The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-05 00:00:00

ed. The tn:al amount of coin is-ued from the Ist
I roef,Joasn natairtoBot:oloogthh
124,0301. Gold (lust receive I for the purpose of
coinage, 25,085 ounces.
sAolvaerrettlgtwisa; BtYarvs:luve-:
" The quantity of gold du-t brought down by
the escorts from of February has been 9,289 z. 17
dwt'. 13 grs. ; for the sante month of 1856, 7,692
oz. 2 dwts. 16 grs., showing an increase of 1,597
oz. 15 dwts. 2 gr... c n th • month.
" There is a small decreise in the amount of
g.. 11 dust received from the Southern gold-fields,
but the t'o• a! amount brought down sho .v • an in-
crease of 10,106 oz. 16 dwis. 3 urs. in fav,,ur of
1857. . Tile quantity received for the first week in
Ma eh was 3,091. oz. 17 dwts. 11 grs., which mak-s
the total tralutitv re eived by escort from ths Is.
Januiry t,, 7s h -March, 1857, amount to 26,460 uz
14 dwts 17 gr s.
The g.tantity of vold_cluA received by post, from
the Ist January to the Ist of Match, has been 2,509
ounce 3.

The wool market has been firm during the month
and pie •s, as comp 'red with the quorationa given
iu our last summary, have athanc d. Superior
clips hive risen from Id. to 2,1. p. r lb., and ,a,rr
good ablut 1.1. per lb.. Toe f Towing are ti.e
latest : —Superior elps, is. 9d. to 2s ; fair
to good, 1.. lid. to Is. 8. d. ; grease, 9a to Is. ;
Irtndivas:.ed, Is. 5d to I,i. 9d. ; scoured, 1-. 7d.
to 2s. ld. ; sh epskins continue firm at hum 7d. to
10d. per lb.
The tallow market has been very inactive, and
few lot 4 hate been brought to market. Prices may,
therefore, be consid-ledinutrAtl. The quot loos
that are given by the 13,01;ers show a decilie of
a out 10s. per ton, and are a- f dlows 441.
to 471. ; mutton,,4s/. to 481• ; stat on, 35/. t i 431.
11.de: arc zu-gr,,a,, demand. The iutrlligence of
tie h.gh rates ruling in England, received per Sim.a,
cause I a considerable rise here. A parcel of heavy
hides was soil hat Thursday, by auction, at 25-.
ea%;h: They are now quoted at 16a. to 25a. etch,
which is au Advance.of 2g. to sa. as comptred with
,the prices of the first week of Feb.

EXPORT OF COLONIAL PRODUCE FOR TRH YEAR ENDING

1856.

Bilk, 23 tons
Butter and cheese, 242,032 lb
Gold, 42,463 ounces
Grain, &t: —Wheat, 3,093 bu,hels ; maize,
258 880 do. ; barley, 17,600 an. ; oats,
38,199 do. ; fl )ur and bread, 1.430,016 lb. ;
potatoes and yarns, 293 tone 10 covt 85,517
Hides.—Bullocks' bides, 90,003 ; ,heepskins,
79 bundles ; opossum, do., 4 do.; lea her
manufactured, 77 packages ; Lather coma
nufacturoi, 381 packages
Live gook—horses, 1,948 ead; horned cattle,
2,677 do. ; sheep, 2.2,103; hogs, 225 54,736
Oil—sperm, 322 tuns ; biaek, 13 d 0... 25,355
Timber, including palings, shingles, spokes,
&c 42 333
Tallow, 3,865 tons
Sal: meat arid provisions 9.999
Wool, 19,200,3411 b.
Fruit 25,443

9 824
138,007

64,63

£1,895,299

On reference to a similar statement for the yeaz 1855
we find the following enumerations, which we republish
at length, so that the difference will at once be seen :
EXPORT OF COLONIAL PRODUCE FOR THE YEAR 1855
Butter and cheese, 800,864 lb.
Gold, 64,384 z 14 o wt. grs
Grab., &c.—Wheat, 15,310 buKhels ; maize,
37,015 ditto; oats and hart y, 34,852
ditto ; fhur and bread, 2,171,008 lb. ; po-
tatoes, 869 tons
Hides, Skins, and Leather.—Bullocks' hides,
54,035 ; sheep ai,d goat skins, 37,390 ; lea-
ther manufactured, 125 packages ; ditto,
uninauulactured, 594 pack ages
Live Stock.— Elorses, 1,282 ; horned cattle,
4,125; sheep, 28,052 ; hog 4, 3 75 107
Oil, 249} tuns
Tiusber, including palings, shingles, spokes,
and trenaits
Tallow
Salt Meat and Provisions
Wool, 17,670,684 lb.

91,644

£1,772.810
This Chows a balance for the year 1356, aga nab 1355,
of 122,489/.

NEW ZEALAND.

There is news ft om Nelson to the 14th Fe' ruary.
Several versins h*ve gone to try the gold diggings
in Massacre B 97, and a f-lv ounces oi,t tined there
were publlcly s tho 9th. Thi sale of laud in
Net-on province has seen impeded by the regula-
tions, which require that new dis!tiots shall be
sure. yed before soya des are al owed. The Nelson
.Examiner tins of this delay, and the c ,nsa-
qoeht di,,couragenaent of emigration at the best
=ea on of the ye,,r.