BUSY YEAR FOR PORT

Evening Star, Issue 20310, 19 October 1929, Page 20

BUSY YEAR FOR PORT

GASH RECEIPTS INCREASED LARGE TONNAGE HANDLED To last night’s meeting of the Standing Committee of the Otago Harbour Board, the secretary (Mr W. J. Bardsley) presented statements covering the returns for the year, as compared with the returns for the previous year. CASH RECEIPTS. The following is a comparative statement of the cash receipts for the years ending September 30, 1926 to 1929: Dues (imports).—l926, £53,416; 1927, £48,683; 1928, £48,336; 1929. £53,193. Dues (exports) .—1926, £24,164; 1927, £23.857; 1928, £23,361; 1929, £23.929.

Pilotage, Port Charges, and Berthage.—l926, £47,029; 1927, £42,626; 1928, £43,580; 1929, £49,890. Towage, Cranage, etc.—l 926, £4,425; 1927, £4,076; 1928, £3,003; 1929, £3,333. Receiving and Delivery,—l926, £14,752; 1927, £12,233; 1928, £10,468; 1929, £11,623. Rents.—l 926. £20,475; 1927, £21,056; 1928, £21,945; 1929, £22,984. The teals for the foregoing are: 1926, £164,264; 1927, £152,533; 1928, £150,695; 1929, £164,955. Miscellaneous. —1926, £9,812; 1927, £9,968; 1928, £15,143; 1929, £13,693. Totals.—l 926, £174,076; 1927, £162,501; 1928, £165,839; 1929, £l7B 648* Dock Department.—l 926, £7,004; 1927, £5,685; 1928, £8,277; 1929, £4,797. Grand Totals.—l 926, £181,080; 1927, £168,187; 1928. £174,116; 1929, £183,445. *This year’s figures include the revenue (£5,567) derived from the Port Chalmers wharves from September 1, 1928 (when the hoard took over from the Railways Department) to June 30, 1929, at railway rates, and from July 1 to September 30, 1929, at the rates fixed by by-law No. IS, 1929. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. The following is a statement of imports and exports for the years ended September 30, 1926-29: Intercolonial and coastal. Overseas. Total

Tons. Tons. Tons. Imports .. Exports .. 1925-26. 186,078 130,737 92,842 39,351 316,815 123,193 Totals .. 278,920 170,088 149,008 Imports .. Exports .. 1926-27. 175,184 116,126 91,748 40,143 291.310 L3i;891 Totals .. 266,932 156,269 423,201 Imports .. Exports 1927-28. 152,646 119,754 82,036 45,296 272.400 12?;332 Totals .. 234,682 165,050 399,732 Imports .. Exports .. 1928-29. 165,343 148,191 79:376 52,756 313,534 132,132 Totals ... 244,719 200,947 415,666 STATEMENT OF SHIPPING. The following is the statement of shipping for the years ended September 30, 1926-29; — Coastal — 1925-26. 1926-27. Vessels 346 363 Net reg tonnage 213,874 218,153 Intercolonial — Vessels 57 66 Net reg. tonnage 135,559 147,719 Foreign— Vessels 144 139 Net reg. tonnage 618,271 635,483 Totals— Vessels Net reg. Coastal — Vessels Net reg. Intercolonia Vessels Net reg. Foreign— Vessels Net reg. 547 tonnage 967,704 1927-28. • 375 tonnage 228,645 — 53 tonnage 117,888 140 tonnage 682,539 568 1,001,355 1928-29. 346 229,802 co 125,418 144 683,609 Totals — Vessels Net reg -568 tonnage 1,029,072„ 549 1,038,829