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1900. NEW ZEALAND.

PORT ROBINSON LANDING-SERVICE. STATEMENT SHOWING THE QUANTITY OF GOODS RECEIVED AND SHIPPED FROM PORT ROBINSON DURING THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED 31st MARCH, 1900, AND OF THE REVENUE DERIVED THEREFROM.

Laid on the Table of the House of Bepresentatives in pursuance of Section 6 of " The Cheviot Estate Disposition Act Amendment Act, 1897."

Poet Robinson Landing-seevice. Mr. J. Sinclair, the Harbourmaster, reports as follows: — Enclosed is statement of revenue and expenditure at Port Robinson landing-service during the year from the 31st March, 1899, to the 31st March, 1900. The revenue is less than last year. This is partly owing to the County Council having reduced the shipping charges on wheat from 6s. to ss. per ton, and also to a falling-off in some lines of import. I enclose a comparative statement showing the difference in the two periods. The s.s. " Wakatu " made during the year forty-one trips from the north and forty-three from the south, and on seven occasions she had to pass on owing to stormy weather; the s.s. " Himitangi" made three trips from the north and two from the south. The schooner " Maud Graham " arrived from Lyttelton for a cargo of wheat; owing to her cable breaking she drifted ashore and became a total wreck. The sea at the time was moderately calm. During the months of July and October the landing-service was closed for repairs to slip and cargo-boat. Everything has worked satisfactorily during the year. The groyne erected for the protection of the foreshore is now finished, and the shingle is accumulating in front as intended.

Statement of Trade and Revenue for Period 31st March, 1899, to 31st March, 1900.

Inwards. Outwards. Totals. Class of Goods. No. Weight. _i '_ . td -_* K S _ <_ _U*i _ Eevenue. No. «_ _■ o<_ „ - __ a m 5 Eevenue. No. 5 _ 3. '3 . _ - 3 QQ Eevenue. T. C. 838 15 297 16 569 11 £ s. d. 189 8 4 67 10 10 99 14 6 159 10 2 7 19 1 21 4 0 122 11 9 0 10 £ s. d. T. C. 838 15 297 16 569 11 £ s. d. 189 8 4 67 10 10 99 14 6 159 10 2 7 19 1 21 4 0 122 11 9 0 10 145 13 0 119 4 15 0 260 14 0 1 11 0 8 10 9 19 3 4 0 13 6 0 18 6 0 12 6 0 14 9 13 3 6 34 11 5 General merchandise .. Plour, standards, &c* Coals Timber Posts .. ,. Parcels and sundries .. Store dues Passenger Wool, in bales Wool, sacks Skins, bales Wheat, sacks Peas Barley Oats „ Potatoes „ Chaff Onions Grass-seed Sundries Store dues 1,909 498 258,262 2,903 32 95 10,428 62 361 1,009 28 74 25 37 145 13 0 1 1 9 4 15 0 260 14 0 1 11 0 8 10 9 19 3 4 0 13 6 0 18 6 0 12 6 014 9 13 3 6 34 11 5 1,909 498 2,903 32 95 10,428 62 361 1,009 28 74 25 37 431 258,262 431 1,706 2 258,262 667 19 8 12,024 492 3 0 1,160 2 8 * Imports included in 25,944 standards, 1,214 cwt. 1 297 tor )lack a] s 16 cwt.: id galvanis 1,062 flc sed wire,! Dur-sacks, 4! 268 cwt. bar 58 flour b-wire. r-bags, 8 il oatmeal-s acks, 79 sharps--sacks, 11 16 bran-sacks,