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504 APPENDIX.NEW ZEALAND.Kauri gum exported (1887), 6,790 tons, value £300,000.Land under tillage (1887), 1,380,000 acres ; cereals produced, 600,000 bushels.Pastures, 12,000,000 acres; sheep, 15,000,000; cattle, 8J3,000 ;horses, 187,000.Tinned and frozen sheep exported (1887), 1,525,000.Gold produced (1887), £800,000 ; coal, 559,000 tons.Railways opened (1887), 1,750 miles ; capital invested, £14,100,000.Letters, &c., forwarded, 40,000,000; papers, parcels, &c., 20,000,000.Telegraphic despatches, 1,836,000.Total imports (1887), £32,000,000; exports, £35,000,000.Shipping entered and cleared, 1,432 of 991,000 tons.Mercantile navy : 503 sailing vessels ; 108 steamers; total tonnage, 95,000.Chief Towns: Auckland, population (1887), 57,000 with subm-bs ; Wellington, 28,000; Dunedin,40,000; Christchurch, 37,000; Thames, 8,000; Napier, 8,000; Nelson, 7,500; Oamai-u, 6,000; Invercargill,5,500 ;Wanganui, 5,000.ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS.