BIG GROWTH IN EXPORTS.
A YEAR'S FIGURES. INCREASE OVER FOUR AND A HALF MILLIONS. The total of Now Zealand exported products for the year ended last month exceeds those of the previous year in value by over four and a half million pounds, namely: — - ; £■ Year ended Feb., 1910 ... 19,768,830 Year ended Feb., 1909 ... 14,928,999 Increase 4,639,881 Some of the .most notable increases are: — ' 1910. 1909.
jg J0 Butter 1,603.308 1,294,923 Cheese 1,097,504 831,999 Wheat 307.317 601 Oats 446,236 124,191 Grain and pulse... 73,713 33,286 Hides 217.805 172,061 Skins 779,902 « 582,347 Tallow 662.666 484,637 Wool 7,894,855 4,987,204 Following are values of New Zealand's principal exports for February, compared with the corresponding month of last year: —
1910 1909 £ £ Butter 242,880 277,651 Cheese 102.595 174,067 Frozen beef 22.596 56,036 Frozen mutton ... 92,358 169,081 Frozen lamb 151.983 200,407 Wheat 1,676 271 Oats 5.001 7,276 Potatoes 173 157 Hemp 60.270 20,356 Tow 3.673 2,204 Kauri gum 36.150 50,856 Grain and pulse other than wheat 2.468 24 Hods 1.701 46 Hid oe 15.075 19.962 Skins (all kinds) ... 57.508 58,563 Timber 29,909 24,228 Tallow 59.871 54,857 Wool 1.830.656 1,152)845 Gold 146,235 163,862 Totals £2.962,778 £2,432,754
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 9163, Issue 9163, 12 March 1910, Page 3
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188BIG GROWTH IN EXPORTS. Manawatu Standard, Volume 9163, Issue 9163, 12 March 1910, Page 3
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