DOMINION EXPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 99, 28 April 1922, Page 4

DOMINION EXPORTS.

RETTXRKS FROM THE PORTS. YV\ELLIIVGTOX'S BIG INCREASE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLIXGTOX, this day. An official return" gazetted yesterday*. shows that the respective value 6 of exports from the principal ports of Xew Zealand during the quarter ended March 31 last were as under:— 1821. 1922. . Auckland £4,306.599 -£2.«75,059 Tokomam Bay. SL32I 159,692 Gisborne 581.793 466.214 New Plymouth. 955.603 255,004 Patea 550.97S 160,335 Wanganui :...." 1.231.03S 337,220 "Wellington I.SOS.aVT 3.240.635 Napier • 7119.013 763,670 "Wairau and Picton 166,507 216.199 Nelson SLIOI 16-3555 Lyttelton 1,120.829 L492,TT2 Timaru 359.203 772,376 Oamaru 14L612 149,100 Dunedin 649,065 633.717 Invercargill ... 614.951 496.387 Dominion Total 13.136,314 12,152^70 It will be noted that Wellington hold* premier position as for export during the year. Her exports have more than doubled, while those of Auckland, Gisborne, Xew Plymouth, Patea, Wanganui, Xapier and Invercargill show considerable decreases. Wellington's export* exceed those of Auckland by over half a million sterling. Of £12 - ,162,570, our total exports during the past - March quarter, no less than £10,459,717 went to the United Kingdom, and of £13.196,514 exports for March quarter, 192 Lno less than £12.035,060 went to the Old Country.