Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1857 – No. 7

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✨ Trade Statistics

IMPORTS of New Zealand Produce to the Port of Wellington, during the Quarter ending 31st March, 1857.

ARTICLES.	QUANTITY.	APPROXIMATE VALUE.
Ale or Beer	600 gallons	£ 45 0 0
Barley	173 bushels	70 4 0
Bran	24 bushels	1 16 0
Butter	800 lbs.	40 0 0
Cheese	7,900 lbs.	395 0 0
Flax	9 tons 7 cwt.	187 0 0
Flour	25 tons 3 cwt.	528 3 0
Hams or Bacon	One ton	93 6 8
Lard	112 lbs.	2 16 0
Maize	976 bushels	341 12 0
Oats	13 bushels	4 11 0
Oysters	5 bushels	2 10 0
Onions	13 tons 6 cwt.	372 8 0
Oil, black,	4½ tuns	212 10 0
Potatoes	22 tons 15 cwt.	182 0 0
Rope and Cordage	1 ton 2 cwt.	55 0 0
Sheep	779 in number	584 5 0
Sheep Skins	185 in number.	13 17 6
Sawn Timber	17,200 feet	154 16 0
Shingles	10,000 in number.	9 0 0
Tallow	3 cwt.	7 0 0
Wheat	4525 bushels	1,583 15 0
Wool	517,538 lbs.	34,502 10 8

Total		£39,389 0 10

CHARLES SHARP,
Harbour Master.

Wellington, April 7th, 1857.

EXPORTS of New Zealand Produce from the Port of Wellington during the Quarter ending 31st March, 1857.

ARTICLES.	QUANTITY.	APPROXIMATE VALUE.
Ale or Beer	1800 gallons	£ 225 10 0
Butter	1120 lbs.	56 0 0
Bricks	1000 in number	3 10 0
Flax	17 tons 13 cwt.	363 0 0
Flour	32 tons, 10 cwt.	682 10 0
Hides	78 in number	19 10 0
Oil, black	1½ tuns	62 10 0
Onions	1 ton	28 0 0
Rope or Cordage	4 tons 19 cwt.	247 10 0
Sheep Skins	300 in number	22 10 0
Shingles	37,000 in number	33 6 0
Sawn Timber	51,860 feet	466 14 10
Shells	31 packages	579 0 0
Plants	12 packages	50 0 0
Seal Skins	312 in number	80 0 0
Whalebone	2 tons 2 cwt.	315 0 0
Wool	545,010 lb	36,334 0 0
Candles	1 ton	93 6 8

Total		£39,651 17 6

CHARLES SHARP,
Harbour Master.

Wellington, 7th April, 1857.

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🏭 Imports of New Zealand Produce to Wellington

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated7 April 1857
KeywordsImports, Trade, Wellington, Statistics
👩‍💼 Officials

Charles Sharp, Harbour Master

🏭 Exports of New Zealand Produce from Wellington

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated7 April 1857
KeywordsExports, Trade, Wellington, Statistics
👩‍💼 Officials

Charles Sharp, Harbour Master

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