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On the present Export of Silver to the East.
[Oct.
healthy manner, and things on the whole appear to be as prosperous as ever. But a cheap and plentiful supply of lands is of the first importance to the prosperity of the colony; and it is only when she offers this to the world that she may expect that free and healthy emigration to her shores which is indispensable to her permanent advancement and prosperity.
| Year. | Population. | Imports. | Exports. | Land sold. | Value of Wool. |
| £ | £ | Acres | £ | ||
| 1836 | 1,000 | ||||
| 1837 | 3,000 | 14,000 | 10,000 | ||
| 1838 | 5,000 | 71,000 | 21,000 | 39,000 | 19,000 |
| 1839 | 7,000 | 203,000 | 78,000 | 38,000 | 70,000 |
| 1840 | 10,000 | 392,000 | 155,000 | 83,000 | 160,000 |
| 1841 | 14,000 | 335,000 | 139,000 | 51,000 | 120,000 |
| 1842 | 19,000 | 284,000 | 464,000 | 4,000 | 300,000 |
| 1843 | 22,000 | 183,000 | 278,000 | 1,000 | 200,000 |
| 1844 | 24,000 | 151,000 | 257,000 | 100 | 200,000 |
| 1845 | 28,000 | 284,000 | 464,000 | 4,000 | 300,000 |
| 1846 | 34,000 | 316,000 | 425,000 | 5,000 | 300,000 |
| 1847 | 42,000 | 438,000 | 669,000 | 26,000 | 400,000 |
| 1848 | 50,000 | 374,000 | 675,000 | 23,000 | 400,000 |
| 1849 | 60,000 | 480,000 | 755,000 | 23,000 | 60,000 |
| 1850 | 70,000 | 745,000 | 1,042,000 | 100,000 | 800,000 |
| 1851 | 95,000 | 1,056,000 | 1,424,000 | 70,000 | 700,000 |
| 1852 | 180,000 | 4,044,000 | 7,451,000 | 257,000 | 1,000,000 |
| 1853[1] | 220,000 | 15,842,000 | 11,061,000 | 300,000 | 1,600,000 |
- ↑ I have not been able to procure reliable statistics for the years 1854 and 1855.
