WOOL EXPORTS
BIG INCREASE RECORDED FIGURES OF THE PORTS Exports of wool from New Zealand during the 12 months ended June 30, 1936, totalled 924,297 bales, compared with 598,841 bales for the corresponding period of 1934-35, an increase of 325,456 bales, or 54.34 per cent. Details of exports of wool for the last two years compare as follow:— 1935-36 1934-35
924,297 598,841 Wellington heads the ports of shipment during the year, Napier coming next, Lyttelton third, Port Chalmers fourth and Auckland fifth. Of the total of 924,297 bales exported during the year, 571,020 bales, or 61.77 per cent., was from the North Island and 353,277 bales from the South Island.
Invercargill Bales. 68,179 Bales. 44,148 Dunedin 107,621 69,638 Oamaru 3,512 4,941 Timaru 51,617 45,277 Christchurch 115,933 88,815 Blenheim 5,148 3,971 Nelson 1,267 1,108 Wellington 196,829 115,869 Wanganui 90,772 50,536 New Plymouth 2,802 1,937 Napier, Waikokopu . Gisborne, Tokomaru 143,443 87,922 Bay 35,933 28,556 Auckland, Opua 101,241 56,123
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Southland Times, Issue 22999, 19 September 1936, Page 14
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156WOOL EXPORTS Southland Times, Issue 22999, 19 September 1936, Page 14
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