PORT STATISTICS

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 121, 24 May 1928, Page 4

PORT STATISTICS

I « HALF-YEARLY FIGURES INCREASE IN TONNAGE . HANDLED An increase in general cargo exports is shown in the Wellington Harbour Board's statistics for the six months ended 31st March, 1928, when compared with the similar period for 1927. General cargo exports show an increase of 10.2 per cent., and general cargo imports show a decrease of 5.7 per cent. Decreases are shown in timber and coal, and an increase is shown in the amount of oil in bulk handled. c. Figures' for the periods under review are: — •

GENERAL CARGO IMPORTS. 1927. 1928. Tons. Tons. From English and foreign ports 145,692 136,720 From coastal and Australian porta 120,125 113,949 265,817 250,669 . (Decrease, 15,148 tons, or 5.7 per cent.) GENERAL CARGO TRANSHIPMENTS. Tons. Tons. 73,458 73,182 (Decrease, 276 tons, or 0.4 per cent.) GENERAL CARGO EXPORTS. x Tons. Tons. To English and foreign ports 35,587 39,545 ■To coastal and Australian '• ports 67,508 74,031 • 103,095 113,576 (Increase, 10,481 tons, or 10.2 per cent.) Butter, Cheese," and Frozen Meat Included in Exports. ..Tons. Tons. Butter (ex store and_ rail and transhipped) , .'■'■ 10,325. 12,530 Cheese (ex store and . ' rail and transhipped) ... 27,382. 28,833 Frozen meat (ex store rail and transhipped) ....... 17,669. 15,190 55,376 56,553 (Increase, 1177 tons; or 2.1 per cent.) TIMBER. : Sup. ft. Sup. ft. Imports '.. 11,959,430 11,741,038 Exports 605,413 565,463 12;564,843 12,306,501 (Decrease, 258,342ft, or 2 per .cent.) COAL. Tons, Tons. Imports over wharves paying wharfage 53,844 52,614 Govt, coal over wharves exempt from wharfage 29,904 36,286 ff/s. overside at wharves 76,561 . 55,370 T/s. overside in stream .'••— — 100,309 144,270 . (Decrease, 16,039 tons, or 10 per cent.) OILS IN BULK. Tons. Tons. Inwards ....:... 73,722 107,681 Outwards ....' 47,629 68,875 Transhipped 11,237 12,962 132,588 189,518 (Increase, 56,930 tons, o'r 42.9 per cent.) WOOL. \ . Bales. Bales. Transhipped 24,517. 44,349 Ex store and rail ....... 98,330 104,619 122,847 148,968 (Increase, 20,121 bales, or 21.3 per cent.) HEMP. ' Bales. Bales. Transhipped v 10,482 7,888 Ex store and rail ..... 29,228 25,520 : 39,710. / 33,408 (Decrease, 6302'bales, or.15.9 per cent.) GROSS TONNAGE HANDLED. , Tons. Tons. All classes of cargo, inwards, outwards, and transhipped ' 881,000 025,171 (Increase, 44,081 tons, or 4.9 per cent.) SHIPPING ARRIVALS. Tons. Tons. Net registered tons (trading vessels only) .... 1,810,598 1,789,474 (Decrease, 21,124 tons, or 1,2 per cent.)