New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 77

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✨ Gold Exportation Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 77

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

PRODUCE OF THE GOLDFIELDS IN DURING THE QUARTER ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1898. ENTERED FOR EXPORTATION TO THE 30TH JUNE, 1898. TOTAL ENTERED FOR EXPORTATION FROM NEW ZEALAND TO THE 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1898.
County or Borough. District. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value.
Oz. £ Oz. £ Oz. £
County of Coromandel 5,602 23,201
" Thames 1,138 4,771
" Ohinemuri Auckland 31,420 111,278
" Piako 18 65
Borough of Thames 1,177 4,931
39,355 144,246 2,196,532 8,275,632 2,235,887 8,419,878
Wellington .. .. 188 706 188 706
County of Marlborough Marlborough 603 2,337 85,782 334,078 86,385 336,415
County of Collingwood Nelson 258 1,032 1,674,601 6,689,013 1,674,859 6,640,045
County of Buller 1,949 7,797
" Inangahua 6,309 25,234
" Grey 3,531 14,123
" Westland West Coast 2,510 10,041
Borough of Kumara 70 279
" Hokitika 30 119
" Ross 208 1,194
14,697 58,787 4,341,004 17,263,864 4,355,701 17,322,651
Canterbury .. .. 24 96 24 96
County of Taieri 54 220
" Tuapeka 3,050 12,422
" Vincent 2,903 11,885
" Maniototo 943 3,859
" Waihemo 158 648
" Waitaki 151 616
" Lake Otago 877 3,585
" Wallace 1,487 5,947
" Bruce 466 1,871
" Fiord 960 3,840
" Southland 651 2,620
" Stewart I. 29 116
11,729 47,629 5,403,330 21,386,279 5,415,059 21,433,908
Unknown .. .. 122 434 122 434
Totals 66,642 254,031 13,701,583 53,900,152 13,768,225 54,154,183
  • Gold duty abolished in the South Island on the 31st March, 1891, by “The Gold Duty Abolition Act, 1890.”

COMPARATIVE RETURN for the QUARTERS ended 30th SEPTEMBER, 1898, and 30th SEPTEMBER, 1897.

District of Quarter ended 30th September, 1898. Quarter ended 30th September, 1897.
Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value.
Oz. £ Oz. £
Auckland 39,355 144,246 25,402
Marlborough 603 2,337 23
Nelson 258 1,032 628
West Coast 14,697 58,787 17,256
Otago 11,729 47,629 16,913
Totals 66,642 254,031 60,222

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 10th October, 1898.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.



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🏭 Return of Gold Entered for Duty and Exportation

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
10 October 1898
Gold, Exportation, Duty, Statistics, Auckland, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, West Coast, Otago
  • W. T. Glasgow, Secretary and Inspector