The wonderful increase that has taken place in the volume of our exports has been one of the most noticeable features of the year ending 30th June, and is worthy of more than passing notice. The following table will indicate clearly the steady progression in the values of the total exports from New Zealand over the corresponding quarters of 1887-1888:—

	1888.	1887.
	£	£
Quarter ending 30th September	1,302,057	1,118,739
Quarter ending 31st December	2,055,328	1,686,736
	1880.	1888.
Quarter ending 31st March	3,417,734	2,983,630
Quarter ending 30th June	2,214,249	1,426,250
	8,989,368	7,215,415

Equalling a net increase of 1,773,953l, on the year, and nearly 2,000,000l. over the records of any year previous to 1888, and this gratifying result is not merely in the increased value of our products and manufactures, but is largely due to increased production, as will be seen from the following comparison table of some of the principal articles exported for the period under consideration:—

To end of June 1888-June 1889.			1887-1888.		Increase.
Article.	Quantity.	Value.	Quantity.	Value.	Quantity.	Value.
		£		£		£
Wool lbs	94,947,776	3,628,682	90,218,135	3,326,280	4,699,641	302,402
Wheat bushels	3,570,205	646,977	691,453	102,577	2,878,752	544,400
Oats bushels	3,076,973	382,083	2,596,087	224,919	480,886	157,164
Barley bushels	349,199	61,030	75,462	14,220	273,737	46,810
Flour, bran, and sharps tons	24,103	160,681	11,051	42,607	13,052	118,074
Frozen meats cwts.	616,416	736,116	462,947	491,802	153,469	241,314
Preserved meats cwts.	67,497	122,380	57,694	97,841	9,803	21,539
Salted beef cwts.	67,497	122,380	57,694	97,841	9,803	21,539
Tallow tons	7,989	157,697	6,685	120,152	1,304	37,545
Potatoes tons	14,061	50,764	15,224	29,071		21,693
Butter cwts.	32,910	141,904	25,483	85,728	7,427	56,178
Hops cwts.	3,322	19,241	2,407	9,581	915	9,660
Flax tons	8,651	181,481	2,405	42,506	6,246	138,975
Coal tons	84,057	82,575	52,926	49,821	31,131	32,754
Timber-sawn and hewn feet	45,417,227	183,224	36,090,551	146,345	9,326,676	36,879
Leather cwts.	11,359	62,473	9,605	32,223	1,754	9,967