New Zealand Gazette – 1870 – No. 41

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✨ Gold Export Statistics Tables

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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 30th JUNE, 1870.

PORT OF EXPORT.	PRODUCE OF THE GOLD FIELDS IN THE PROVINCE OF	To Great Britain.	To New South Wales.	To Victoria.	To other Places.	TOTALS. Quantities.	TOTALS. Value.	EXPORTED PREVIOUS TO THE 31ST MARCH, 1870. Quantities.	EXPORTED PREVIOUS TO THE 31ST MARCH, 1870. Value.	TOTAL EXPORTED FROM NEW ZEALAND TO THE 30TH JUNE, 1870. Quantities.	TOTAL EXPORTED FROM NEW ZEALAND TO THE 30TH JUNE, 1870. Value.
		Oz.	Oz.	Oz.	Oz.	Oz.	£	Oz.	£	Oz.	£
Auckland	Auckland	9,091	6,324	7,919	23,334	85,449	243,497	792,089	266,831	877,538
Picton	Marlborough			789	789	3,156	34,878	134,314	35,667	137,470
Wellington	Wellington				30	120			30	120
Nelson	Nelson	1,118	2,203	1	3,322	13,288
Westport	Ditto	4,081	11,077		15,158	60,632	} 925,442	3,654,092	943,922	3,728,012
Greymouth	Ditto		15,470	15,470	61,880
					33,950	135,800
Greymouth	Westland				9,847	39,388
Hokitika	Ditto				23,595	94,380	} 1,355,218	5,327,247	1,406,047	5,530,563
Okarita	Ditto				1,917	7,668
					35,359	141,436
Dunedin	Otago	7,092		21,748	1	28,841	115,364	2,568,447	10,006,522	2,597,288	10,121,886
Invercargill	Southland				421	1,684	27,813	109,054	28,234	111,638
Totals	...	17,301	13,397	92,025	1	122,724	483,009	5,155,295	20,024,218	5,278,019	20,507,227

Office of the Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 26th July, 1870.

WILLIAM SEED,
Secretary of Customs.

COMPARATIVE RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE of GOLD EXPORTED from the various
PROVINCES of NEW ZEALAND, for the HALF-YEARS ending respectively 30th JUNE, 1870, and 30th
JUNE, 1869.

PROVINCES.	HALF-YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1870. Quantities.	HALF-YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1870. Value.	HALF-YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1869. Quantities.	HALF-YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1869. Value.
	Oz.	£	Oz.	£
Auckland	...	...	...	53,342
Wellington	...	...	...	837
Marlborough	...	...	...	75,056
Nelson	...	...	...	74,252
Westland	...	...	...	75,227
Otago	...	...	...	1,306
Southland	...	...	...
Totals	...	...	...	280,050

Office of the Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 26th July, 1870.

WILLIAM SEED,
Secretary of Customs.

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💰 Return of Quantity and Value of Gold Exported from New Zealand (1857-1870)

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated26 July 1870
KeywordsGold export statistics, cumulative totals, ports of export, value, quantity, 1857 to 1870
👩‍💼 Officials

William Seed, Secretary of Customs

💰 Comparative Return of Gold Exported by Province (Half-Years ending June 1870 and 1869)

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated26 July 1870
KeywordsComparative gold export, provincial statistics, half-yearly comparison, 1869, 1870
👩‍💼 Officials

William Seed, Secretary of Customs

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