AUCKLAND IMPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 25, 31 January 1928, Page 8

AUCKLAND IMPORTS.

FIGURES FOB DECEMBER.

INCREASE IX CASH RECEIPTS.

A return submitted by the acting traffic manager, Mr. K. C. Holmes, at a meeting of the Auckland Harbour Board this afternoon showed that the imports for December last amounted to 93,128 tons, compared with 99,055 tons for the same period of 1926, a decrease of 5927 tons. Details of imports are as follows: Coastal, beyond province, 28,505 tonsPacific Islands, 9199 tons; Australia' 15,396 tons; United Kingdom, 15,409' tons; Straits Settlements (oil), 5270 tons; Canada, 5710 tons; United States, 13,639 tons. '

During December 1852 passengers arrived and 1535 departed. The cash receipts for the Waitemata H - b " U , r T . Decemb er amounted to £30,681, an increase of £1358, compared IrL % fT S f ° r the corresponding period of last year. The figures for the three months ended December showed th* mCre ? Se i ° f 598 ' as com l»red with the quarterly period of 1926. The figures the Aianukau Harbour showed increases of £56 and £120, respectively. 4i?6^ Dg ! ember 698 vessels of 410, gross tons arrived in the Waitemata, while the arrivals at the Manukau Harbour consisted of 29 vessels of a gross tonnage of 11,202 tons