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Cook Islands Administration. Port of Rarotonga.-Return showing Value of Exports for Year ended 31st December, 1909.

Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 19th March. L9OB.

W. J. Stevenson, Collector of Customs.

Cook Islands Administration. Port of Rarotonga. Return showing Total Values of Imports and Exports for Year ended 31st December, 1909. Imports. 19 £ 09 - 1! f. New Zealand .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 53,956 United Kingdom . . .. .. .. .. . . .. .. 3,096 New South Wales .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 634 Victoria .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. 191 British Columbia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 119 Hong Kong .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15 Maiden Island .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 213 Germany .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 337 France .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 186 United States ol America .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,765 Tahiti .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,861 Japan .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 364 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. 67,737 55,02] Exports. New Zealand .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 55,977 United Kingdom .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,336 New South Wales .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 50 United States of America . . . . .. .. .. .. .. 6,420 Tahiti .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 870 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. £73,653 £60,652 W. J. Stevenson, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 18th March, 1910. Collector of Customs.

Article Where exported. Quantity. Value. Total. T I I Fruit, fresh Bananas Oranges Pines Unenumerated (iopra New Zealand United Kingdom United States America Tahiti £ £ 98,934 cases .. 18.710 10,123 bnchs. .. 716 98.007 cases .. 17.200 5.650 „ .. 708 45 „ 5 576 tons 8,640 646 „ 10.336 428 „ 6.420 55 „ 550 25,946 Coffee .. l\ew Zealand Tahiti 17,200 lb. 398 ,4,600 „ 95 I Cocoanuts Candlenuts Curios .. Ginger Honey Beeswax Kumeras Lime-juice Pearl-shell Whale-oil Specie New Zealand New South Wales New Zealand Tahiti 493 59,070 number .. 206 6 tons .. 18 42 ■2 6 3 2,691 cases .. 123 2.600 gals. .. 130 18 tons .. !I(H) 50 7.870 225 8,095 * 173,653 ; * Includes speoie, value £8,095.