New Zealand Gazette – 1915 – No. 8

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✨ Gold Exportation Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 8

RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE of GOLD ENTERED for DUTY* for EXPORTATION from NEW ZEALAND from 1st APRIL, 1857, to 31st DECEMBER, 1914.

PRODUCE OF THE GOLDFIELDS IN		DURING THE QUARTER ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1914.		ENTERED FOR EXPORTATION TO THE 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1914.		TOTAL ENTERED FOR EXPORTATION FROM NEW ZEALAND TO THE 31ST DECEMBER, 1914.
County or Borough.	District.	Quantity.	Value.	Quantity.	Value.	Quantity.	Value.
		Oz.	£	Oz.	£	Oz.	£
County of Thames ..		486	1,694
" Ohinemuri ..		4	10
" Coromandel		..	..
" Piako ..	Auckland	..	..
Borough of Thames ..		..	..
" Waihi ..		209	872
Great Barrier Island ..		3	12
		702	2,588	5,938,953	22,656,828	5,939,655	22,659,416
Wellington ..		..	..	188	706	188	706
County of Marlborough	Marlborough ..	..	..	93,414	363,800	93,414	363,800
County of Collingwood		..	..
" Waimea ..	Nelson	..	..
" Takaka ..		..	..
		..	..	1,731,297	6,863,996	1,731,297	6,863,996
County of Buller ..		314	1,256
" Inangahua ..		1,848	5,562
" Grey ..		1,576	6,305
" Westland ..	West Coast	528	2,113
Borough of Kumara ..		..	..
" Hokitika ..		..	..
" Ross ..		..	..
		4,266	15,236	5,897,507	23,431,179	5,901,773	23,446,415
Canterbury ..		..	..	99	387	99	387
County of Taieri ..		..	..
" Tuapeka ..		2,107	7,637
" Vincent ..		..	..
" Maniototo ..		1,879	7,204
" Waihemo ..		..	..
" Waitaki ..		718	2,756
" Lake ..		..	..
" Wallace ..	Otago	..	..
" Waikouaiti..		..	..
" Bruce ..		..	..
" Clutha ..		..	..
" Fiord ..		..	..
" Southland ..		..	..
" Stewart Island		..	..
		4,704	17,597	7,438,664	29,592,050	7,443,368	29,609,647
Unknown ..	..	126	474	2,346	9,069	2,472	9,543
Totals ..	..	9,798	35,895	21,102,468	82,918,015	21,112,266	82,953,910

Duty payable on gold exported, the produce of the North Island, 2s. 3d. per oz.; duty payable on gold exported, the produce of the South Island, 3d. per oz.; duty payable on gold exported, contained in jewellers' and dentists' sweepings, free. Vide sections 1 and 2 of the Gold Duty Act, 1908, section 16 of the Mining Amendment Act, 1910, and section 2 of the Gold Duty Amendment Act, 1912.

COMPARATIVE RETURN for the YEARS ended 31st DECEMBER, 1914, and 31st DECEMBER, 1913.

PRODUCE OF THE GOLDFIELDS IN THE DISTRICT OF	DURING THE QUARTER ENDED				TOTALS FOR YEAR 1914.		TOTALS FOR YEAR 1913.
	31st March, 1914.	30th June, 1914.	30th September, 1914.	31st December, 1914.	Quantity.	Value.	Quantity.	Value.
	Oz.	Oz.	Oz.	Oz.	Oz.	£	Oz.	£
Auckland ..	43,415	46,041	25,656	702	115,814	455,877	217,637	833,928
Marlborough..	293	625	12	..	930	3,611	1,533	5,944
Nelson ..	..	895	..	..	895	3,581	662	2,642
West Coast ..	26,910	22,913	7,304	4,266	61,393	236,776	81,865	317,246
Otago ..	22,524	13,486	7,878	4,704	48,592	194,233	73,824	297,232
Unknown ..	68	81	55	126	330	1,289	640	2,507
Totals for 1914	93,210	84,041	40,905	9,789	227,954	895,367	..	..
Totals for 1913	90,575	79,707	118,718	87,161	..	..	376,161	1,459,499