THE YEAR'S SHIPPING

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 94, 14 January 1908, Page 5

THE YEAR'S SHIPPING

AN INTERESTING RETURN.

A SATISFACTORY INCREASE.

' ; It ia of thb.iibSt ifflinediato interest to thb

' oomnlunity ito learn of the condition of thb . nUrltimb tradb of Wellington, for its prb' &ress or othenvlsb js .dift'btiy : reflected bli city, hiid nlay he fegatiled as a trade therniometef, the readings of which may be liakon as a reliable indication bf thb profctais bf tho place. The returns fftr tho past year, which aro giveii helow (ill .a colrtparativo table withthbSofbr 1006) t therefore,- obnstitutb iiiatter of rtbnibnt tb 'nil whb t-alSo ft prbpef iiUerbSt in Wellington. '. In-analysing the figures it Is seen that the BUBiber of coastal steaMets svhleh have entered tho pbrt dtifing the past year afo less by ilB than thb total for 1006, but that is ttot at all a SbribUS happening, fbr thb, tonttaga of SUch steamers is 83,764 gifeatef ■■■■' than that of ;1906, and the number bf crowS is - proportionately greater, which indicates 1 what everyone kliowe—tliat the smaller is giving Way to' the larger, and; libt So mahy ' of' -thb' fonitef irb f.E(]uired. The • small , " sailer " is doomed.' : Thb ' number which arrived during 1907 Was only half as many ! , as those fbr thb previous year, aiid the tonnage -, shrunk In nearly, the same ratio. . Thb tiuinhei' bf bbaStal fiteafflera ent-ered outWards last j'ear WaS gfcatbr than the num-. ber for thb year bbforo, which remark also applies to their tonnage. '-In! the: case of ' deep-sea. or'.'fpreign-gbing/ steamer arrivals, thorb is.a marked increase, 140 as. against 107,' with .tonnage ■in proportion. . In this sebtion .the tonnage of- sailing vessols' 'increased, ,as did alsb tho mitnborj .which only ambUilted to 32, ahyhbW, Trfcnty-two rfiOfb fbreign-gding Steam- ' ers were entered outwards last year than dunng itllo year before,' and their toiwagb . jumpbd . from 411,635 to 469,767, but deep- ; wa sailing vessels which left thb port only . nnmbbfbd . twelve,-and their tbniiage was ~ only about half the previous year's total. COASTAL—INWARDS. " T_ Steain— : 1006. ' 1007,, "No. -of vessels ;.. 3,273 3,25/>' Net- tons register ... 2(193,750 5,282,523 • No. in. crews 1 ... 95,0-56 99,882 -isai(-^ ■ . '.No, ef.Vessels 110 : : '56 ' Net'tbfls register' 14,860 ' - 8,447 /No,Mn erews ... • : 580 : 340 • •• COASTAL—OUTWARDS. -• steam— ■ • • 1906/. ' 1907. .No. of vessels 3,093 3,533, : register ... 2,051,634 2,184,128 ■ ' No.' ill I brews 93,G87 95,654 Saili- ; v v ' "No. of vessels ... 116 v : 74 . Not tons register ... • 1D,501 : 14,653 ■ No. -in brbws - 737 607 FOREIGN—JNw A Rt)S. Steam— : : 1006. .1907. No., of vessels ;.i 107 140 Not torts register ... 322,945 ' 382,364 No. in brows ... 8,172 ; 9,215 'Sail— -. : ; No. bf vessels ... 25 ,32 Net tons register. . 1£1,563" 19,769 No. t la trews .. , 370 1 413 . * FOREIGN—OUTWARDS. : ; Steam— . ' , 1006/ lf)07. No, ,of .VesSols ... ' 122 '"' 144 \ ,-Net torts register ... 411,685 ■ ! 469,767 i .No, in bfefrs ; 9,262 ,10,466' pail" : ■ No., bf vessels ..j .13 ' ,12 i Net register 13,841 '7,753 , , No. x ill - crews • ' 220 v 147 ' - AUCKLAND FIGtiRES. .' ■ ... (8t TEII!ORAriI-"rREBS ASSOCIATION.) .'■ '"nK ' : Auckland, January '13.; > T fi6;byerSba shipping rbtums fbr the port of .'Auekland for 1907, show, that 261 vessels arnyed, or the aggregate tonnage of 540,718. ■ Were 231 .vessels, representing '369,331 tons. The figures shbiV a slight ; tiecreasb as compared with 1906, but this i wa s;dup: to• tile:cessation, bf .the;' Frisco mail totvicd'early last year. l i