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Table No. 13. Development of Shipping tbading to and fbom Places beyond New Zealand. Inwards. Outwards. Vessels. Tonnage. Vessels. Tonnage. 1883 ... 805 494,926 ... 851 507,565 1893 .. 617 615,604 ... 635 642,466 1903 ... 617 1,102,064 ... 608 1,113,165 Totals Inwards and Outwards. Vessels. Tonnage. 1883 ... 1,656 1,002,491 1893 ... 1,252 1,258,070 25-4 per cent, increase as compared with 1883. 1903 ... 1,225 2,215,229 76-0 „ „ 1893. Development of Coasting Tbade. Inwards. Outwards. Vessels. Tonnage. Vessels. Tonnage. 1883 ... 15,999 2,226,935 ... 15,947 2,210,137 1893 ... 17,477 4,331,135 ... 17,368 4,280,474 1903 ... 23,437 9,216,221 ... 23,148 9,266,980 Totals Inwards and Outwards. Vessels. Tonnage. 1883 ... 31,946 4,437,072 1893 ... 34,845 8,611,609 1903 ... 46,585 18,483,201 9 - 0 per cent, increase in number of vessels as compared with years 1883 and 1893. 33-7 „ „ „ 1893 and 1903. 940 per cent, inorease in tonnage of vessels as compared with years 1883-93. 114-6 „ . „ 1893-1903.

Table No. 14. Registered Vessels belonging to New Zealand. Vessels. Tonnage. Average Tonnage. 1883 ... 579 ... 84,903 ... 146 1893 ... 478 ... 100,388* ... 210 1903 ... 570 ... 150,909+ ... 264 * 18 per cent, increase in tonnage of vessels for year 1883 compared with 1893. t 50 „ . 1893 . 1903.

Table No. 15. Incbeases fob Two Decennial Pebiods, 1883-1893 and 1893-1903. 1883-1893. 1893-1903. Population (excluding Maoris and residents of Cook and other Pacific Islands) ... ... ... 131,388 No. 160,240 No. Occupied holdings ... ... ... ... 16,703 ~ 20,802 „ Land in cultivation (including sown grasses) ... 3,990,102 acres 3,440,953 acres. Horses ... ... ... ... ■■ 49,304 No. 87,674 No. Cattle ... ... ... ... ... 186,668 ~ 708,242 „ Sheep 5,996,294 „ -425,816*,, Postal: Money-orders issued ... ... ... £209,796 £665,296 Telegraph revenue (including telephones) ... £9,508 £125,098 Railways (Government) open for traffic ... ... 544 miles 380 miles. receipts ... ... ... ... £211,489 £1,007,848 Dray-roads constructed ... ... ... 2421 miles 4,422 miles. Shipping—Vessels (inwards) ... ... ... 120,678 tons 486,460 tons. „ ' Vessels (outwards) ... ... ... 134,901 „ 470,699 „ Wool ... ... ... ... .. 41,570,2541b. 45,403,6971b. Frozen meat ... ... ... ... ... £966,838 £2,111,877 Butter ... ... ... .. ... £212,625 £1,063,422 Cheese ... ... ... ... ... £92,734 £95,372 Phormium fibre ... ... ... ... £182,614 £376,309 Gold ... ... ... ... ... £23,476 £1,121,911 Provisions, tallow, timber, &c. ... ... ... £992,542 £1,174,528 Exports, New Zealand produce ... ... £1,702,199 £6,280,749 Imports ... ... ... ... ... -£1,062,523* £5,877,160 Output of coal ... ... ... ... 269,784 tons 728,645 tons. Banks: Deposits (average of four quarters) ... £5,774,300 £4,577,337 Savings-banks deposits ... ... ... £2,182,218 £4,466,109 * Decrease.

By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9o4.