TRADE OF WELLINGTON.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1099, 11 April 1911, Page 5

TRADE OF WELLINGTON.

SOME INTERESTING FIGURES.

The annual report of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce gives somo interesting figures as to tho trade of tho port of Wellington.' Tho report states that the values of the chief exports from Wellington compare as follow.— 1009-10. 1008-9. «C X Wool and. sheepskins 1,998,647 1,481,277 Frozen meat 762,001 718,05S Bult'cr and cheese 500,737 108,056 Tallow 216,851 194,632 Hemp 207,504 205,041 Other N.Z. produce ... 460,148 303,023 Total N.Z. produce .... 4,326,879 3,371,567 Re-exports 35,534 36,304 Specie — 235,000 Total 4,362,413 3,642,871

There is a substantial increase of nearly ft million in the total, apart from specie, more than half of which arises from wool and skins, while good increase is also shown in dairy produce. Tho heavy increment in the miscellaneous lino is duo chicflj' to the large demand for coal owing to tho strike at Newcastle. The expansion in tho trade of Wellington and .Auckland is well set out in tho following tables, giving tho imports, exports, and Customs revenue for tile past nine years arranged in triennial periods: Exports, Wellington. Auckland, £ 1901-2 to 1903-4 >... 7,886,448 6,956,838 1904-5 to 1906-7 .... 10,139,080 9,084,264 1907-8 to 1909-10 .... 10,642,357 10,028,218 Imports. Wellington. Auckland. £ £ 1901-2 to 1903-4 .... 9,491,647 9,256,94!) 1904-5 to 190(5-7 .... 12,107,614 10,618,416 1907-8 to IPJ9-10 .... 13,218,38S 13,460,630 Customs Revenue. Wellington. Auckland. JC 1901-2 to 1903-4 .... 1,603,879 ' 1,858,670' 1904-5 to 1906-7 .... 2,235,167 2,160,361 1907-8 to 1909-10 ... 2,2f,0,468 2,026,553 The figures for Lyttelton and Dunedin aro also included in tho report. In exports the fat year 1909-10 counterbalances, on the whole, the falling-off in the other two years. In imports there is substantial increaso at each port, while in Customs revenue Wellington is tho only port showing increase; Auckland sudors from tho removal of the duty on. sugar. Shipping. The following figures give the totals of shipping entered at each of the four principal ports during tho years ended December 31, 1907, 1908, and 1909. These are the combined totals of "inwards" and "coastwise" entries at each port, which form tho most reliable comparison:— 1909. 1908. Vessels. Tons. Vessels. Tons. Wellington 3,150 2,775,902 3,174 2,908,956 Auckland 6,835 1,520,040 7,074 1,594,425 Lvttelton 1,833 2,130,978 1,667 2,079,539 Dunedin ... 651 983,773 710 1,041,430