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APPENDIX I.

Summary Table showing the Value of Imports into the Dominion of New Zealand during the Years 1896 and 1906 (arranged according to groups of Principal

Value of Imports into the Groups of Principal Articles Imported. United Kingdom. Australian Commonwealth. Other British Possessions. Total British Empire. 1896. 1906. 1896. 1906. 1896. 1906. 1896. 1906. Apparel and Slops Soots and Shoes... 3otton Piece Goods )rapery laberdashery lats and Caps ... losiery ... jinen Manufactures ... iillinery Hike ... Voollens Wher Textile Fabrics ... £ 348,432 118,054 421,678 328,540 59,634 57,l'J0 80,054 56,387 27,857 62,612 249,222 8,665 £ 620,341 205,335 573,145 520,307 110,072 88,970 156,615 69,451 56,672 53,898 444,017 77,334 £ 7.064 3,712 7,46) 6,659 6,943 520 2,006 736 ,504 3,034 3,398 440 £ 28,373 27,959 10,555 19,007 4,568 2,325 1,123 ] ,195 2,736 5,973 28,914 4.916 £ 498 120 2,305 250 18 £ 1,749 16,407 8,682 1,002 36 19 89 13,637 1 1,104 71 172 355,994 121,886 431,444 335,449 66,595 57,710 82,060 57.196 28;.H71 66,573 252,634 9,111 £ 650,163 249,701 592,382 540,316 111,676 91,314 157,777 81,383 59,409 60,975 473,002 82,422 73 10 927 14 6 Total 1,818,325 2,976,157 42,477 137,644 4,221 42,919 1,865,023 3,156,720 Cutlery •Iardware and Ironmongery ... Sails and Railway Bolts, &c. ... ron and Steel, other : Pig, Wrought, Wire, &c. ... Machinery (including Agricultural Implements). •fails lailway Plant ... Sewing Maohine3 Cools, Artificers' inisB and Brass Manufactures Pin and Tin Manufactures 16,453 143,599 26,381 33,643 290,497 242,730 42!) 6,977 1,670 1,308 11,667 765 31 1 979 16,882 150,607 28,051 34,952 303,143 243,495 460,612 165,] 'SA 968,882 438,571 26,466 27,076 21,205 99,154 14.353 998 17,478 487,078 206,622 991,085 555,203 22,746 3,027 5,062 30,433 6,471 29,195 6,072 82,224 3,293 64.764 21,435 55,784 311 4 3,637 980 301 10,767 816 4,263 11,620 7,032 499 26,812 7,693 86 164 167 7 . 6 23,090 3,031 8,699 31,414 6,772 39,964 14,581 86,573 15,077 71,963 21,941 82,602 2 2 Total 909,171 2,207,895 78,651 185,141 14,388 27,579 1,002,210 2,420,615 Sugar Tea 1,534 1,713 429 55S 162,678 42,369 80,254 25,654 237,570 121,792 305,778 202,599 401,782 165,874 386,461 228,811 Total 3,247 987 205,047 105,908 359,362 508,377 567,656 615,272 Beer Spirits , ... Tobacco ... Wine 31,332 129,467 20,533 19,752 43,465 243,464 80.049 30,925 2,143 16,160 17,625 14,836 1,293 22,738 72,873 24,007 1,252 534 984 894 18 33,475 146,879 38,692 34,588 44,758 267,186 153,822 54,950 Total 201,084 85,274 81,383 73,928 397,903 50,764 120,917 1,786 1,896 253,634 520,716 'aper 'rinted Books ... Stationery 152,515 128,872 124,476 5,515 27,864 7,332 6,862 41,844 21,979 1,193 43 170 36,813 253 318 91,982 109,290 81,430 196,190 170,969 146,803 Total 240,585 405,863 40,711 70,685 1,406 37,414 282,702 513,962 Mincellaneoui Specified Article*. Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives. Automobiles, Motor Cars, Motor Cycles, and Materials for. Bags and Sacks ... Bicycles and Tricycles Bicycle and Tricycle Fittings... Candles Canvas Carpeting and Druggeting Carts, Carriages, and Materials for. Cement ... China, Earthenware, Parianware, and Porcelain. 67,321 958 40,31)6 23,210 31,li)<i 19,918 26,926 15,367 75,900 51.536 348 67,525 68,723 32,242 49,370 69,283 33,194 3,226 8,579 6,S14 14,349 646 1,519 155 4,905 3,616 2,979 8.042 1.107 54,U51 3,523 9.433 880 23,302 46,388 7 25 495 113.089 l^499 L143 12,686 1,846 232 2,85i' 70,547 55,925 47,210 37,559 31,749 21,437 27,143 20,285 79,541 55,010 121,479 70,131 124,417 48,445 60,649 70,395 59,316 62 13 31,605 9,885 60,434 30,024 1,275 93 455 6 13 32,880 9,984 60,131 30,522 780,869 Carried forward... 266,782 538,679 41,311 107,588 46,476 131,202 354,719 'ncludes mi ithylated and perfumed spirits am spirits of wine.