DROP IN TRADE
HARBOUR BOARD FIGURES,
From the figures available up to the present there was a drop in trade of 156,702 tons as compared with the cor-' vespondiiig six mouths of last year, said the chairman (Mr. J. \7.' M'Ewan) at Mie monthly meeting of the Harbour fcoard last evening. General cargo imports showed a decrease of 69,281 tons, and the general cargo transhipped had also decreased by 13,829 tons. Exports to British and foreign ports had increased by over ,4000 tons, but there was a very considerable drop in the coastal and intercolonial trade. Oils in bulk continued to keep up, there being an increase of 6817 tons. Timber imports had decreased by about 50 ( per cent., and wool and hemp shipments Wero considerably below last, year, Vhich was a bad year. Exports of but-1 lor were down 2299 tons, but cheese exported had increased by 1147 tons, and frozen meat by 3243 tons.
1 A full dissection of the trade would; be available for tho May moeting of the board, added Mr. M'Ewan.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 95, 23 April 1931, Page 13
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176DROP IN TRADE Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 95, 23 April 1931, Page 13
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