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Title: The gate of the Pacific
Year: 1863 (1860s)
Authors: Pim, Bedford, 1826-1886
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Publisher: London : L. Reeve & co.
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le theexports for the same periods were £662,177 and £229,299 respectively:making a difference of £432,878 in favour of the quarter in 1862. In 1853, the ordinary revenue of the colony was £80,103, in 1860 it hadincreased to £231,298; that for the Province of Auckland alone havingbeen respectively in the two years £36,395 and £72,364. In 1853, the number of ships that cleared inwards was 238, of a totaltonnage of 65,504, and in 1860 the number was 397, of 140,222 tons. Inthe former year, 229 vessels, of a total of 62,891 tons, cleared outwards ;in 1860, the number being 398, of 140,393 tons. In 1860, 237 vessels, of a total of 8473 tons, were registered, against186 vessels, of 6662 tons, in 1857. From 1853 to 1860, the quantity of wool exported increased from1,071,340 lbs. to 6,665,880 lbs. Recent accounts from the colony state that the quantity of gold shippedfrom New Zealand since its discovery there, a period of sixteen months,was 516,483 ounces, of the value of £2,065,932.
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Vartcent/ Broolcs. Txtiv. PORT FITZROY. 373 element, and in no way can this be effected with suchease and certainty as by shortening the road over whichsuch a supply has to travel. The line of great circle sailing between Eealejo andSydney, passes close to the Northern Island ; by devi-ating a few miles from this course, steering round thesouthern end of Great Barrier Island,* and making theharbour of Fitzroy the port of call, a stream of popu-lation and wealth might be poured into New Zealandwhich would spread from one extremity to the other,and amply reward the mother-country by increase ofcommerce alone. Port Fitzroy, the inner harbour of Port Abercrombie,is unexceptionable; the largest ships can enter and de-part at any time, as will be seen by the accompanyingplan. The entrance is two cables lengths in width,with a depth of more than twenty fathoms. Onewriter states that Port Fitzroy is a magnificent har-bour, well sheltered from all winds, and surrounded onall sides by the most

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