Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1859 – No. 23

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✨ Trade and Shipping Statistics

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COMPARATIVE RETURN of Arrivals and Departures at the Port of Wellington, between the Quarters ending June 30, 1858, and 1859:

ARRIVALS FROM	1858.		1859.		DEPARTURES TO	1858.		1859.
	Ships	Tons	Ships	Tons		Ships	Tons	Ships	Tons
Great Britain	3	1823	3	1270	Great Britain	2	977	2	1646
New South Wales	7	1155	14	2675	New South Wales	9	1129	10	1636
Van Diemen's Land	..	..	1	166	Van Diemen's Land	..	..	..	..
Other Ports	..	..	..	..	Other Ports	..	..	1	196
Coastwise	71	4054	94	6855	Coastwise	59	3091	115	10808
Totals	81	7032	112	10969	Totals	70	5197	128	14286

Wellington,
2nd August, 1859.

WILLIAM LESLIE,
Harbour Master.

EXPORTS of New Zealand Produce from the Port of Wellington, during the Quarter ending 30th June, 1859.

ARTICLES EXPORTED.	QUANTITY.	APPROXIMATE VALUE.
Ale	1,092 gallons	£ s. d.
Butter	26,830 lbs.	118 6 0
Barley	733 bushels	1,341 10 0
Bacon	2,176 lbs.	209 18 0
Bricks	7,000 in number	9 13 4
Cheese	2,862 lbs.	119 5 0
Flax	3 tons	90 0 0
Flour	11 "	242 0 0
Grass Seeds	472 bushels	472 0 0
Gold	162 ozs. 10 grs.	607 10 0
Hides	546 in number	191 2 0
Kegs (empty)	8 "	2 0 0
Leather	300 lbs.	15 0 0
Malt	59 bushels	10 13 0
Mattresses	48 in number	60 0 0
Oil, Sperm	12 tuns	1,060 0 0
" Polar	17 tuns	629 0 0
Oats	1,313 bushels	262 12 0
Plants	11 cases	134 0 0
Potatoes	161 tons	663 10 0
Pork	19,936 lbs.	332 5 4
Pigs	17 in number	34 0 0
Ropes	4 cwt.	8 0 0
Seeds	1 box	5 0 0
Sharps	2 tons	20 0 0
Sheep Skins	846 in number	63 9 0
Specimens Natural Curiosities	2 boxes	10 0 0
Shingles	10,000 in number	12 0 0
Tallow	7 cwt.	15 0 0
Timber	106,152 feet	849 4 0
Tow	40 cwt.	66 0 0
Whalebone	...	30 0 0
Wool-lashing	7 tons 7 cwt.	235 4 0
Wool	624,222 lbs.	39,013 17 6
Total		£46,945 14 2

Wellington,
22nd August, 1859.

WILLIAM LESLIE,
Harbour Master.

VUW Te Waharoa — Wellington Provincial Gazette 1859, No 23

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🚂 Comparative Return of Arrivals and Departures at Port of Wellington

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated2 August 1859
KeywordsShipping, Arrivals, Departures, Port of Wellington, Statistics
👩‍💼 Officials

WILLIAM LESLIE, Harbour Master

🏭 Exports of New Zealand Produce from Port of Wellington

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Dated22 August 1859
KeywordsExports, Produce, Port of Wellington, Statistics
👩‍💼 Officials

WILLIAM LESLIE, Harbour Master

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