The economic status of the multiplicity of small harbour boards in New Zealand was discussed by Mr D. Holderness, engineer to the Auckland Harbour Board, at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Society of Civil Engineers last week. He said there were no fewer than 44 separate harbour boards in New Zealand, but in 1932 Wellington and Auckland combined handled 52 pec cent, of the total tonnage of goods, while six ports accounted for 75 per cent, of the total trade. The number of ports was probably due to New Zealand's great length of coast line, compared with its land area. In Australia the area for each mile of coast line was 244 square miles, in India 400 square miles, and in New Zealand 41 square miles-
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21413, 4 March 1935, Page 8
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128Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21413, 4 March 1935, Page 8
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