FEBRUARYS EXPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 64, 16 March 1915, Page 6

FEBRUARYS EXPORTS.

m GRATIFYING INCREASE. A DOMINION RECOKD. Compared with the four weeks endod March 2, 1914. the corresponding period ■this year promises to show a big increase, while the month of February will probably turn out to be a record export month for the Dominion, notwithstanding the dry weather, which has been felt in several districts. Nearly all the primary products participate in this increase, wool accounting for the lion's share, with butter, cheese, and frozen meat all well represented. The following table will show bow the export of our chief products compare in the corresponding months of 1914 and 1915; —

The position of February as an export month this year is the more gratifying when it is considered that in 1914 the February exports were usually heavy, following upon the congestion at this end of shipments held up by the strike troubles, whereas the months preceding February, 1915 were heavy export months, as the following table will illustrate: —

It should be explained that only the principal products are included in the values from August to December, 1913, a s the total monthly values were not gazetted prior to 1914. A"s the total exports are, however, not greater than from sto 10 per cent more than the value of the principal exports, the importance of the comparison is not i aa*teriftlly fllhiinltfif^

Feb.. 1915. £ Butter 381,480 Cheese 401,3611 •Frozen lamb 239,244 Frozen mutton .. 236,281 Other meat 150,615 Grain and pulse .. 24,848 Kauri gum 19,257 Flax and tow ... 14,504 Timber 40,780 Hides and -.Skins .. 110,051 Tallow 02.979 ■Wool 2,203.000 Gold' 37,140 Feb., 1914 £ 305,433 206,402 249,450 231.753 80.215 3.138 02,r.33 75.547 20,007 123,087 55,120 1,-500,005 123,758 £3.087,503 £3,227,338

1914-1913. £ August 745.180 September 418.978 October 1,222.578 November 1,405.159 •December 3,068.183 January 3.002,091 1913-1914. £ 000,308 723.712 898,778 517.187 1.825.507 2.809,810