,213 708 1,220 1,991 292 629 957 85 1,162 1,765 31,134 52,595 9,056 3,016 4,957 8,033 1,157 2,530 3,807 345 4,678 \ 5,554,384 30,411 123,073 5,523,973 21,873,197 21,996,270 Totals 207 824 207 824 Unknown 103,032 401,290 14,132,253 55,565,208 14,235,285 55,966,498

Produce of the Goldfields in THE District of DUEING THE QUABTER ENDED — Totals for Yeae 1899. Totals for Year 1898. 31st March, 30th June, 30th Septem- 31st Decem1899. 1899. ber, 1899. ber, 1899. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Oz. 35,205 Oz. 42,429 Oz. 42,500 Oz. 48,635 Oz. 163,769 £ 624,737 Oz. 142,383 781 1,720 79,948 £ 527,786 3,003 6,882 319,789 .* .uckland larlborough.. Telson Vest Coast .. 'anterbury .. )tago Jnknown 19,959 12 37,642 25,552 6 32,241 85 20,958 5 29,932 419 23,562 5 30,411 419 90,031 28 130,226 85 1,571 360,149 111 526,265 340 55|343 223,231 'otals for 1899 92,818 100,313 93,395 103,032 389-, 558 , 1,513,173 totals for 1898 69,468 66,563 66,642 77,502 280,175 1,080,691 * Gold duty abolished in the South Island on the 31st March, 1891, by '• The Gold Duty Aboliti ion Act, 1890."