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INCREASE IN TRADE SOME STRIKING FIGURES 25 YEARS UNDER REVIEW By Telegraph—Presi Association —Copyright (Received A jri'i 1, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON". March :U How trade in London lias increased in the last 'junrtcr of a century is shown in a report issued l>y Iho Port of London Authority, which to-dav is celebrating tl:e 25th anniversary of its formation. In 1909 the total not registered tonnage of vessels which arrived and departed from (lie port amounted to 38,510,989. In 193:5 it was 5(3,480,004. The total '.eight of goods imported into and exported irom London in 19.3.5 was 35,870,001 tons. Complete statistics of the tor.nage of goods dealt with in 1909 arc rot available, but particulars of overseas imports show an increase in the '23 years of something like 25 per cent. ' During this period the I ort of London Authority spent more than £20,000,000 en nnw works.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21764, 2 April 1934, Page 9
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