Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1855 – No. 5

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✨ Trade Statistics

Imports of New Zealand Produce Coastwise to the Port of Wellington, during the Quarter ending 31st March, 1855.

ARTICLES.	QUANTITY.	APPROXIMATE VALUE.
Bran	237 bushels	£29 12 6
Butter	4840 lbs.	302 10 0
Cheese	12,100 lbs.	605 0 0
Flax	7 tons, 12 cwt.	266 0 0
Fish dried	6 dozen	3 12 0
Flour	15 tons, 12 cwt.	546 0 0
Hides	25 in number	7 10 0
Maize	180 bushels	94 10 0
Oats	250 do.	112 10 0
Onions	13 cwt.	32 10 0
Oil, Black	6 tuns	330 0 0
Pigs alive	17 in number	57 0 0
Potatoes	16 tons	112 0 0
Rope or Cordage	6 tons, 13 cwt.	465 10 0
Sheep	120 in number	180 0 0
Shingles	4,000 do.	4 0 0
Sawn Timber	57,111 feet	628 3 0
Tallow	2 cwt.	4 0 0
Wheat	3,138 bushels	2,039 14 0
Whalebone	15 cwt.	112 10 0
Wool	190,500 lbs.	11,112 10 0
	Total	£17,039 1 6

Harbor Office,
Wellington, 9th April, 1855.

CHARLES SHARP,
Harbor Master.

Exports of New Zealand Produce from the Port of Wellington, during the Quarter ending 31st March, 1855.

ARTICLES.	QUANTITY.	APPROXIMATE VALUE.
Ale or Beer	1250 gallons	£125 0 0
Apples	2 tons	76 0 0
Bran	260 bushels	32 10 0
Butter	3656 lbs.	228 12 0
Bricks	3500 in number	10 10 0
Cheese	4011 lbs.	205 11 0
Flax	2 tons, 10 cwt.	87 10 0
Flour	14 tons, 14 cwt.	514 10 0
Hides	150 in number	45 0 0
Oil, Black	4½ tuns	233 15 0
Oats	40 bushels	18 0 0
Onions	1 ton, 16 cwt.	90 0 0
Potatoes	35 tons	175 0 0
Rope or Cordage	12 tons, 4 cwt.	854 0 0
Sheep-skins	600	45 0 0
Sawn Timber	7790 feet	84 14 0
Wool	152,406 lbs.	8887 0 0
	Total	£11,712 12 0

Harbor Office,
Wellington, 9th April, 1855.

CHARLES SHARP,
Harbour Master.

VUW Te Waharoa — Wellington Provincial Gazette 1855, No 5

The Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted) were shared with Parliament after 1865

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏭 Imports of New Zealand Produce Coastwise to Wellington

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated9 April 1855
KeywordsImports, Wellington Port, Trade Statistics, Quarter Ending 31st March 1855
👩‍💼 Officials

Charles Sharp, Harbour Master

🏭 Exports of New Zealand Produce from Wellington

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated9 April 1855
KeywordsExports, Wellington Port, Trade Statistics, Quarter Ending 31st March 1855
👩‍💼 Officials

Charles Sharp, Harbour Master

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