New Zealand Gazette – 1880 – No. 36

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✨ Railway and Gold Statistics

APRIL 15.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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MAIN LINES AND BRANCHES.

Sections and Branches.	Miles Open for Traffic.	RECEIPTS TO DATE (Eight Weeks).	EXPENDITURE TO DATE (Eight Weeks).	Per Cent. of Receipts.
Christchurch Section	127	33,331 9 5	18,633 18 10	55-91
Timaru and Oamaru Section	102	11,711 12 9	9,638 4 2	82-30
Dunedin Section	115	25,560 14 2	16,724 0 4	65-43
Invercargill Section	170	11,318 12 0	7,512 18 6	66-38
Oxford Branch	22	751 5 9	845 9 0	112-53
Eyreton Branch	21	422 16 10	559 4 3	132-25
Southbridge Branch	25	1,854 3 6	1,410 7 7	76-07
Springfield-White Cliffs Branch	41	1,770 4 9	1,504 9 4	84.99
Albury Branch	26	1,401 4 2	714 7 1	50-98
Waimate Branch	4	303 12 9	273 1 7	89-94
Duntroon Branch	21	772 9 3	689 11 0	89-27
Ngapara Branch	15	537 1 9	850 10 7	158-36
Shag Point Branch	2	35 2 3	85 7 1	243.09
Walton Park Branch	3	99 10 1	238 17 10	240-08
Outram Branch	9	616 8 3	585 15 2	95.03
Lawrence Branch	22	1,365 7 0	1,453 18 2	106.49
Riverton-Otautau Branch	29	1,220 2 2	1,013 3 0	83.04
Totals	754	93,071 16 10	62,733 3 6	67-40

RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE OF GOLD ENTERED for DUTY for EXPORTATION from NEW ZEALAND, from 1st APRIL, 1857, to 31st MARCH, 1880.

ENTERED FOR DUTY AT	PRODUCE OF THE GOLD FIELDS IN	DURING THE QUARTER ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1880.	ENTERED FOR EXPORTATION TO THE 31ST DECEMBER, 1879.	TOTAL ENTERED FOR EXPORTATION FROM NEW ZEALAND TO THE 31ST MARCH, 1880.
		Quantity.	Value.	Quantity.
Auckland	Auckland	Oz. 11,787	£ 47,403	Oz. 1,249,104
Wellington Picton	Wellington Marlborough	Oz. 215	£ 850	Oz. 30
Nelson	Nelson	Oz. 1,096	£ 4,129	Oz. 46,840
				Oz. 1,622,587
	West Coast	Oz. 405	£ 1,589	Oz. 2,423,166
		Oz. 3,970	£ 15,879
		Oz. 14,922	£ 59,688
		Oz. 14,275	£ 57,098
		33,615	134,426
	Otago	Oz. 29,827	£ 120,352	Oz. 3,905,219
		Oz. 2,762	£ 11,048
		32,589	131,400
Totals		79,302	318,208	9,246,946

Customs Department,
Wellington, 12th April, 1880.

WILLIAM SEED,
Secretary and Inspector of Customs.

COMPARATIVE RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE of GOLD ENTERED for DUTY for EXPORTATION
from NEW ZEALAND, for the QUARTERS ended 31st MARCH, 1880, and 31st MARCH, 1879.

DISTRICT OF	QUARTER ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1880.	QUARTER ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1879.
	Quantity.	Value.
Auckland	Oz. 11,787	£ 47,403
Marlborough	Oz. 215	£ 850
Nelson	Oz. 1,096	£ 4,129
West Coast	Oz. 33,615	£ 134,426
Otago	Oz. 32,589	£ 131,400
Totals	79,302	318,208

Customs Department,
Wellington, 12th April, 1880.

WILLIAM SEED,
Secretary and Inspector of Customs.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1880, No 36

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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🚂 Railways Working Account Statistics (Main Lines and Branches) (continued from previous page)

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated13 April 1880
KeywordsRailway finance, Receipts, Expenditure, South Island lines, Traffic statistics

💰 Return of Gold Entered for Duty for Exportation (1857 to March 1880)

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated12 April 1880
KeywordsGold export statistics, Customs returns, Total quantities, Value, Auckland, Otago
👩‍💼 Officials

William Seed, Secretary and Inspector of Customs

💰 Comparative Return of Gold Exported for Quarters ending March 1880 and 1879

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated12 April 1880
KeywordsGold export comparison, Quarterly statistics, Customs, District totals, West Coast
👩‍💼 Officials

William Seed, Secretary and Inspector of Customs

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