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* 1877NEW ZEALAND.

IMPORT, EXPORT, & SHIPPING RETURNS. (A GENERAL SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR 1876.)

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency. CONTENTS. No. I.—Return showing the Quantity and Value of Articles Imported during the Year 1876. No. ll.—Return showing the Quantity and Value of Articles Exported during the Year 1876. No. lll.—Return showing the Value of the Imports and Exports from and to each Country during the Year 1876. No. IV.—Return showing the Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels Entered and Cleared Coastwise at New Zealand Ports during the Year 1876. No. V.—Return showing the Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels which have been Entered Inwards during the Year 1876. No. VI. —Return showing the Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels which have been Cleared Outwards during the Year 1876. No. Vll.—Return of the Number, Tonnage, and Crews of British and Foreign Vessels Entered and Cleared at New Zealand Ports during the Year 1876. No. VIII. —Abstract of all Duties and Revenue collected by the Customs Department during the Year 1876. No. I.—IMPORTS. Return showing the Quantity and Value of Articles Imported into New Zealand during the Year 1876.

Articles. Quantity. Value. Articles. Quantity. Value. Lgricultural Implements ilkali, Soda Crystals, &c. 2,611 packages ... 17,325 cwts. 2 qrs., 92 barrels, and 20 packages 2,920 pkgs., 289 cs., and 1,350 pkgs. 24,360 8,672 Baskets and Wickerwork 332 packages and 21 packages 131,117 gallons, and 8,072 casks, 14,551 cases, 274 packages 37,951 gallons, and 708 hhds., 181 barrels, i86kilderkins 476 packages, and 2 cases, 10 pkgs. 617 cwts. 2 qrs., and 10 packages 1,190 packages, and 7 casks, 130 packages 28 number 1,210 tons 7 cwts. 4,285 packages ... 5,540 packages, and 47 cases, 1,999 packages 16 packages 134 packages, and 40 cwts. 1 qr. ... 505 packages, and 5,170 number 420 packages, and 192,942 number 22,300 number Value ... 1,107 packages, and 5 cases, 33 pkgs. £ 1.132 ipparel and Slops Beer—Bottled 70,034 181,978 „ In Bulk Lrms and Ammunition— Arms, Fire... Accoutrements Blasting Powder Cartridges and Cases 3,108 No. and 40 No. 10 packages 730,748 lbs. 19,001 No., 31 pkgs. and 1 lb. 6,677,201 number... 8,200 lbs. 200 packages 17,960 lbs. 9 packages 1,846 cwts. 3 qrs., 12 casks 12 number 6,236 lbs., 8 bags... 103 cwts. 6,478 bales, 2,000 packages, and 463 bales, 26 pkgs. 942 bales, 256 pkgs., and 89 bales, 77 packages 1,215 bales, 1,333 pkgs., and 311 bales, 140 pkgs. 2,353 tons 4 cwts. 1 qr. 9.817 3°3 i6,538 33° IO>545 Biscuits —Fancy 2,295 Caps, Percussion Dynamite ... Fuse Gunpowder Lithofracteur Other Explosives Shot 1,623 1,266 1,929 2,996 373 3,168 „ Plain Blacking and Blacklead 5'5 3,864 Boats Bones and Bonedust ... Books—Printed Boots and Shoes 1,331 9,650 88,508 135,49' Swords irrowroot —Bulk Lrsenic lags and Sacks —Corn... 35 194 109 73.723 Bran and Pollard Brass and Brassware ... 20 3,oi9 „ Flour... '3.379 Bricks—Bath 201 „ Woolpacks 19,898 Fire 1,634 lark 23,7 O9 „ Ordinary Bridge Materials Brushware and Brooms 162 1.655 15,816 i—H.