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No. 8. Return of the Quantity and Value of Gold entered for Duty for Exportation from New Zealand from 1st April, 1857, to 31st March, 1900.

No. 9. Comparative Return of the Quantity and Value of Gold entered for Duty* for Exportation from New Zealand for the Quarters ended 31st March, 1900.

Department of Trade and Customs, . W. T. Glasgow Wellington, 30th April, 1900. Secretary and Inspector,

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Pboduce of the Goldfields in d using the quaeter ended 318t March, 1900. ENTERED *OB ': „ T ° TAL E *™BED «>B Exportation to the Exportation from New 31st December, 1899. q f EALAND T0 ™ E 31st Maech, 1900. County or Borough. District. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. lounty of Coromandel „ Thames Ohinemuri .. „ Piako iorough of Thames .. V Auckland I 1 Oz. 3,803 2,931 27,160 63 1,315 £ 15,938 11,608 96,713 261 5,499 Oz. Oz. 129,019 2,484,394 35,272 2,449,122 9,211,917 9,340,986 'ounty of Marlborough Wellington 188 706 188 706 Marlborough 344 1,382 86,385 336,415 86,729 337,797 'ounty of Collingwood Waimea [Nelson .. I 1 2,081 89 8,324 356 * 1,675,278 6,641,616 1,677,448 6,650,296 lounty of Buller „ Inangahua .. Grey Westland .. iorough of Hokitika .. Ross 2,170 8,680 i-West Coast I 3,501 7,788 6,279 5,243 283 915 14,006 31,105 25,069 20,820 1,132 3,659 24,009 95,791 4,469,669 17,778,543 4,493,678 17,874,334 lounty of Ashburton .. Canterbury 52 207 58 232 6 25 lounty of Taieri Tuapeka Vincent Maniototo .. Waitaki Lake Wallace Waikouati .. Waihemo .. Bruce Fiord Southland .. Otago 361 9,144 11,436 3,732 511 2,137 2,870 15 992 764 74 2,086 1,395 37,055 46,504 15,253 2,089 8,665 11,564 60 4,009 3,016 298 8,415 Tnknown 34,122 138,323 5,554,384 21,996,270 5,588,506 22,134,593 207 824 207 824 I Totals 95,323 373,220 14,235,285 55,966,498 14,331,208 56,339,718

Quarter ended 31st March, 1900. Quarter ended 31st March, 1899. District of Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. cuckland larlborough .. Telson Vest Coast (anterbury )tago Oz. £ 35,272 129,019 344 1,382 2,170 8,680 24,000 95,791 6 . 25 34,122 138,323 95,923 373,220 Oz. 35,205 19,959 12 37,642 128,549 79,864 49 151,587 Totals 92,818 360,049 * Gold duty abolished in the Si •uth Island on 3Jst March, 1891, by " '."he Gob Duty Abolition Act, II 890."