Manufactures and Export.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19485, 15 November 1926, Page 18

Manufactures and Export.

The great primary products so dominate the export trade of the Dominion that the majority of people are unaware of the' number of manufacturing industries which have entered overseas markets—notably in Australia and the Pacific Islands—or have been " trying them out." The following figures are taken from Government statistics for 1925. In Ho case are included manufactured goods imported into New Zealand and then exported. All goods mentioned were manufactured in the country, though doubtless the raw material in some instances was obtained from abroad. The fishing industry might be regarded as belonging to the primary section but it involves manufacture. There was an export trade mainly to Australia of £55,000, tinned fish, which includes whitebait and toheroas, accounting for £17,000. Meat extract to the value of £6OOO, salt beef worth £14,300 and hams worth £21,400, were exported. Potted and preserved meats sent chiefly to the United Kingdom and the Islands were Valued at no less than £219,000. Small lots of biscuits and confectionery wont to the Islands. Australia took £3OOO worth of ground oats and a few pounds worth of split peas went to the same quarter. A little jam was exported and the Islands took over £9OOO worth of refined sugar. Ale, porter and beer to the value of £SOOO went to the Islands and small lots of vinegar, coffee essence, roasted coffee, non-alcoholic beverages and flavouring went overseas. Glue and size in small quantity found a market in Australia and the Philippines. Some plants, shrubs and tree 3 were exported to Britain and Uruguay. Ready-mad® clothing worth £2OOO was sent to the Islands and made-up furs and hats and caps had a little trade abroad. Hosiery exported was worth £I7OO, umbrellas £350, blankets £I3OO, carpets and floor rugs £I2OO, other rugs £IO,OOO, woollen piece goods £BOO, and tent 3 and tarpaulins £2OO. Cordage and rope worth £3600 was shipped to the Islands and the United * " States, and binder twine worth £6400 to Australia. There was a trade in unrefined glycerine of £4OOO, in neat-sfoot oil of £3300, in stearin© oil of £SBOO, and in linseed oil of £2OO. Yarnishes, mixed paint, coke, dressed marble, dressed slates, accounted for a few hundreds. Pumice sand and stone reached the surprising figure of £7600. Hardware was worth £BOO, and galvanised manufactures £9OO, tools £7OO, and a few hundreds were represented by stoves, tanks, etc. Metal manufactures not enumerated in detail were valued at £2OOO. In implements and machines there were chaff and other cutters worth £BOO, wool and hay presses, some of which went to Argentine and Uruguay, worth £IBOO, dairy machinery worth £4400. gas and oil engines £2900, flax machinery which "was sent to the United Kingdom, St. Helena, Argentine' and Uruguay worth £652, bakers' machinery £BOO, mining machinery £6OO, road rollers £270, weighing machines £670, and others not elsewhere enumerated 1 worth nearly £SOOO. Over £7OOO worth of leathers was exported. Furniture accounted for £ISOO, woodware and turnery £2OOO, cane chairs £250, fire bricks, cement and earthenware totalled about £IOOO. In inks there was a trade of £2600. Baking powder exported was valued at £I4OO, medical preparations £3600, and sugar of milk £4700. Blood and bone manure exceeded £13,000 and there was a little trade in cartridges and ship's rockets. Boats were worth £552 and soap sent mainly to the Islands had a value of £B3OO. In brushware a little was done and even blacking was represented by a lot worth £6. Other items of no importance in themselves but indicating what is being done in New Zealand were tar, oars, arabic gums, disinfectants, films, fancy goods, medallions and flags, wrapping paper, portmanteaux, saddlery and harness, anchors and roofing nails. The parcel post of the year carried unrecorded goods made in the Dominion valued at £77,000. . Except in a few lines, the manufacture of which is a development of the primajy industries, the value of the goods was small—trivial often. The manufactories depend absolutely upon the local trade but the exportation . reviewed indicates possibilities for the latum. j