✨ Trade Statistics
RETURN of Live Stock, and of the Principal Kinds of Provisions, imported into the Province of New Ulster,
during the Years 1848, 1849, 1850.
| Description | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantity. | Value. | Quantity. | Value. | Quantity. | Value. | |
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | ||||
| Cattle, Horned | 4,434 | 23,304 0 0 | 782 | 2,688 0 0 | 6 | 40 0 0 |
| Horses | 337 | 8,523 0 0 | 429 | 3,888 0 0 | 40 | 321 0 0 |
| Sheep | 4,291 | 1,956 0 0 | 2,929 | 1,311 0 0 | 3,156 | 908 10 0 |
| Beef, Salted | 577 casks | 1,029 0 0 | 496 casks | 853 0 0 | 627 casks | 880 15 0 |
| Pork, ditto | nil. | 0 0 0 | 40 barrels | 52 0 0 | 67 ... | 91 5 0 |
| Biscuit | 22 15 tons, cwt. | 402 0 0 | 39 15 0 tons, cwt. qrs. | 429 0 0 | 34 8 2 16 tons, cwt. qrs. lbs. | 406 4 6 |
| Butter, Salted | 13 15 | 836 0 0 | 9 19 0 | 668 0 0 | 5 5 1 25 | 369 19 0 |
| Cheese | 11 10 | 313 0 0 | 9 14 0 | 305 0 0 | 8 2 0 12 | 290 16 8 |
| Coffee | 21 | 636 0 0 | 5 13 2 | 252 0 0 | 4 4 0 8 | 190 4 0 |
| Flour | 631 | 6,686 0 0 | 1,024 15 0 | 9,736 0 0 | 615 0 0 | 5,885 2 6 |
| Oatmeal | ... | 64 0 0 | 6 12 0 | 78 0 0 | 4 3 1 10 | 74 7 0 |
| Rice and Sago | 19 | 338 0 0 | 40 11 0 | 408 0 0 | 55 9 3 | 617 12 0 |
| Sugar, Moist | 314 15 | 5,356 0 0 | 252 6 2 | 3,832 0 0 | 301 6 1 14 | 4,915 6 0 |
| " Refined | 10 0 | 377 0 0 | ... | 860 0 0 | 89 14 3 | 2,128 0 0 |
| Tea | 1,284 packages | 2,245 0 0 | 393 packages | 1,963 0 0 | 191 packages | 2,914 17 6 |
Totals | | £52,065 0 0 | | £27,323 0 0 | | £20,013 0 0 |
The Value of Imports of all kinds to the Province in 1848 was £124,434 0 0
Ditto ditto ditto 1849 " 106,912 0 0
Ditto ditto ditto 1850 " 108,793 16 8 1/2
Compiled from authentic Official Records.
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.
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🏭 Return of Live Stock and Provisions Imported into New Ulster
🏭 Trade, Customs & IndustryLive stock, Provisions, Imports, New Ulster, Statistics, Trade, Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Beef, Pork, Biscuit, Butter, Cheese, Coffee, Flour, Oatmeal, Rice, Sago, Sugar, Tea
- Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary
New Ulster Gazette 1851, No 6