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Table No. 19. EXTERNAL TRADE. Statement showing the Recorded, Sterling, and New Zealand Currency Values of Imports and Exports of the Dominion in each Financial Year ended 31st March, from 1931 to 1939 (excluding Specie).

Table No. 20. IMPROVEMENT IN ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. Table of Miscellaneous Statistical Information (on a March Year Basis) showing the Most Recent Figures compared with 1934-35, 1935-36, and the Lowest Point in the Depression.

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Exports, Imports. Excess of Exports. Year ended 31st March, ! AT ~ i , „ New Zealand' Sterling Zealand Full OnNew On Sterling Currency. Equivalent. Currency Sterling Zealand Cur- B as ; g Equivalent. Equivalent, rency Basis. £ (000) £(000) £ (000) £(000) £(000) £(000) 1931 •• •• 39,527 37,198 39,833 37,656 -306* -458* ]932 .. .. .. 33,943 30,857 24,761 22,510 9,182 8,347 1933 .. .. .. 37,510 32,677 25,059 22,049 12,4-51 10,628 1934 •• •• 46,043 36,834 26,136 20,908 19,907 15,926 1935 •• 44,918 35,985 32,568 26,082 12,350 9 903 | 936 •• •• •• 49,676 39,900 37,440 30,072 12,236 9'828 | 937 •• •• •• 60,234 48,381 47,621 38,250 12,613 10,131 1938 •• •• 65,008 52,215 58,065 46,638 6,943 5;577 1939 •• •• 57,867 46,415 54,408 43,657 3,459 2J58 I * Excess of imports

Lowest Figure. J 1934-35. 1935-36. Latest Figure. Unit. | " " r— 4 —I 1 Amount, Amount. Amount, gfAmount. Value of total production .. .. £(m.) 1932* 83-6 1935* 97-0 1936* 114-2 1938* 135-6 Value of farm production .. .. „ 1932* 49-2 1935* 59-2 1936* 7<>-5 1938* 83-1 Value of factory productionf .. „ 1933* 17-7 1935* 20-7 1936* 93-2 1938* 30 0 Aggregate private income .. .. „ 1933 91-2 1935 104-4 1936 121-3 1938 167-0 Salaries and wages payments .. „ 1933 58-9 1935 65-7 1936 72-5 1939 109-5 Gross farming income 1933* 37-9 1935* 46-1 1936* 57-8 1938* 67-8 Exports exc udmg specie) 1932 33-9 1935 44-9 1936 49-7 1939 57-9 Imports (excluding specie) „ 1932 24-8 1935 32-6 1936 37-4 1939 54-4 Bank deposits (excluding Government) „ 1932 51-0 1935 62-3 1936 62-1 1939 fid 1 Bank debits (excluding Government) „ 1933 539-7 1935 660-3 1936 732-8 1939 937-^ Net bank-note circulation .. .. „ 1932 5-8 1935 6-3 1936 6-6 1939 10-4 Building permits issued in larger centres— Total value .. .. .. 1933 2-1 1935 3-1 1936 5-0 1939 10-0 Dwellings .. .. .. Number 1933 997 1935 2,173 1936 3 181 1939 fi 322 Mortgages registered .. .. £(m.) 1934 7-8 1935 11-8 1936 16-2 1939 20-1 Mortgages discharged 1933 8-1 1935 13-7 1936 17-6 1939 16-6 Land transfers „ 1934 9 . 6 1935 12 . 2 1936 lg . 6 Totahsator investments 1933 3.3 1935 3 . 9 1936 4-g M <"» • •• iM5 « 1528 »« «-* »>•» New deposits .. £( m .) 1933 16-9 1935 24-2 1936 25-6 1939 30-4 Amount to credit of depositors .. „ 1933 42-0 1935 49-4 1936 52-9 1939 60-7 Sales-tax collected , 1934 !. 8 1935 2 . 2 1936 2 . g ' Electric-power units supplied .. Million 1932 361-6 1935 591-3 1936 649-6 1939 1 029-2 Railways: Net ton-miles run .. „ 1933 363-4 1935 419-7 1936 443-6 1939 574-5 Shipping: Manifest tonnage .. „ 1934 5-7 1935 6-3 1936 6-7 1939 8-2 Motor-vehicles licensed .. Number 1933J 195,019 1935{ 209,462 1936J 228,247 1939J 307 931 Consumption of motor-spirit (gallons) Million 1932§ 55-4 1934S 62-1 1935s 69.3 iqqqs o« q Total factory employees .. .. (000) 1934 86-0 1935 93-6 1936 102-3 1939 123-7 Index-numbers of— ' Export prices (1909-13 = 1000) .. Number 1932§ 892 19348 1109 19358 1102 l<ms 1W7 «e Juices (1909 -13 = 1° 00) „ 1932I 1297 19341 1330 111% m5 llsf llTi Food groups (1926-30 = 1000) .. „ 1933§ 732 1934? 774 19358 835 19388 991 w4Lfates- <1926 " 30 = 10 ° 0) '• " 1933§ 795 808 1935§ 83? llgf 95^ Nominal (1926-30 = 1000) .. „ 1933§ 833 1934§ 839 19358 858 19388 1 081 Effective (1926-30 = 1000) .. „ 1932§ 1031 1934§ 1038 19358 1 025 1938S H37 Share prices (1926 = 1000) .. „ 1932§ 703 19348 960 1935§ 1026 193sf 916 * Year ended 30th June. f Does not include factory processing of primary products. J As at end of March. § Calendar year.