Gold Export Statistics




3316
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 120

RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE of GOLD ENTERED for DUTY* for EXPORTATION from NEW ZEALAND from 1st APRIL, 1857, to 30th SEPTEMBER, 1916.

PRODUCE OF THE GOLDFIELDS IN DURING THE QUARTER ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1916. ENTERED FOR EXPORTATION TO THE 30TH JUNE, 1916. TOTAL ENTERED FOR EXPORTATION FROM NEW ZEALAND TO THE 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1916.
County or Borough. District. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value.
Oz. £ Oz. £ Oz. £
County of Thames .. 3,165 12,986
" Ohinemuri .. 12,915 54,698
" Coromandel 1,305 5,541
" Piako .. Auckland 8 28
Borough of Thames .. 849 3,169
" Waihi .. 44,277 187,202
Great Barrier Island .. .. ..
62,519 263,564 6,263,141 23,980,505 6,325,660 24,244,069
Wellington .. .. .. 188 706 188 706
County of Marlborough Marlborough .. 1,143 4,453 98,158 382,223 99,301 386,676
County of Collingwood
" Waimea .. Nelson .. ..
" Takaka .. .. ..
" Murchison .. 1,062 4,249
1,062 4,249 1,732,906 6,870,455 1,733,968 6,874,704
County of Buller .. 1,353 4,861
" Inangahua .. 17,709 69,738
" Grey .. 908 3,605
" Westland .. West Coast 2,335 9,567
Borough of Kumara .. .. ..
" Hokitika .. .. ..
" Ross .. .. ..
22,305 87,771 6,054,061 24,043,054 6,076,366 24,130,825
County of Selwyn .. Canterbury .. 4 19 112 439 116 458
County of Taieri ..
" Tuapeka .. 100 410
" Vincent .. 1,933 7,899
" Maniototo .. 3,049 12,346
" Waihemo .. 821 3,363
" Waitaki .. 18 70
" Lake .. 97 402
" Wallace .. Otago 264 1,053
" Waikouaiti.. .. ..
" Bruce .. .. ..
" Clutha .. .. ..
" Fiord .. .. ..
" Southland .. 3,519 14,396
" Stewart Island .. ..
9,801 39,939 7,549,465 30,038,649 7,559,266 30,078,588
Unknown .. 50 173 3,679 13,718 3,729 13,891
Totals .. 96,884 400,168 21,701,710 85,329,749 21,798,594 85,729,917
  • Duty payable on gold exported, the produce of the North Island (except that produced by alluvial mining or dredge mining), 2s. 3d. per oz.; duty payable on gold exported, the produce of the North Island (being produced by alluvial mining or dredge mining), 2s. per oz.; duty payable on gold exported, the produce of the South Island (except that produced by alluvial mining or dredge mining), 3d. per oz.; duty payable on gold exported, the produce of the South Island (being produced by alluvial mining or dredge mining), free; 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, section 2 of the Gold Duty Amendment Act, 1912, and section 34 of the Mining Amendment Act, 1914.

COMPARATIVE RETURN for the QUARTERS ended 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1916 and 1915.

District of Quarter ended 30th September, 1916. Quarter ended 30th September, 1915.
Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value.
Oz. £ Oz. £
Auckland .. 62,519 263,564 107,774 439,854
Wellington .. .. .. .. ..
Marlborough .. 1,143 4,453 2,304 8,933
Nelson .. 1,062 4,249 .. ..
West Coast .. 22,305 87,771 59,951 235,764
Canterbury .. 4 19 .. ..
Otago .. 9,801 39,939 18,990 76,593
Unknown .. 50 173 160 656
Totals .. 96,884 400,168 189,179 761,800

W. B. MONTGOMERY,
Comptroller of Customs.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 17th October, 1916.



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🏭 Return of Gold Entered for Duty and Exportation

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
17 October 1916
Gold, Export, Duty, Statistics, Customs Department
  • W. B. Montgomery, Comptroller of Customs