MORE GAS SOLD.
Steady business was reported by the majority of gas companies in the Dominion during the last financial year. Gas sales over the whole Dominion showed an increase of 3 per cent, in quantity and value, while revenue and expenditure rose by 2 per cent. The Government Statistician shows that thre are 46 works in New Zealand, and the number of persons engaged during the year ended 31st March, 1930, was 452,283. Production of gas increased from 3.437,132,000 cubic feet in 1929 to 3,525.494,000 cubic feet, while gas sold increased from £1,244,682 to £1,276,292. Consumption of coke increased by 1207 tons to 79,606 tons. More tar was produced, but the value showed a decline of 25 per cent. New Zealand coal used increased from 132,900 tons in 1929, to 154.691 tans, an advance of 39 per cent. Imported coals receded by 51 per cent., the quantity cxmsumed being 42,882 tons, as against 87,925 tons the previous year. The price was a'so slightly more favourable, the total cost of coal, £460,872, representing a fall of 4 per cent. It is necessary, howevtr, for gas making with modern plants operating in New Zealand to import coal from the Newcastle district, New South AVales.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 42, 18 August 1930, Page 12
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