Poverty Bay Herald PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING GISBORNE, SATURDAY, NOV. 18, 1911.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12615, 18 November 1911, Page 4

Poverty Bay Herald PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING GISBORNE, SATURDAY, NOV. 18, 1911.

THE UPWARD MARCH. "Boosting Gisborne" is in the air just noAv. There is a feeling of confidence amongst the commercial men of the town Avhich impels them to put shoulders to the Avheel in some concerted to! push forAvard the fortunes 'of the 'town, and district. That their confidence is well placed Js known to every person who -has studied the statistics of the; place. The shipping trade, the post and telegraph receipts, the land valuations, the export land import returns,' the Customs collections; the money order and savings, bank deposits, the agricultural and pastoral statistics, and, we may. add', the .circulation ofi.th-d leading neAvspaper, all attest lo the growth of prosperity .'in' this region, ip. which settlement is' so rapidly * expanding. The Customs cbllec-' tions are as good an indication as anj> of.'the gro*wth of trade and expansion of settlement, and Ave are indebted to. Mr HoAvie, tlie local Collector, for the foi-. loAving table showing the increase of Customs receipts at' T this port in comparison with those of three other secondary toAvns of about the same population as Gisborne. The figures; show in striking manner the leaps and bounds that' local trade is .taking.. .Gisbcrrne's receipts have not quite reached the' dimensions, of the South Canterbury dapital, .but once the shipping companies concede to this port the privilege of • receiving' direct shipments, which Timaru has enjoyed for some years, there is little doubt * that the volume of dutiable merchandise (a good deal of which at present comes through Auckland arid Wellington houses, . and goes to sAA'ell the Customs returns of those centres) avi'U considerably increase, and at least '.bring us up level Avith Timaru. Already Gisborne trade has passed' the Taranaki total,' and Nelson is being- left -a long "way in the rear". Tlie figures are as follbAv :' . Gisborno. Timaru. Taranaki. Nelson.

...Total for id ; \.. 7 327,849 ,3(54,156 333,557.406,085 Tl'.. we take, the tota-"C< for the last four a *• half years tjhe figures are even 'mpro striking :-— '•*'■'• ■' :A£ r * * £ £ £ Total last "-.•.-♦ 4yrs ... 178,822 177,373 165,820 156,431 _.-yr ending i • Sep 30,,. 1911, 27,181 25,684 24,876 17,455 ' , '' * 206,'003 " ' . 203,057 , 190,6% 173,886 Here Gisborne has a. lead of £3000, which, as Customs, duty, represents a considerable bulk of imports,', over Timaru, o*f £15,000 over Taranaki, and of £32,000 oyer Nelson. There ;is , gratification, therefore, "for some practical and persistent "boosting'' of, Poverty 4 Bay.

£ . £ £ £' ' 1901-2 ... 13,748 24;234 23,207 ' 38,721 1902-3 ; ... • 16,382 - 23,850 25,915 41,488 1903-4 ... 24,519 30,700 29,860 44,601 1904-5 ... 27,117 30,122 26,518 42,488 1905-6 '...30,852 37,010 29,675 40,934 1906-7 ... 36,409 40,867 32,562 41,432 j 1907-8' ... 42,785 41,761 38,794 40,451 1908-9 ... 44,013 38,715 38,928 38,221 1909-10 ... 40,153 42,813 41,645 ■ 36,144 1910-11' .ft" V 51,871 54,079 46,453 41,615