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SHRINKAGE OF EXPORTS.

Returns prepared by tho Industries and Commerce Department of the principal exports for the period opd.ed Zlit December show a decline" in valuo 1 of newly £3,000,000 sterling for the twelve months. Ihere would seem to be .a shrinkage in ,the values of most lines of export, but chiefly in. wool, as the following , table

The values of the export* for December, 1911, were £1,282,122, as against f 2,161,769 for December, 1910.

* * ' ' ' i9iiV- ■ Butter 1,569,345 1,823,147 Cheese 1,184,082 1,200,219 Frozen beef ... 296,112 " 696,238 Frozen mutton— Carcaees , ... 1,111,086 1,190,392 Legs and pieces 44,304 58,612 Frozen lainU ... 1,934,663 1,876,610 Wheat 219,182 216,665 Oats, ... 9,249 44,257 Potatoes .„ ... 6,339 3,685 Hemp ... ... 314,835 448,388 Rabbits 80,112 70,692 Tow 25,760 32,104 Kauri gum ... ' 395,707 465,044 Grain and pulse (other than wheat and oats) ... 106,593 67,39(5 Hops 11,214 20,453 Hide 165,757 250,269 felons (ail kinds) ... 716,097 863,733 Tallow ... . ... 608,760 755,319 Timber ... ... 440,270 407,984 Wool 6,548,509 8,270,903 Gold 1,816,989 1,896,318 Total* ... 17,594,965 20,528,17 i

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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 9, 11 January 1912, Page 2

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SHRINKAGE OF EXPORTS. Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 9, 11 January 1912, Page 2

SHRINKAGE OF EXPORTS. Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 9, 11 January 1912, Page 2