KAURI GUM EXPORTS
The quantity of kauri-gum exported during 1915 (according to the annual Mines Report) amounted to 4575 tons, vanlued at £279,133. as compared with 8473 tons, valued at £497,444, during 1913. The considerable decline during the past two years in the export of kauri - j gum is due to the fact that previous to the war the principal market was in Germany. To afford a measure of relief to unemployed gum-diggers, the Government, in terms of the Kauri-gum Industry Act. 1914. has purchased from the diggers over.3oo tons of gum, which is now stored in' Auckland for shipment to- a new market when the opportunity occurs.
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Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 42, 18 August 1916, Page 2
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108KAURI GUM EXPORTS Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 42, 18 August 1916, Page 2
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