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AUSTRALIA AND POLYNESIA. 



valued at 194,320, had been produced. Tin 

 has also been found in considerable quantities. 

 The total amount of tin brought down, up to 

 1873, was 3,945 tons, valued at 325,000. In 

 New Zealand the yield of gold in 1873 was 



505,337 ozs., valued at 1,987,425. From 1857 

 to 1873 the total quantity of gold exported was 

 7,223,575 ozs., valued at 28,071,685. During 

 the four years ending December 31, 1873, silver 

 to the amount of 190,646 ozs., valued at 54,- 



AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALA 



275, had been exported from Auckland. Tin, 

 iron, and coal, have also been found, but are 

 not as yet regularly worked. 



The following table shows the revenue, the 

 imports, and the exports for 1873, and the pub- 



lic debt on December 31, 1873, for each of the 

 Australian colonies, to wit : Victoria, New 

 South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, 

 Tasmania, West Australia, New Zealand, and 

 the total of all. 



The chief articles of export are precious 

 metals and wool. The amount exported of 

 each from the different colonies during the year 

 1873 was as follows : 



263 ; Tasmania, 45 ; New Zealand, 238 mak- 

 ing a total of 1,621 miles. 



The telegraph statistics for 1873 were as fol- 

 lows (figures marked with a * are for 1872) : 



The following is a summary of miles of rail- 

 roads for 1874 : New South Wales, 403 ; Vic- 

 toria, 539 ; South Australia, 134 ; Queensland, 



In the following table is given the com- 

 mercial marine of the different colonies in 

 1873: 



