TRADE OF THE PORT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10958, 29 April 1907, Page 4

TRADE OF THE PORT.

■ ■;. : - — — — >♦— —„ • .-. The monthly returns setting forth the •trade of the port were presented to the Harbor Board this afternoon and read as follows : — , : FEBRUARY. Imports: 328,330 ft timber/ 8004 poste and house-blocks, 40£ tons lime, 289 bags cement, 1984 tons coal 21 horses and cattle, 974 sheep, 2249 bales, wool (coastal), 862 sucks grass-seed, 1850 sack 6 oats, 190 sacks chaff 91 sacks wheat, 128 sacks malt, 128, sacks bran and pollard, 11 tons oatmeal, 120 tons flour, 67 tons sugar, 125 tons salt, 604 cases kerosene and benzine, 573 cases fruit, 59 hogsheads 249 cases, 15 barrels, 1 keg beer, 40 cases wine, 318 cases, 4 quarter casks spirits, 2014 tons miscellaneous. .Exports : 1008 boxes butter, 63,154 catcases mutton, 16,228 carcases lamb, 44' tons and 19cwt meat sundries* 72 cases preserved meats, 332 casks pelts, 197 c»sks;.ta4lpTy,.3B,:sa^ skins. 61 tons nianure, 7219 Kales and 44 pockets wool, 1537 sheep, 27 head, cattle and horses, 1888 sacks grass-seed, 94 sacks maize, 105 sacks barley, 24 sacks linseed, 50 sacks chaff, 76 sacks potatoes, loewt -honey, 164 cases fruit, 387 tons miscellaneous. . . < MARCH. ' Imports: 532,976 ft timber, 167 posts and house-blocks, 12£ tons lime, 95 casks, and 670 bags cement, 453 tons coal, 25 head horses and cattle, 89 sheep, 501 bales and 83 pockets coastal wool, 142 sacks grass-seed, 38 sacks potatoes, 1995 sacks oats, 60 sacks chaff, 175 sacks wheat, 120 sacks malt, 200 sacks bran and pollard, 6£ tons oatmeal, 150 i tons flour, 81 tons sugar, 8£ tons salt, 980 cases benzine and kerosene, 798 cases .fruit, 47 hogsheads, 192 cases. 7 kilderkins,- id barrels, and 2 kegs beer, 161 cases, 4 qr. casks, and 1 octave wines, 421 cases, 14 qr. casks, 7 octaves spirits, and 1808 tons miscellaneous. • . " -"*' Exports: 996 boxes butter. 14,488 carcases mutton, 6640 carcases lamb,- 61 tons lewt meat sundries, ,435 cases preserved meats, 108 casks pelts, 214 casks. tallow, 1062 hides, 5511 sheep skins, 163^ tons manure, 2029 bales and 352 pockets wool, 6155 sheep, 22 head cattle and horses, 558 sacks grass seed, 25 sacks maize, 195 sacks parley, 92 sacks chaff, 50 sacks potatoes, 3 tons Tcwfc honey, 315 cases fruit, 20 boxes soap, and 357 tons miscellaneous. -.". ' : - '"■■■••■"'