BLUFF SHIPPING RETURNS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16292, 27 January 1915, Page 10

BLUFF SHIPPING RETURNS

SOUND TRADE CONDITIONS,

(Per United Press Association.! INVERCARjGILL, January 26.

The preliminary statement of accounts for the year ending December 31, 1914, presented to the Bluff Harbour Board discloses a very satisfactory position. ]n his comments upon the statement the chairman (Mr A. F. Hawke) said that, considering the effects of the general strike in the" early part of the year and tho European war in the latter part the figures could be considered very satisfactory to the board, an opinion in which the members of the board concurred.

The total receipts amounted to £23,811, and the ordinary revenue to £23,503. Notwithstanding the adverse influences referred to the ordinary revenue was only £200 less than that of the preceding year. The expenditure was £19,749, as compared with £25,383 for 1913, so that the board's account wont £4500 to the good during the year, and its financial position is very strong. The shipping return shows that 397 vessels, aggregating 504,283 tons, visited the port. The figures for 1913 were 352 vessels, of 523,150 tons. The volume of business was 118,294 tons, as against 120,000 ton for 1913. The figures are a reflex of the sound condition of the trade of tho district.