DOMINION WEALTH.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 190, 13 August 1928, Page 4

DOMINION WEALTH.

COMES FROM THE LAND. LAST SEASON S GREAT RECORD. j ! Exports tor the year ended June 30! totalled £5.j.619.25.">. or over nine millions a more than either of the preceding two ! P years, but the total is still nearlv two j ll millions less than the record yenr, 19*24-25. j * The following table pives the values j ■-it the principal items of exports for the ' 0 pass three years, ending June 30. I!'2S. ' r 1027 and 19*2(5 respectively: —

Balance ot Trade. ! The favourable balance ot tiade has been slightly reduced by an increase of | impor f s dunns the month ot -Tuly. The! months returns are as follow: — July. 11VJ7. 3!rjs. Increase. I Exports . 3-.i55.1rJl 3.440.70H inn.l2s ' Imports . 3.240.7'JG 41G,t>U : Following is a comparison of the re- j turns for periods of seven months this : year and last year: — Jan.-Julv. 10i;S. 10'JT. Increase. jr i; J Exports . 41.071.103 33.523,313 7.547.550 j Imports . 24.581.076 25.4uo.riMj | Balance . 10.450.217 5.072.733 5.410.454 •Decrease in itnp"rrs. | The tendency for an increase of imports j over exports must be expected to con- | tmue in the immediate future. With a j favourable balance traders will be encour- j aped to increase their purchases from abroad and it will be some months before 1 the new season's exports will obtain | substantial dimensions. The small in- ! crease in exports tor July is largely du ■ | to the fact that deliveries of the bulk, of the country's export lines had been made earlier than usual. I

I ]: T 0 2 7 - -J «. 1028-27. 1 r»J" 20. 'p 1 .... 1<;.54.X,S«0 12.S33.071 12.'>2:1. i 11 M-ar— i ! ' Frozen . 10.2H0.47."> >..>41.402 0.2211.205 j J Preserve! 237. ."OK 213.51!t 2 4 4.275!.Tallow .. XS2.207 6IH.130 844,073 i Butter .. 11.3iri.fii3 0.761.537 S.!>r.,?.03<5 J ''ht'esp . . U.360.Sli» .7i.C3S.376 6,073,60S ! Milk— ' a Dried trc 346.177 324.>>02 384,767 I'-' Casein . 141.43" 127.2">7 104.060 . 1 Sheep sk. 1.784.634 1.617.103 1.465.868 ! Snusase s. 766,045 740,064 745.52S j a Apples .. 406.S7o 25S.Sii.~i 362,264 Live stk. 114.224 124.033 117,04"! Rabbit sk. 6.32.000 810.42s 802,512 | 1 Seeds— Grass etc 241.715 220,085 165.901! Kauri g. 245,834 310,701 :: ■1 .875 4 rt >1(1 .... r.is.4»',s 522.0011 "'■-"> i Hides ... 1.14H.7S 1 777.220 m»7.275 | - Timber .. 308.742 434.784 548,874] N'.Z. hemp 301.750 463,740 543,245 (,">ther N.^. produce. 1.340.000 1.348,844 1.207.470 j Total ... 54.184.545 45.457.401 45.504.548, Re-exports '.I20.74O y37.'»'.tl 82<>.546 Specie .. 514.00O 5tn» 11.853 | Grand tls. 55.610.285 46.3U5.0b2 46,330.847 j *