COAL EXPORTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 February 1937, Page 2

COAL EXPORTS

JANUARY’S BIG INCREASE Coal exported from the port of Greymouth during the month of January this year was over double the quantity exported during January 1936, the total being 15,061 tons 13 cwt., as compared with 6,907 tons 17 cwt., an increase of 8.153 tons 16 cwt. according to figures supplied by the Secretary of the Harbour Board, Mr. W. B. Gilbert. The increase was recorded in both the coastal- and overseas export,- the figures for the month, with the corresponding figures for January 1936-giv-en in parentheses, ...being:—Coastal, 14,255 tons 5 cwt. (6,577 tons 10 cwt.); overseas’,' 806 tons" 8 cwt: (330' tons 7 cwt.); total: 15,061 tons 13 cwt. (6,907 tons 17 cwt.) TIMBER INCREASE An / increase,...although npt?„of such proportions, was also recorded in. the export of tiihber for the montlt of January, as compared with the export in January 14)36, it- amounting- tb 333,811 superficial ..being due entirely to the increased demand for timber within the Dominion, which more than compensated for’the severe drop in the export” to AusTralia” The figures for the month,-With comparisons with the month of- January 1936 given in parentheses,.were.:—Coastal: 1,425,629 Slip, feet- (443,727 sup. feet); Overseas: sup.lfebV (1,169,079 sup' feet); Total: 1,946,617 sup. feet (1,612,806 sup. feet).