State Library of NSW
290 MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS
THE EXPORTS & IMPORTS OF NEW SOUTH WALES FOR 1855 The following list includes Complete returns of the quantity & Value of articles the produce & Manufactory of New South Wales and the fisheries exported during the past year - It is as follows Value Wool 17:671: 684 lbs £. 078: 017 - Hides 123: 255 - Live Stock 75: 107 - Salt & preserved meats 22 .686 - Oil 8. 025 - Timber 54 .024 - Grain 91. 644 - Butter and Cheese 6: 636 - Gold dust 64. 384 ounces 209. 250 - This forms the total amount of exports the produce of New South Wales of £1. l728.7346 -
Important items of export Export of wool in 1851 -15:268.473 lbs £828:302 .. .. .. .. 1855. 17:671:684 lb£1.078.017 Export of Tallow 1851. 86:460 cwt £114:168 - 1855.57:325 .. 123:255 -
Export of Gold 1851 - 144:120:17 : 16 £468:336 1852 - 818:751 18 : £2:660:946 1853 - 548:052:19: 21- 1:781:172 1854- 237:910 13 :23- 773:209 1855. 64:384. 14.3 - 209.250 The decrease in the export of gold is accounted for by the large amount of gold Coined at the Sydney Branch of the Royal Mint averaging as it has lately done from 60.000 to 80.000 Sovereigns per week The full amount of the Import Markets for the year 1855 was £4:669:139 of which £2.669:896 was from the United Kingdom
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