New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 53

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✨ Gold Export Statistics



JULY 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1141

RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE of GOLD ENTERED for DUTY* for EXPORTATION from NEW ZEALAND from 1st APRIL, 1857, to 30th JUNE, 1898.

PRODUCE OF THE GOLDFIELDS IN DURING THE QUARTER ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1898. ENTERED FOR EXPORTATION TO THE 31ST MARCH, 1898. TOTAL ENTERED FOR EXPORTATION FROM NEW ZEALAND TO THE 30TH JUNE, 1898.
County or Borough. District. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value.
Oz. £ Oz. £ Oz. £
County of Coromandel 2,434 10,231
" Thames } Auckland 1,131 4,774
" Ohinemuri .. 25,367 89,430
Borough of Thames .. 225 931
29,157 105,366 2,167,375 8,170,266 2,196,532 8,275,632
Wellington .. .. .. 188 706 188 706
County of Marlborough Marlborough .. 18 69 85,764 334,009 85,782 334,078
County of Collingwood 1,106 4,426
" Waimea .. } Nelson 356 1,424
1,462 5,850 1,673,139 6,633,163 1,674,601 6,639,013
County of Buller .. 3,113 12,454
" Inangahua .. 2,456 9,825
" Grey .. 4,351 17,404
" Westland .. } West Coast 5,472 21,890
Borough of Kumara .. 54 216
" Hokitika .. 191 763
" Ross .. 470 1,878
16,107 64,430 4,324,897 17,199,434 4,341,004 17,263,864
Canterbury .. .. .. 24 96 24 96
County of Taieri .. 665 2,659
" Tuapeka .. 4,637 18,764
" Vincent .. 6,617 26,669
" Maniototo .. 2,263 9,077
" Waihemo .. 125 512
" Waitaki .. 44 174
" Lake .. } Otago 1,574 6,440
" Wallace .. 2,435 9,825
" Waikouaiti.. 1 3
" Bruce .. 341 1,366
" Fiord .. 400 1,606
" Southland .. 713 2,882
" Stewart Isl’d 4 16
19,819 79,993 5,383,511 21,306,286 5,403,330 21,386,279
Unknown .. .. .. .. 122 484 122 484
Totals .. .. 66,563 255,708 13,635,020 53,644,444 13,701,583 53,900,152
  • Gold duty abolished in the South Island on the 31st March, 1891, by “The Gold Duty Abolition Act, 1890.”

COMPARATIVE RETURN for the HALF-YEARS ended 30TH JUNE, 1898, and 30TH JUNE, 1897.

District of Half-year ended 30th June, 1898. Half-year ended 30th June, 1897.
Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value.
Oz. £ Oz. £
Auckland .. .. 58,562 216,238 49,963
Marlborough .. .. 178 666 787
Nelson .. .. 1,462 5,850 1,134
West Coast .. .. 41,314 165,259 30,649
Otago .. .. 34,515 139,505 47,134
Totals .. .. 136,031 527,518 129,667

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 12th July, 1898.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.



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🏭 Return of Gold Entered for Duty and Exportation

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
12 July 1898
Gold, Exportation, Duty, Statistics, Goldfields, Quarterly Return
  • W. T. Glasgow, Secretary and Inspector