BEST ON RECORD.
PORT OF SYDNEY.
Greatest Volume of Shipping
Last Year
22 PER CENT TRADE INCREASE,
<United P.A.—Elcctric Telegraph—Copyright)
(Kcccived 10 n.m.) SYDNEY, this day
Tiie volume of shipping which entered the port of Sydney during the year ended June 30 last was the highest in the history of the port. Imports increased considerably.
The improvement in the volume of trade is reflected in the wharfage revenue derived. Although the rates have not been altered the increase in revenue from overseas trade amounted to 22 per 'cent over the previous year.
An analysis of the official record of Sydney Harbour Trust reveals that the tonnage of shipping that entered Sydney last year was 17,580,104, which exceeded the figure of 1927, the previous record year, by 1,059,300 tons.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 170, 20 July 1935, Page 9
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