PORT OF TIMARU
RETURN FOR FEBRUARY A decrease of 829 tons in imports and 2957 tons in exports was revealed in a report dealing with the trade at the Port of Thnaru during February, and which was presented to a meeting of the Harbour Board yesterday. The return was as follows:
Imports 1937. 1938. General merchandise (tons) 2.114 1,426 Timber- (sup.feet) 42.950 51,049 Coal (tons) 1,114 1,345 Wool (bales) 93 9 Horses — 1 Cattle — 4 Exports General merchandise . 504 433 Wool (bales) 4,606 2.''36 Skins (bales) 323 234 Hides 529 384 Wheat (sacks) .. .. 9.63b 160 Oats 3.950 2,972 Barley 1,107 30 Flour 12,692 15.598 Oatmeal 953 806 Bran and sharps .. . - 6,866 6,016 Tallow (tons) 114 25 Chaff (sacKS) — 1.602 Seeds 1,113 553 Beans and peas .. .. 369 92 Frozen mutton (carcases) 138.069 64.856 Butter (boxes) 3.717 3,919 Cheese (crates) 1,376 1,059 Linseed (sacks) 884 — Casings 24 — Beef (quarters) 199 697 Pelts (tons) 58 — Manure 25 — Money (cases) 25 — Sheep (live) 41 79 H"rses — Eggs (crates) 64 40 Shipping Inward (tons) 71,310 43,872 Outward (tons) .. .. 71,306 43,343
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 21001, 1 April 1938, Page 8
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