THE WELLINGTON HARBOUR BOARD RETURNS.
ALL ROUND IN*CREASES
[BY TELEGRAPH. — PRESS ASSOCIATION'.]
W ei. lino ton, Monday, Tiik annual report of the Wellington Ha.ihour Board shows that the revenue increased hist year from £126,186 in 1905. to £142,198. Payments for work* (contracts) amounting to £44,455 were made during the year, and there remains an estimated liability accruing 111 respect to contracts tit hand of £84,749. Shipments of wool and skin* increased by 11,722 bales, and hemp by 6463 bah*. The exports or general >••(.!>• passing over the wharves amounted to 88,013 tons, an increase of 8108 ion*. 1 he export oi frozen meat amounted to 36.099 tons, an increase ot 1044 tons. The tonnag© of goods from British and foreign l>orts was 138,366 tons, compared with 126,846 tons for the previous year. The general transhipments iucreased from. ' 87,974 to 97,002 tons,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13392, 22 January 1907, Page 4
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