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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, 1909.

No. 9. Comparative Return for the Quarters ended 31st March, 1909, and 31st March, 1908.

BICHD. CARTER, Secretary and Inspsctor. Department of Trade and Customs, Wellington, 13th April, 1909.

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Produce of the Goldfields in During the Quarter ended 31st March, 1909 Entered fob Exportation to the 31st Dec, 1908. Total i for Export New Ze. the 31st M sntered DATION from aland to arch, 1909. County or Borough. District. Qu'ntity Value. Quantity. Value. Value. Quantity. County of Thames Ohinemuri .. Coromandel.. Borough of Thames Waihi [-Auckland I Oz.; 2,058 12,525 420 1,003 38,856 £ 7,631 44,082 1,772 4,171 159,101 Oz. Oz. £ 4,642,272 17,565,060 54,862 216,757 4,587,410 17,348,303 County of Marlborough Wellington 706 188 706 188 Marlborough 90,191 351,368 90,191 351,368 County of CoUingwood .. Nelson .. 602 2,408 6,825,524 6,827,932 1,721,668 1,722,270 602 2,408 County of Buller Inangahua .. Grey Westland Borough of Ross L West Coast 1,970 10,874 6,978 3,244 405 7,630 42,065 28,082 13,021 1,618 5,410,793 5,434,264 Canterbury 23,471 92,416 21,525,239 21,617,655 County of Taieri Tuapeka Vincent Maniototo .. Waihemo Waitaki Lake Wallace Bruee Clutha Fiord „ Southland .. 99 387 99 387 1 1,038 6,908 12,376 1,847 320 943 1,032 1,540 59 3 27 12,108 4,149 27,945 49,835 7,339 1,249 3,771 4,154 6,216 234 13 108 49,202 -Otago . 38,201 154,215 6,914,547 27,481,552 6,952,748 27,635,767 Unknown 207 824 207 824 Totals .. 117,136 465,796 18,725,103 73,533,903 18,842,239 73,999,699 »Gold duty abolished in the South Island on 31st March, 1891, by " The told Duty Abolition Act. 1890."

Quarter ended list March, 1909. Quarter ended 31 st March, 1908. District of Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. .uckland larlborough .. [elson Vest Coast Oz. 54,862 602 23,471 38,201 £ 216,757 2,408 92,416 154,215 Oz. 74,634 35 457 23,267 35,710 £ 290,506 131 1,828 91,300 144,304 itago Totals 117,136 465,796 134,103 528,069