ENEMY GOODS
NEW ZEALAND IMPORTS.
WELLINGTON, July 24. Speaking in the' House to-night, the Hon. A. L. Herdman stated that the value ot goods of enemy origin imported into New Zealand during, 1914 wa*ovei 5 per cent, oi the total. The fig,ures wore:— , ' £ Germany ' . . ' 1,016.016 Austria-Hungary . 49,87'^ Turkey ' ... . ' 60,048 Bulgaria f ; 33 Total £-1,125,967 The total value of enemy goods imported into Sew Zealand during 1915----1916 and the first .six months of 1917, which were paid tor and exported from such countiie,s befoie.thc outbreak of war wa* as under — f (6 mths). 1915 1916.' 1917. £ £ £ Germany ... 88,284 8204 1311 AutriaHungary .... ': 6890' '. 686! 19 Bulgaria 75 206; 39 Turkey, Euro- . . :- ■'. pean ... 7059 540 61
Totals ... 102,308 9636 .1430 Many' lines of .goods previously obtained from Germany, and Austria were now largely obtained from the United States and Japan. The following were the totals of importations from those countries:—
1915. 1916. £' £ ■ United States ... 2.537,54."» \ 4,358,806 Japan ... ... 232,361 616,903 A total increase in the ease of the United States of £1,821.261, and Japan of £384,539.i' ■... .*, ..'
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9053, 25 July 1917, Page 4
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172ENEMY GOODS Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9053, 25 July 1917, Page 4
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