PROSPEROUS NEW ZEALAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10566, 20 April 1928, Page 3

PROSPEROUS NEW ZEALAND.

(To the Editor.)

' Sir, —At the foot of this letter 3 am giving a list! of figures showing th'o -export#' of our pastoral products in value and quantities taking two ten-year periods. Mr G. S. Cray, of Timaru, kindly made these figures out for me from the Year Book, aud •they prove how well this country has done the last ten years, which lev people seem to realise, and there is no reason why the exports should not ho doublet! during the next ten years, making New Zealand the mostprosperous dominion within the Empire. All that is wantecl is more confidence in our country, the farmers to go in for more, top dressing of their land, the Government to see that they get cheap fertilisers, a nr), the hanks to reduce their rates on overdraft. If * these methods are carried out there is nothing to keep New Zealand from going ahead •by “leaps and bounds.”—l am, sir, BERNARD TRIPP. . G-leniti, Timaru, April 14. '

■‘Comparative statement of annual exports of New Zealand produce in quantities and value for the ten year periods from 1906 to 1917 and from 1917 to 1926.

AVERAGE VALUES. 1907-1910' 1917-1926 Exports £18,751,709 £40,421,215 AVERAGE QUANTITIES. 1907-1910 1917-1926 Wool lbs Frozen meat 187,507,024 204,045,815 ewt ... 2,725,195 3,348,101 Butter, ewt 050,106 829,488 Cheese, ewt Tallow, ' ewt 562,851 1,290,776 460,562 505,078 Sheep Skins and Pelts, No. 7,833,215 10,154,441 Rabbit Skins, No. ’ ... 0,845,900 14,243,304 Hides and Calf Skins* No. ... 295,870 820,753