Comparative Table showing Value of Exports of New Zealand Products, Years ending 31st March, 1908-9.

Exports, 1908, as p?r table .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17,869,354 1909, „.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17,011,801 Total decrease in value of exports, 1909 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £857,553 op a decrease of 4-7 per cent.

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Value. Quantities. 1909. 190S. Increase. Increase. Article. Decrease. 1909. 1908. Wool .. I 5,537,861 £ 6.063,436 £ £ 525,575 179,674,0741b. 157.951,8541b. 21,722,2201b. Lamb Mutton Beef Salted beef Live-stock Preserved meats Rabbits and hares Baeon and hams 1,617,934 1,148,034 155,012 11,637 62,002 98,699 53,601 7,852 1,457,373 1,184,278 420,205 14.503 58,067 107,688 72,755 6,226 160,561 34,807 3,935 1,626 36,244 2,866 8,989 19,154 19,000 195,365 873,061 cwt. 383,054 „ 373,390 „ 9,450 „ 7,781 number 40,500 cwt. 74,750 » 2,156 „ 837,141 cwt. 872,923 . 354,147 „ 11,009 „ 13,461 number 53,224 cwt. 96,922 „ 1,643 „ 35,920 cwt. 10,131 „ 19,243 „ 1,559 cwt. 5,680 number. 12,724 cwt. 22,172 „ 513 cwt. Hides Sheep and rabbit skins Tallow .. .. .. .. Sausage-skins (casings) 169,367 586,560 526,952 70,013 188,367 781,925 526,365 65,894 177, 357 number 12,098,619 19,839 tons 15,740 cwt. 187,984 number 12,257,760 „ 19,683 tons 15,241 cwt. 156 tons 499 cwt. 10,591 number. 159,131 587 4,119 I Butter Cheese 1,422,198 865,456 1,338,393 792,318 83,805 73,138 275. 956 cwt. 310,085 „ 271,323 „ 282,673 , 4,633 . 27,412 „ Hemp Tow 310,364 19,673 686,597 52,298 376,233 32,625 14,196 tons 3,407 „ 25,471 tons 5,760 „ 11,275 tons. 2,353 Timber .. Kauri-gum Fungus 370,116 444,309 6,491 340,253 510,973 11,002 29,863 66,664 4,511 80,795,532 sup. ft. 6,743 tons 2,665 cwt. 77,927,596 sup. ft. 7,323 tons 4,429 cwt. 2,867,936 sup. ft. 580 tons. 1,764 cwt. Gold Silver Coal Minerals 1,942,968 181,326 77,901 10,251 2,082,087 156,884 93,463 36,940 24,442 139,119 15,562 26,689 489,546 oz. 1,800,397 „ 89,811 tons 1.691 „ 524, 195 oz. 1,522,993 „ 110, 909 tons 2,346 „ 277,404 oz. 34,649 oz. 21,098 tons. 655 „ Wheat Oats Barley .. .. .. Beans, peas, and maize Bran and pollard Seeds, grass and clover Flour Hops Potatoes .. ... Chaff, hay, and straw 583 127,630 11,841 22,306 5,393 30,169 707 5,351 1,887 66,010 352 4,618 19,308 28,710 4,372 84,420 1,414 11,209 1,167 327 231 123,012 1,021 7,467 6,404 54,251 707 5,858 2,802 bushels 1,097,083 48.203 „ 94,990 1,162 tons 19,284 cwt. 62 tons 1,237 cwt. 276 tons 13,154 „ 1,453 bushels 33,381 54,750 „ 117,246 302 tons 33,756 cwt. 158 tons 2,798 cwt. 143 tons 58 „ 1,349 bushels 1,063,702 „ 260 tons 6,547 bushels. 22,256 14,472 cwt. 96 tons. 1,561 cwt. i 670 65,683 133 tons 13,096 „ Fish and oysters 25,730 23,362 2,368 Sundry products and manufactures*.. 717,667 641,805 75,862 Totals 17,011,801 17,869,354 685,730 1,543,283 1,543,283 * Includes woollens, wearing appi trel, boots, leather goods, and parcels post.