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Catalogue  of  the  British  Section.

TROUETTE  &  BLANCHPIED,  Great
Western.—Wine.
P
TRUSTEES  OF  NATIONAL  MUSEUM,
Melbourne.—Specimens  of  Australian  Animals.
TYNAN,  John,  Ballarat.—Double  Wheeled
Plough.
UNITED  OVENS  GOLD  AND  TIN
MINING  COMPANY.—Lead,  Antimony,  and
Iron  Ores.
VETTLER,  John,  Echuca.—Wines.
VICTORIA  MEAT  PRESERVING  COMPANY, ­
  ii  8,  Market  Street,  Melbourne.—Preserved
Meats  and  Soups.

VICTORIA  WOOLLEN  COMPANY',
Geelong.—Woollen  Tweeds  and  Shawls.
WATSON  &  PATERSON,  Bourke  Street
West,  Melbourne.—Bacon  and  Harns.
WEBER,  Jacob,  Leigh  Road.—Wine.
WESTERN  MEAT  PRESERVING  COMPANY, ­
  Colac.—Preserved  Meats,  Game,  andPoultry.
WITTBER,  August,  43,  Gipps  Street,  East
Melbourne.—German  “  Australian  Gazette.”
ZORN,  Edward,  Oakleigh,  near  Melbourne.
—Tomato  Sauce.

NEW  ZEALAND.
The  Colony  of  New  Zealand  consists  of  three  principal  islands,  called  respectively  the
North,  the  Middle,  and  the  South  (or  Stewart’s)  Island,  and  several  small  islets  (mostly
uninhabited);  the  chief  of  which  are  the  Chatham  Isles  and  the  Aucldand  Isles.  The
three  principal  islands  extend  in  length  1,100  miles,  but  their  breadth  is  extremely
variable,  ranging  from  46  miles  to  250  miles;  the  average  being  about  140  miles.
Statistics  of  New  Zealand.—Thecensusof  1871  showed  that  the  population  ofNew
Zealand  (exclusive  of  the  Aborigines),  amounted  in  the  February  of  that  year  to  256,393  ;
having  increased  from  99,021  in  1861.  The  revenue,  the  trade,  and  the  other  elements  of
material  prosperity  have  increased  during  the  same  period  in  nearly  equal  proportions.
Thus  the  revenue  was  in  1861,  691,464/.,  and  in  187.1,  1,342,116/.  The  population  of  the
chief  towns,  (including  their  suburbs)  was  in  1871,  in  round  numbers,  as  follows  :—Wellington, ­
  (the  seat  of  the  General  Government),  8,000;  Dunedin,  21,000;  Aucldand,  20,000;
Christchurch,  12,000;  Nelson,  6,000.
Revenue,  (Ordinary  and  Territorial).—1860,464,739/.;  1870,  1,384,639/.;
2871,  1,342,116/.  Public  Debt  ofNew  Zealand  in  1872  was,  9,983,341/.
Imports  and  Exports.—  1860,  Imports,  1,548,333/.;  Exports,  588,953/.  1870,
Imports,  4,639,015/.;  Exports,  4,822,756/.  1871,  Imports,  4,078,192/.  ;  Exports,  5,282,084/.
Land  and  Crops.  (Land  and  cultivatiotis  of  aboriginal  natives  not  included.)—The
extent  of  holdings  in  the  Colony  in  February,  1871,  was  returned  as  22,774,498  acres,
against  18,762,057  acres  in  December,  1867,  viz.  :  freehold,  5,637,838  acres,  against
5,068,440  acres  in  1867,  and  leasehold,  17,126,660  acres  in  1871,  (against  13,693,617  acres
in  1867.  The  total  number  of  acres  fenced  was  6,778,773,  against  3,455,588  in  1867.
The  quantity  of  land  broken  up  but  not  under  crop,  was,  in  1871,  116,204  acres,  against
94,311  acres  in  1867.  The  total  quantity  of  land  under  crop,  as  shown  by  the  Census  of
1871,  (including  sown  grasses)  was,  1,042,042  acres,  against  676,909  acres  in  1867.  Inthis
total  were  77,082  acres  of  wheat,  against  47,786  acres  in  1867;  123,135  acres  of  oats,
against  101,563  acres  in  1867;  23,071  acres  of  barley,  against  13,136  acres  in  1867,
12,901  acres  of  potatoes,  against  14,372  acres  in  1867;  776,402  acres  of  sown  grasses,
against  472,893  acres  in  1867.  In  other  crops  there  were  29,450  acres,  against  27,159
Acres  in  1867.