COMPARATIVE RETURN of the VALUE of IMPORTS at the several PORTS of NEW ZEALAND during the QUARTER ended 31st DECEMBER, 1891.

| Countries. | Auckland. | Russell. | Kaipara. | Tauranga. | Poverty Bay. | New Plymouth. | Patea. | Wanganui. | Wellington. | Napier. | Wairau. | Picton. | Nelson. | Westport. | Greymouth. | Hokitika. | Lyttelton and Christchurch. | Timaru. | Oamaru. | Dunedin. | Invercargill and Bluff. | Parcels Post. | Totals. | Corresponding Quarter, 1890. | Countries. |
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| United Kingdom | £204,541 | £638 | £5,767 | £3,650 | £17,582 | £253,393 | £58,074 | £3,557 | £2 | £24,672 | £1,955 | £3,345 | £1,772 | £186,166 | £22,163 | £7,128 | £246,922 | £21,057 | £5,984 | £1,070,602 | £1,004,961 | United Kingdom |
| Australia— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Australia— |
| Victoria | £9,722 | £115 | £6 | £248 | £386 | £524 | £12,660 | £2,596 | £182 | £23 | £1,080 | £411 | £831 | £578 | £33,868 | £1,983 | £945 | £35,122 | £8,936 | £485 | £110,701 | £116,252 | Victoria |
| New South Wales | £32,911 | £8 | £823 | £1 | £394 | £39 | £51 | £1,288 | £23,288 | £4,388 | £260 | £739 | £887 | £4,871 | £796 | £29 | £27,479 | £1,579 | £779 | £18,997 | £5,523 | £125,130 | £86,962 | New South Wales |
| Queensland | £7,351 | | | | | | | | £8 | | | | | £2,925 | | | | | £2,531 | £428 | | £7,128 | | £20,371 | £37,523 | Queensland |
| South Australia | £1,478 | | | | | | | £66 | | | | | £530 | | | £38 | | | £79 | £54 | £144 | £21 | £982 | £50 | £27 | £983 | £316 | £31 | £4,799 | £6,058 | South Australia |
| Western Australia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | £5 | | | | | | | | £3,000 | | £3 | £3,013 | £522 | Western Australia. |
| Tasmania | £1,583 | | | | | | | £29 | £38 | | | £29 | £621 | £46 | | | | | | £22 | | | £42 | | £2,591 | £970 | £5 | £1,297 | £516 | £8 | £7,791 | £7,663 | Tasmania |
| Pacific Islands— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Department of Trade and Customs, Wellington, 23rd January, 1892.

W. T. GLASGOW, for Secretary and Inspector.