New Zealand Gazette – 1868 – No. 44

Page 369

✨ Gold Export Statistics Tables

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 369

RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE of GOLD Exported from New Zealand,
from 1st April, 1857, to the 30th June, 1868.

PORT OF EXPORT.	PRODUCE OF THE GOLD FIELDS IN THE PROVINCE OF	To Great Britain.	To New South Wales.	To Victoria.	To other Places.	Quantities.	Value.	Oz. (Prev)	£ (Prev)	Oz. (Total)	£ (Total)
		Oz.	Oz.	Oz.	Oz.
Auckland	... Auckland	5,897	3,490	...	...	9,387	£ 29,569	35,829	£ 108,007	45,216	£ 137,576
Picton	... Marlborough	...	...	...	...	...	...	34,164	131,458	34,164	131,458
Nelson	... Nelson	...	1,864	...	731	2,595	10,380
Westport	... ”	4,008	11,366	21,514	6,435	36,890	25,740	571,592	2,237,798	630,396	2,473,014
Brighton	... ”	...	...	...	9,925	12,884
Greymouth	... ”	...	...	...	...	58,801	235,216
Greymouth	... Westland	...	1,665	9,772	1	11,438	45,752
Hokitika	... ”	1,559	16,834	22,063	26	40,482	161,928	53,275	213,100	106,442	425,768
Okarita	... ”	...	882	322	5	1,209	4,836
Lyttelton	... ”	...	38	...	...	38	152
Lyttelton	... Canterbury	...	...	...	...	...	...	940,981	3,670,224	940,981	3,670,224
Dunedin	... Otago	20,428	26	15,545	5	36,004	144,016	2,252,359	8,742,086	2,288,363	8,886,102
Invercargill	... Southland	...	656	2,154	...	2,810	11,240	18,309	71,936	21,119	83,176
Totals	...	31,932	39,738	88,461	41	160,172	632,709	3,906,509	15,174,609	4,066,681	15,807,318

Office of the Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 18th July, 1868.

WILLIAM SEED,
Secretary and Inspector of Customs.

COMPARATIVE RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE of GOLD Exported from the various
Provinces of New Zealand for the Half-years ended respectively 30th June, 1868, and 30th
June, 1867.

PROVINCES.			HALF-YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1868.	HALF-YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1867.
		Quantities.	Value.	Quantities.
		Ozs.	£	Ozs.
Auckland	...	17,792	56,045	1,445
Marlborough	...	404	1,616	205
Nelson	...	110,323	441,292	95,973
Westland	...	106,448	425,780	147,168
Otago	...	79,954	319,816	79,776
Southland	...	5,546	22,196	4,000
Totals	...	320,467	1,266,745	328,567

Office of the Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 18th July, 1868.

WILLIAM SEED,
Secretary and Inspector.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1868, No 44

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

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💰 Return of Gold Exported from New Zealand (1857-1868)

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated18 July 1868
KeywordsGold export, Statistics, Value, Quantity, Ports, Provinces, Auckland, Otago
👩‍💼 Officials

WILLIAM SEED, Secretary and Inspector of Customs

💰 Comparative Return of Gold Exported by Province (1867 vs 1868)

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated18 July 1868
KeywordsGold export, Comparative statistics, Half-year, Provinces, Auckland, Nelson, Otago
👩‍💼 Officials

WILLIAM SEED, Secretary and Inspector

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