LYTTELTON HARBOUR BOARD
SATISFACTORY ANNUAL REPORT. (Peb United Press Association , .) CHRISTCHURCH, March 17. The report of the Lyticltcn Harbour Board last year stated that, taking into account" the disorganisation of shipping, due to the war, the board's revenue had remained fairly satisfactory. The earnings for the year amounted to £63,562, or £3835 more than during 1917. The wharfage return* showed a decrease of £678, due to a falling off of 43,075 tons in the quantity of goods passing over in the board's wharves. The value of exports from Lyttelton was £3,225,428, a decrease of ±;7E0,813. There was an increase in the value o* imports, which were £3,781.155, an increase of £537,254. The number of vessels that entered the port during 1918 was 1841 a decrease on the previous year of 142. Thl ? total tonnage was 1.128.900, a decrease of 274,558 tons compared with the previous year.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17576, 18 March 1919, Page 5
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