New Zealand Gazette – 1880 – No. 4

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✨ Gold Export Statistics

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 4

RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE of GOLD ENTERED for DUTY for EXPORTATION from NEW
ZEALAND, from 1st APRIL, 1857, to 31st DECEMBER, 1879.

ENTERED FOR DUTY AT	PRODUCE OF THE GOLD FIELDS IN	DURING THE QUARTER ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1879.	ENTERED FOR EXPORTATION TO THE 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1879.	TOTAL ENTERED FOR EXPORTATION FROM NEW ZEALAND TO THE 31ST DECEMBER, 1879.
		Quantity.	Value.	Quantity.
Auckland	Auckland	Oz. 9,192	£ 37,920	Oz. 1,239,912
Wellington Picton	Wellington Marlborough	52	190	30
				46,788
Nelson	Nelson	733	2,910	1,621,854
Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika	} West Coast	241	915
		3,235	12,938
		18,259	73,037
		14,645	58,573
		36,380	145,463	2,386,786
Dunedin Invercargill	} Otago	29,287	115,676
		2,645	10,580
		31,932	126,256	3,873,287
Totals ...	...	...	78,289	312,739

Customs Department,
Wellington, 13th January, 1880.

WILLIAM SEED,
Secretary and Inspector of Customs.

RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE OF GOLD ENTERED for DUTY for EXPORTATION from NEW
ZEALAND, for the YEARS ended 31st DECEMBER, 1878 and 1879.

| PORTS. | DURING THE QUARTER ENDED | | | | TOTALS FOR THE YEAR 1879. | TOTALS FOR THE YEAR 1878. |
| :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
| | 31st March, 1879. | 30th June, 1879. | 30th Sept., 1879. | 31st Dec., 1879. | Quantity. | Value. | Quantity. | Value. |
| | Oz. | Oz. | Oz. | Oz. | Oz. | £ | Oz. | £ |
| Auckland | 9,567 | 5,332 | 13,810 | 9,192 | 37,901 | 154,295 | 55,982 | 220,454 |
| Picton | 560 | 202 | 65 | 52 | 879 | 3,460 | 404 | 1,617 |
| Nelson | 1,810 | 554 | 1,513 | 974 | 4,851 | 18,648 | 6,050 | 23,525 |
| Westport | 6,138 | 5,337 | 3,410 | 3,235 | 18,120 | 72,482 | 15,179 | 60,758 |
| Greymouth | 19,921 | 15,948 | 14,513 | 18,259 | 68,641 | 274,570 | 67,069 | 268,276 |
| Hokitika | 15,088 | 13,542 | 10,928 | 14,645 | 54,203 | 216,785 | 60,767 | 243,052 |
| Dunedin | 18,639 | 29,841 | 15,099 | 29,287 | 92,866 | 367,857 | 94,150 | 378,627 |
| Invercargill | 2,977 | 2,258 | 2,123 | 2,645 | 10,003 | 40,011 | 10,885 | 43,770 |
| Totals, 1879 | 74,700 | 73,014 | 61,461 | 78,289 | 287,464 | 1,148,108 | | |
| Totals, 1878 | 102,630 | 75,169 | 50,262 | 82,425 | | | 310,486 | 1,240,079 |

Customs Department,
Wellington, 13th January, 1880.

WILLIAM SEED,
Secretary and Inspector of Customs.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1880, No 4

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🏭 Return of Quantity and Value of Gold Entered for Duty for Exportation (1857-1879)

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated13 January 1880
KeywordsGold export, duty, statistics, quantity, value, Auckland, Wellington, Nelson, Otago
👩‍💼 Officials

William Seed, Secretary and Inspector of Customs

🏭 Return of Gold Exported by Port for Years 1878 and 1879

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated13 January 1880
KeywordsGold export, duty, statistics, comparison, ports, Auckland, Nelson, Otago
👩‍💼 Officials

William Seed, Secretary and Inspector of Customs

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