WOOL EXPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13236, 23 July 1906, Page 6

WOOL EXPORTS.

! . rj SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE FOR i ',':" ' ":o ;: ■; ■: YEAR 1905-06. '• : ?-," IKr TELEGRAPH.-—OWN COBBESPONDENT.] ' ■'.■: ■■' ;. '■ Wellington, ■. Sunday.. -. r A retcrn of the wool exported from the ." colony .for the .12 'months ended; June 30 . last has been furnished by Mr: A. H. Miles, resident partner in the firm of Murray, , Roberts, and Co. The figures, which show -. a substantial increase on the previous year's .■..;■■ output, aire particularly interesting., in the light of the capital' prices that were realised.' To■ flay that these prices'were, satisfactory hardly conveys \ how well the producers and brokers have done during the past, year,, but it trill convey some idea to ' the.general public to state that the prices were just about double what they were five .' years . ago, when ' the. sheep-farmer was not '■ assumed to be in at all a bad ; plight. With j prices ■ so exceedingly favourable, 'special efforts have been .put forth to get all the available wool to market, and the result .is - --that the colony has in the year 1905-6 exported 415,381 bales, 28,172 bales.in excess of the previous year's output, which in turn .'■'''"was .10,467 : bales in excess :>of the year 1903-4. In going back still another 12 months, it is .seen-that, this .year's returns, ■ . are 13,000 bales short of the quantity exsported in" 1902-3, when 428,768 bales •; left ■ New Zealand. Of the increase shown this •year (says the Times) it is satisfactory to -. . note that Wellington contributes nearily one- ,' third, the quantity shipped from this port : • 'having jumped from 104,212 to 113,011 bale?,■'and easily maintains a big lead over ;' oil other ports' of shipment in the; colony. ' :Lytteltoc shipped the next largest quanity, but; even blocking: that port' with Timaru, 'the : quantity is over 6000 baies short -. of the number of bales sent out from Wellington, ■ he following figures!'show the i. -number of bales exported from the different ■ ports for the past season (with the 1904-5 '''■'■ • returns for' comparison):—Wellington, " season ' 1904-5 ' 104.212. season 1905-6. V-> 113,011; 'Lyttelton, 60,296 and 73469; ' Napier, 61,401 and 60,785; Dunedin, 31,159 ';' and 34,949; Timaru,'3l,B9o and 33,131: . - Gisborne, 29,695' and 31,552; ' Bluff, 21,877 ■and .23,627; Oamaru, 11,875 and 11,622 Auckland, . 14,441 . and ,11,383;... .Picton, ; 7225 and 9732; • Wangunui, 10,897 .; and 8359; Waitara and New Plymouth, 2241 ■ and 3761. The totals are 387,209 and 415,381. •;•■:'■'■ IS«*&' : C''''' ,/'': ■'.■ ,s ';• \ ■'...'■-[■ :" .-■'-. .'.'• PSiffesi.' -tfy;;? •'::'.' ■;■ '■■>'■ : ' ; "'■•■'■ ■■'*. ■■'" ".. ■■■'■ •■■'.■'(,;':'■■. /.-j'' '