IMPORT AND EXPORT.

Otago Witness, Volume 23, Issue 2684, 23 August 1905, Page 32

IMPORT AND EXPORT.

The returns for the June quarter. 1905, show total exports, less specie, £3,436,041, as compared with £3,556,199 for the corresnonding quarter of last year — .a decrease of "£150,158. The details are as follow: — Ooal, a decrease of JE10.357 (J524.513— £35,170). Gold, .a decrease of £33,837 (£511,134— £344,971). Silver, an increase of £2507 (£35,57»— £33,072). Kauri gum, a decrease of £4980 (£111,854 — . £116,334). Timber, an increase of £19,635 (£76,505— £56,870). Butter, a decrease of £96,172 (£88,425— £184,597). (This large difference must surely arise from holding over shipments for a month or so). Cheese, a decrease of £659 (£42,784— £43,443). Hides, an increase of £14,338 (£28,436— £14,098). Preserved meats, an increase of £11,389 (£24,069— £12,650). Frozen meats, a decrease of £36,596 (£953,677 —£990,2^3) Sheepskins, a decrease of £10,770 (£132,906— £143,676). Tallow, an increase of £4984 (£113,784—. £108,800) Wool, an increase of £88,373 (£877,186— £788,813). AgrumituTal products, a decreas© of £73,654 (£88,218— £161,872). (Chiefly in oats, wheat, and beans and peas). Leather, a decline of £12,125 (£12,584— £25,009). Phormium, a decrease of £3882 (£187,779— £197,661). Frozen meats have kept up rery well considering that the flocks, which had decreased largely, recovered by 900,000 last year. Butter will no doubt show up well in next return, otherwise there is nob much to note. We can hardly expect our great variety of exports to keep up to the high standard of last year without fluctua« tion. The two quarters show as follow: — March quarter, 1905 .„ .. £G,484,282 June quarter, 1905 .. .. 3,436,041 Total » .» £9;920,323 March quarter, 1904 .. .. £5,702,129 June quarter, 1904, .* -.. 3,586,199 Total £9,2«8,32S So it promises well for- the year, thougK there is some falling-off in the quarter. The imports show: — Juae quarter, 1905 ». .. £2,246,746 June quartear, 1904 .. .. 2,388,933 deducting £200,155 specie from last year's return. No specie is noted for 1905. The decline is insignificant. A Savoyard shepherd named Vachat entered a barn near Yauokis-e. and found a cow in the act of chewing up his sawnsj*. which, consisting of £70 in banknotes. \\dd been hidden in a corner of the Iwin. Oiiiy ! two notes for £3 remained uneaten.