MOTUEKA WHARF RETURNS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue XLIX, 4 January 1916, Page 3

MOTUEKA WHARF RETURNS

EXPORT OF FRUIT.

HUNDRED PER CENT. INCREASE

IN FOUPu YEARS.

Mr P. G. Moflatt, secretary of the Motueka Harbour Board, forwards a, copy of the 39th annual returns of the exports of produce from, the jMotueka wharf, covering the year .eridiijg' 31st December last. —n accompanying statement- savs : "To give an opportunity of making comparisons of increases and decreases in the various parieties of produce shipped, figures for the corresponding period of 1914 are also shownAs fruit is now the chief produce of the Motueka district, it is interefeting to note that for the year 1911 some 133,042 bushels were shipped, while for the V'sar just closed the figures stand at 266,8t50 bushels, or in other words,- since four years ago the increase has been rather 'more than 100 per cent. —the most rapid advance for any previous similar period. ' The returns are as follows: —

' 1914., 1915. Bales. Bales. Wool ... 1022 1128 Hops . ... 1916 - 1437 Hemp . 192 ,, 359 Tow 20 •129 Horsehair ... 3 2 Sheepskins 90 92 Bundles. Bundles Sheepskins 118 ■ 162 Bushels Bushels Fruit ... 227,360 266.850 Cases. Cases. Eggs Butter ... 5287 ... 1239 3821 1743 •Beeswax ... No record 2 Boxes. Boxes. Honey 10 27 Cans. Cans. Cream "... 655 487 •Coops. Coops. Poultry 248 208 Casks. Casks. Tallow 54 , 46 t. Tins. Tins. 4 Whitebait ... ; 164 53 . Blocks. Blocks. Marble >52 23 No. No. Hides 274 438 Sheep ... 2253 , 1556 Pigs ... ... 61 127 Cattle 2 Horses 3 .Sacks. Sacks. Potatoes 1116 . 1925 •Oats 1 8-5 Peas ... .•■ 165 61 >G-rass seed 15 1' Beans 4 342 Swedes 520 Carrots 10 152 .Melons 525 314 Wa'nuts ••• 54 118 Bacon ••• 19 15 (Jhaff 145 4903 B^.rlev 375 401 Onions 3 15 Pollard 8 Bones 76 18 M^ize — 1 5 Wheat ... No record 50 Vegetables 98