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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE of GOLD EXPORTED from NEW ZEALAND,
from 1st APRIL, 1857, to the 31st MARCH, 1869.

| PORT OF
EXPORT. | PRODUCE
OF THE
GOLD FIELDS
IN THE
PROVINCE OF | DURING THE QUARTER ENDED THE
31ST MARCH, 1869. | TOTALS. | EXPORTED
PREVIOUS TO THE
31ST DECEMBER,
1868. | TOTAL EXPORTED
FROM NEW ZEALAND
TO THE
31ST MARCH, 1869. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| | | To Great Britain. | To New South Wales. | To Victoria. | To other Places. | Quantities. | Value. | Quantities. | Value. | Quantities. | Value. |
| Auckland | Auckland | Oz. 41,674 | Oz. ... | Oz. ... | Oz. ... | Oz. 41,674 | £ 131,273 | Oz. 81,035 | £ 250,405 | Oz. 122,709 | £ 381,678 |
| Havelock | Marlborough | Oz. 1 | Oz. 13 | Oz. ... | Oz. ... | Oz. 14 | £ 56 | Oz. 34,164 | £ 131,458 | Oz. 34,330 | £ 132,122 |
| Nelson | Ditto | Oz. 152 | Oz. ... | Oz. ... | Oz. ... | Oz. 152 | £ 608 | | | |
| Nelson | Nelson | Oz. 1,201 | Oz. 1,813 | Oz. ... | Oz. ... | Oz. 3,014 | £ 12,056 | Oz. 728,368 | £ 2,864,902 | Oz. 773,626 | £ 3,045,934 |
| Westport | Ditto | Oz. 5,118 | Oz. 18,091 | Oz. ... | Oz. ... | Oz. 23,209 | £ 92,836 | | | |
| Greymouth | Ditto | Oz. 10,390 | Oz. 8,645 | Oz. ... | Oz. ... | Oz. 19,035 | £ 76,140 | | | |
| | | | | | | Oz. 45,258 | £ 181,032 | | | |
| Greymouth | Westland | Oz. 5,307 | Oz. ... | Oz. 4,684 | Oz. ... | Oz. 9,991 | £ 39,964 | Oz. 1,144,496 | £ 4,484,284 | Oz. 1,187,754 | £ 4,657,316 |
| Hokitika | Ditto | Oz. 4,609 | Oz. 4,924 | Oz. 22,610 | Oz. 26 | Oz. 32,169 | £ 128,676 | | | |
| Okarita | Ditto | Oz. 1 | Oz. 338 | Oz. 739 | Oz. ... | Oz. 1,078 | £ 4,312 | | | |
| Lyttelton | Ditto | Oz. 20 | Oz. ... | Oz. ... | Oz. ... | Oz. 20 | £ 80 | | | |
| | | | | | | Oz. 43,258 | £ 173,032 | | | |
| Dunedin | Otago | Oz. 24,475 | Oz. ... | Oz. 11,368 | Oz. 56 | Oz. 35,899 | £ 143,596 | Oz. 2,371,495 | £ 9,218,630 | Oz. 2,407,394 | £ 9,362,226 |
| Dunedin | Southland | Oz. 9 | Oz. ... | Oz. ... | Oz. ... | Oz. 9 | £ 36 | Oz. 24,130 | £ 95,220 | Oz. 24,139 | £ 95,256 |
| Totals | ... | 92,805 | 7,240 | 66,137 | 82 | 166,264 | 629,633 | 4,383,688 | 17,044,899 | 4,549,952 | 17,674,532 |

Office of the Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 7th May, 1869.

WILLIAM SEED,
Secretary of Customs.

COMPARATIVE RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE of GOLD EXPORTED from the various
PROVINCES of NEW ZEALAND, for the QUARTERS ending respectively 31st MARCH, 1869, and 31st
MARCH, 1868.

| PROVINCES. | QUARTER ENDED THE
31ST MARCH, 1869. | QUARTER ENDED THE
31ST MARCH, 1868. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| | Quantities. | Value. | Quantities. | Value. |
| | Oz. | £ | Oz. | £ |
| Auckland | 41,674 | 131,273 | 8,405 | 26,476 |
| Marlborough | 166 | 664 | 404 | 1,616 |
| Nelson | 45,258 | 181,032 | 51,519 | 206,076 |
| Westland | 43,258 | 173,032 | 53,278 | 213,112 |
| Otago | 35,889 | 143,596 | 43,950 | 175,800 |
| Southland | 9 | 36 | 2,739 | 10,956 |
| TOTALS | 166,264 | 629,633 | 160,295 | 634,036 |

NOTE.—The difference in value of the larger quantity of Gold Exported last quarter, as compared with that of the previous
year, is accounted for by the increased quantity from Auckland, the official value of which is fixed at £3 3s. per ounce, whilst
the value of gold from other Provinces is fixed at £4 per ounce.

Office of the Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 7th May, 1869.

WILLIAM SEED,
Secretary of Customs.

Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.