PORT OF WELLINGTON.
RECORD TONNAGE ARRIVALS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. While the tonnage of trading vessels which arrived at Wellington during the twelve months which ended on September 30 was a record, the trade of the port as expressed in the total tonnage of cargo handled during the financial year, was practically no greater than in the previous year. During the last twelve months, up to September 30. 3045 trading vessels, totalling 3,644,487 net registered tons, arrivert at the port, as against 3080 ships of 3,543,222 net tons during the previous twelve months. The increased size of present-day tiaflincr ships is shown by the growth in tne average net registered tonnage of vessels arriving at Wellington, as follows:— 1923-24° 1006 tons; 1924-25, 1087; 192526, 1122; 1926-27, 1129; 1927-28, 1150; 1928-29, 1196.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 282, 28 November 1929, Page 7
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133PORT OF WELLINGTON. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 282, 28 November 1929, Page 7
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