EXPORT OF WHEAT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14579, 19 July 1909, Page 4 (Supplement)

EXPORT OF WHEAT.

■HE* ■ - ■ — ITSLEADING OFFICIAL RETURNS. CHRLSTCHURCH, July 9. Tn view of the fact thai there are only bout 2,000,000 bushels of wheat tor spit this year the progress of the hipping of this cereal is naturally of ;ome interest." The monthly leaflet sstted by the Department of Industries lid Commerce is looked to as giving he correct quantities of produce e.xmricd, but it war, surprising to find Hint, ccording to the department's return, the otal quantity of wheat, shipped during he three months ended June 30 amounted o only 557.938 bushels. It will be emombered that when certain statement; '/ere made in Auckland regarding the lispoEtil of the surplus it was shown (hat, ccording to Customs returns obtained irivately the amount of wheal shipped ip to the end of May was 521,543 nishels, and only some 19,000 bushels of his was shipped prior to the beginning if the June quarter. _ On inquiries being made from a local inn which keeps a record of the grain Moments, made up from information ibtained from the Customs Department, t war. found that the total quantity of vheat exported to the end of June was 139,547 bushels. This is exclusive of lie cargo of the Nairnshire, which left '.yttelloii on June 26. It will be seen, ,'nereiore, that up to tile end of June .•lose upon one million bushels of wheat ivere shipped, instead of a little over wlf a million bushels as stated in the lepartment's leaflet. The quantity of oats is also underiatcd, but the diseieoaney is not matc•ial. The toial quantity exported in the fuue quarter is stated to'be 1,6'-0,142 nishels.