✨ Trade Statistics
Province of Canterbury, New Zealand.
An account of the Staple Articles the produce of this Province, exported from the Ports of Port Victoria and Akaroa respectively in the Year ended 31st December, 1853,
as compared with the Year ended 5th January, 1853.
| PORT VICTORIA. | AKAROA. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year ended | Year ended | Year ended | Year ended | ||
| 31st Dec. 1853. | 5th January, 1853 | 31st Dec. 1853. | 5th January, 1853 | ||
| QUANTITY. | VALUE. | QUANTITY. | VALUE. | ||
| Cheese ... | Tons Cwt. Qrs. lbs. | ||||
| 8 18 1 0 | £988 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | £80 0 0 | ||
| Hay ... | 2 Tons | £25 0 0 | 0 0 | ||
| Oats ... | 150 Bushels | £100 0 0 | 0 0 | ||
| Potatoes ... | 87 Tons | £696 0 0 | 0 0 | £180 0 0 | |
| Turnips ... | |||||
| Wood, viz., Sawn Timber ... | 153,500 feet | £772 0 0 | 335 | ||
| Shingles ... | 20,500 in No. | £25 0 0 | 0 0 | ||
| Building Materials (House Frames) ... | 80 packages | £226 0 0 | |||
| Wool ... | £410 0 0 | ||||
| 3,182 lbs. | |||||
| £2,832 0 0 | £505 0 0 |
Observations on Exports from Port Victoria.
During the year 1853, the Wool grown in the Canterbury District was conveyed coastwise (to Wellington chiefly) for final shipment. It would go therefore to swell the official return of Exports from the last Port of clearance.
As much of the Wool is shipped from Sheep Stations on the coast direct to Wellington, and no account of it is rendered at this Custom-House, it would be impossible to draw up any return of Wool Export that would show the real produce of the District.
The Clip for the season of 1853-4 will not be worth less than £14,000 in value.
J. W. Hamilton, Collector.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1854, No 12
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- J. W. Hamilton, Collector