In the return laid on the table of the House the amount of coal supplied to the direct steamers was very muoh understated ; m faot it was too small by half. Messrs Kinsey and Company regularly supply the \ New Zealand Shipping Company with 27,000 tone per annum, the value at 25s per ton being £33,500. Shaw, Saville, and Company take I an equal quantity j therefore the worth of ; tbe New Zealand coal consumed by the direot liners is £67,000 per annum instead of ' £32,000. Tho figures are of interest, both j from their bearing on the question of mail ) services, and also from the present rise m the*] PricVowiDg to the oompiioatiQiis ia Australia. ]
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1925, 22 August 1888, Page 3
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115Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1925, 22 August 1888, Page 3
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