Poverty Bay Herald AND East Coast News Letter. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1879.
We have to acknowledge our indebtness to Mr. Johnson, Collector of Customs, Port of Poverty Bay, for some very valuable information and as pleasing as it is valuable. It is as follows : In 1877 the receipts at the Gisborne Customs from al _f sources were £10,009. 1 For 1878 they y^re £12,888. or nearly £3000 m excJßfelteprevious ________________L In 1877 ouri^^^^^HßL
.£3086. These increases are something extraordinary ; but not more so than the extension of our shipping trade. In 1877 the number of vessels entering om- port was 245, aggregating 28,500 tons. In 1878 the number of vessels entering was 331, aggregating over 58,000 tons, or an increase of nearly thirty thousand tons ! The exports for 1878, consisted of — Wool, value £51,106 • Tallow £698 Apparel £20 Total £51,824 It is also to be borne m mind that our imports and exports do not take m what is sent away or received coastwise or inter-provincially.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume 6, Issue 593, 7 January 1879, Page 2
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169Poverty Bay Herald AND East Coast News Letter. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1879. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume 6, Issue 593, 7 January 1879, Page 2
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