THE EMPIRE'S TRADE.
RESULT OF PREFERENTIAL '< TARIFFS. ■ —:. ■ ; " ' I SPEECH BY HON. T, MACKENZIE,- : : [krom our oww correspondent.] * ' p London, February 22.- j* A.imrqe and distinguished company as|§l||§ semblcd at tho Trocadero on Wednesday; evening to say farewell to Sir John Taver* ner, tho retiring Agent-General for "Vic, ■( toria. Alderman Sir Wyatt Truscott pra- it, M sided, and the attendance included Sir J,. Henniker Heaton, the Hon. T. Mackeu* zie, Lord Emmott, Sir William Hall,Jones, and Sir Joseph Ward. ti Mr. Mackenzie, in speaking on the P trade of the Empire, eaid tliat a closa <* examination and an analysis of tho volume - * of tho United Kingdom's trade revealed 3 that it was tho dependencies that were in. 1 creasing their importations of British ~> % manufactures much beyond the imports* " * % tions from foreign countries. The return -5 just published showed that of an increase • of £33,000,000 in the export of British, • | manufactured goods Overseas had taken £18,250,000 worth as against the rest of the world with its teeming " millions taking £15,000,000. Lord Esi. mott had alluded to the increased menu- \ facture of boots in Britain, ; but it muit be remembered that Canada, Australia, ano New Zealand had granted to British goods, with the result that 0 £ the total quantity of boots alone imported ' - : ' into New Zealand 95 per cent, were Brit-ish-made as against only 50 per cent, before preferential tariffs "on many articles were granted to the Old Country. Theso % concessions wero on right lines, because '* New Zealand was as far as possible con- " s fining- her purchases of certain goods to those manufactured by the country which took. her produce free of tariffs, thereby employing the men who consumed the products which the Overseas Dominions fc raised. The assistance which the Mother- ■ ■ q Countrv had given the Colonies was I overlooked by Now Zealand, and that'll country was grateful for all that Britain . ;'. had done and would show that gratitude in a practical way whenever occasion re* •■ If quired. #l|
THE EMPIRE'S TRADE.
New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15269, 5 April 1913, Page 4
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