TRADE OF THE PORT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15657, 10 July 1914, Page 8

TRADE OF THE PORT.

EXPORTS DURING MAY.

FIVE MONTHS'- INCREASE.

Rettkn-3 have been furnished by- the Department of Agriculture of the exports of the principal products from the Dominion during the month of May. ' The value of the shipments from Auckland during May, so. far as the.principal products arc concerned, was £251,205 compared with £214,474 in May last year, an increase of £36,729. During the first five months of the year, ue export in. the ten leading commodities was assessed at £1,800,101, the corresponding total for the period of January to May, 1913, being £1,661,198; the increase- for the period is, therefore, £138,903. s

Details are given in the following tabic of the exports from Auckland during May of this year and last year, and in the third column, th<T total values of the shipments in the five months of the present year are shown :— Fivo May, Months, 1913. 1914. 1914. £ £ £ Butter ... ' ... 6,795 10,470 555,363 Cheese 2,190 . 1,841 53,032 Frozen moat ... 11,383 27,165 140,232 Hemp and tow ... 15,477 5,023 39,429 Kauri gum ... SS.3OG 63,174 235,691 Hides and skins 10,761 13,964 60,729 Tallow 9,581 6,752 32,690 Timber ... ... 11,838 40.078 74,033 Wool 27,239 37,309 338,114 Gold 60,901 55,429 261,789 Totals .. £214,474 £251,205 £1,800,101 The total value of the exports from the whole Dominion during May was £2,644,666, as compared with £2,050,220 in May last year, an increase of £594,446.