NEW ZEALAND.
♦ (FKKSS ASSOCIATION .TELEGBAMB.I WELLINGTON, Jaly 31. The retorts of- Customs and Excise dtitMl " collected at the several ports in th* ookfflj •- for the June quarter shtxvr ths* th« total Customs was £497,528, against £469,934 for the same period last. year, aod lixcise £22,064, against £22.608. Of thq Customs, £134,411 was collected at And.-" land, £113,813 at Wellington, £89,593 a« Dunedin, and £70,917 at Christcnurch. 1T» imports during the quarter were rained afe £2,130,060, against £2.382,403 forthtfJumr quarter of 1901. Wellington heads the liefe with £606.003. Auckland £564.391, Disn<* - din £368,655, and Ljttdton £330,318. The Imports from the United Kingdom rose from £1,276,352 to £1.298,995. The import* from the United States decreased from £358,360 to. £272,448. DUNEDIN, July 31. At a meeting of the Harbour Board today a le ; tter was received from the i)ock Trust re the n#w graving dock. It wei rEsc-hsd that the Soard are in'entire sym* pathy with the Trust in ttcir endeavour to get a suitable dock at Port Chalmers,aod pfed'ge thtmselves to do all in tb*ir power to aid them. Failing the just re: quest, of the Trust being acceded to by ■tho the Board the if they would be willkjg to hand over their functions to the Otago Haibour Board, «ft that suitable security jmigbt b3 available for tJic construction of a dock at Por* Ohalniers.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11340, 1 August 1902, Page 6
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