DOMINION EXPORTS
. BIG INCREASE LAST YEAR. Returns published in the Gazette this week show the comparative value of ex- , ports from New Zealand during the years 1915 and 1914. During 1915 the value ■ was £31,748,912 (including £318,090 specie exported), as compared with £26,261,447 . (including £7522 specie) in 1914. The exports from the principal districts compared as follow :— • j ! 1915. 1914. • Auckland . ... 5.407,074 4,062,530 Gisborne ... 1,941,736 1,506.842 New Plymouth 886,191 334,591 Waitara. 562,190 389,684 Patea 1,209,657 439,776 Wanganui . ... 1.110,020 672,201 Wellington ... 6,921,872 7,674,256 .Napier ... ... 2,631,468 2,346.324 Wairau (including . Picton) ... 267,245 339,627 Nelson 230.313 . 163,932 Greymouth ... 534,784 326,075 Lyttelton ... 3,876,613 3,253,575Timaru 1,545,404 1,326.577 Oamaru 450,816 '258,943 Dnncdin ... 2,016,036 1.555J232 Invercargil! ... 1.882.726 1.322,049 TO will be observed that Wellington, while still holding the premier position, has declined considerably, whereas Auckland, Patea. New Plymouth, Waitara, and Wanganui, and other -coastal ports to a lesser extent, have advanced considerably,, hi the return goods exported are credited, as far as' possible, to each district of production, whether •sported through thu port far eutli dietrict or not.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 17, 21 January 1916, Page 2
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