THE EXPORT TRADE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 193, 16 August 1910, Page 7

THE EXPORT TRADE.

I FORTXIGHTLY RETURNS. The Customs Department at Auckland ' has instituted a system whereby the i exports for each fortnight wfil be •! made out. The first of -these for tbe ■ fortnight ending yesterday has been '.compiled, and pfovidee interesting readj ing. In the two weeks, for instance, «is j much as f 30,779 worth of kauri gum j was exported. Gold and silver, the next j in importance, were practically of equal 1 value, the goli being valued a"t £11,939, I and the silver at £ 11,725. The next ! largest item was frozen beef (£10,453); J timber comes next, at £9,032, then ; there'is wool (£7,693), and then there lis a drop to £5,000 odd, which reprei sents flax, hides and. tallow,. while all J other lines fall below the £3,000 mark. The following- is a table of the various lines:— Butter," 360cwt £2087 Cliecse, scwt 13 l'taorminm, 282 tons 5413 Tow, 39 tons 26a' Beet (frozen),- 8953ewt 10.433 I.ainl) (frozen), 580cwt IO3X Mutton (frozen), 2S4cwt 3SI Kauri gum, 737 tons 39,779 Oats, 226 bnshels 34 Wheat, 102 bnehels 21 Barley, 65 bnsuels 7 Maize, IUO bnshels . . 25 Hides, 3661 (So.) .; 5761 • Skins. 41,280 (Xo.) 2235 Tallow, 182 tons 5634 Timber, 1,682,071 ft 0032 Wool, 208,3041b *..;... 7698 Gold, 25540z lOdwt 11^)39 Silver, 117,2830z 11,725 Potatoes, 20 tons 166