INCREASE IN SHIPPING.
GROWING PORT OF AUCKLAND.
BIG IMPROVEMENT EAST TEAR. ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. A big increase in both arrivals and departures for the past year is revealed by the annual shipping figures for the port of Auckland.
The net tonnage represented by vessels entering the port for the twelve months amounts to 2,213,527, as compared with 1,841.260 tons for 1922, and 1,800,193 for 1921. This is an increase of over 20 per cent. A similar increase took place in vessels leaving the port, these representing a net tonnage of 2,203.572, compared with 1,808,472 tons for last year, and 1,750,844 for 1921. In both instances the increases were almost entirely accounted for by large shipping. The monthly figures for the past year arc as follows:—
Arrivals. »t tons. Januarv 197,702 February 148,056 March 232,076 April 188.515 May j 76.065 • T «nc 173.893 •J"I.V 155.353 August 176,118 September 180,572 October 101,077 November 177.8S7 December 216~,243 Totals 2,213,527 Departures. Net tons. 195,574 590,028 208.301 176.462 ]»e.5»l 157,f.SO 165,393 1T2.459 3 73.143 187.380 3 S3,4!>6 ]96,22:i 2,203,572
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Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 1, 2 January 1924, Page 3
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