TRADE OF PORT OF NAPIER

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 306, 10 December 1931, Page 10

TRADE OF PORT OF NAPIER

INCREASE IN REVENUE. SHIPS AND THEIR CARGOES. Another increase in the revenue of the Napier Harbour Board derived from the trade of the Napier waterfront is revealed when the figures for the month of November are compared with those of the corresponding month of last year, the increase amounting to £BBB. Until recently every month over a long period steady decreases have been shown, but the last two months’ increases have been shown, the total amount being £1223. During November of this year the tonnage of shipping to visit the port was 7628 tons more than it was in the same month of 1930. The amount of cargo to enter the port also showed a considerable decrease, especially in the item of coal, which was 632 tons less than it was in the same month of last year. A very considerable increase is to bo seen in the number of lamb carcases which were exported, there being no less than 131,296 more exported this November than there was last, the figures being 173,171 in 1931, against 41,875 in 1930. Mutton carcases also increased by 9095. Details are as follow:—

Shipping Keg, tonnage 1930 1931 38,215 45,843 Imports Genera) cargo (tons) 6,378 4,815 Coal and Coke (tons) 1.042 636 Coal, Govt, (tons) .. 521 295 Exports General cargo (tons) 1,561 1,612 Bunker coal (tons) .. 332 289 Ships’ oil fuel (tons) 12 6 Ships’ stores (tons) .. 18 17 Wool, skins, etc. (bales) Beef (tons) 3,830 3,907 165 — Mutton (earcases) 24,682 33,777 Mutton (pieces) .... 264 162 Lamb (carcases) 41,875 173,171