CUSTOMS RETURNS.
GRATIFYING ALL-ROUND INCREASE
GROWING EXPORT TRADE.
The business prosperity of any province is largely reflected in its exports. That the prosperity of the Auckland district is on an excellent footing is shown by the Customs returns for the month of May, ' available on Saturday. A gratifying all-round increase is shown over May of last year; while for last month several lines have been exported which were not sent away in the corresponding l period of 1905. The Customs duties col- j lected for last month totalled £60,725 ss, as against £46,583 5s 7d in May last year, an increase of £14,141 19s sd. The beer duty totalled £2016 16s 9d, against £1806 6s Bd, an increase .of £210 10s Id.
In minerals a total of 36,9360z 16dwt of gold, valued at £150,005 was exported, as against 31,2280z Idwt valued at £127,335 in May, 1906, representing an increase of 57080z 15dwt, or £22,670. The amount of silver sent away last month was 265,4490z 19dwt, valued at £27,002, against 190,4850z 3dwt, valued at £19,589, during the corresponding month last year, or an increase of 74,9640z 16dvvt, representing £7413. ~. ~.,-:.' ■. - °
! If the increases under the four headings, I Customs, beer, gold, and silver, be added 'together the large-and gratifying increase of £44,435 9s. 6d is shown.
The ' particulars of the principal articles of export for last month with the figures for May of last year in parentheses—are as follows: Butter, 3778cwt, value £18,207 (425|cwt, £1956); cheese, 388cwt, value £1098 (367J,cwt, £899) ; beef, frozen, 1257cwt, value £1520 (1078icwt, £920); beef, quarters, frozen, 1261 carcases, value £2559 (nil); mutton, frozen, 3cwt, value £4 (other kinds of mutton, 51£cwt, £92); lamb, frozen, 3665cwt, value £6839 (3108cwt, £5995) poultry, 765 pairs, value £198 (nil) ; Phormium tenax, 1267 tons, value £37,327 (1.193 tons, £30,013); tow, 289 tons,' value £2580 (nil); tallow, 121 tons; value £3874 (nil); kauri gum, 1324 tons, value £80,733 (nil) oats, 165 bushels, value £24 (603 bushels, £73); wheat, 111 bushels, value £26 (182 bushels, £35) ; hops, l£cwt, value £9 (nil); hides, 2660, value £3116 (nil); skins, all kinds, 13,621, value' £1483 (nil); \ timber, 1,814,362 super, feet, value £10,146 (nil); wool, 292,6101b, value £12,822 (nil); potatoes, New Zealand, 13 tons, value £88, and foreign, tons, value £100 (22£ tons,- £282).
During May last year, under the heading of cereals, 157 bushels, valued at £67, embracing other kinds than those, specified this year, were exported. . '
NEW PLYMOUTH. [BY TELEGRAPH. TRESS ASSOCIATION.] , - New Plymouth, Saturday. The Customs revenue for May was £3071, as compared with £2056 for the corresponding period last year. Butter exports totalled 14,227 boxes, as against 7005, and i cheese 1528 crates, as against 586. * v • : . INVEECARGILL. ... ',' * '. [BY TELEGRAPH.- ASSOCIATION.] '. , Invercakgill, Sunday. The Customs duties for May amounted to £8110, as against £5849 for « : the same month last year. The duty on spirits fell from £2518 to £2268, and on other imported liquors from £96 to £89. .The beer duty shows an. increase of £34 compared with last May. Vv v ''' ■"'■•■■■■■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13454, 3 June 1907, Page 6
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