TRADE WITH VANCOUVER.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 19, 17 October 1907, Page 4

TRADE WITH VANCOUVER.

THE SUBSIDISED ALLEY' STEALERS'., j Tho .Alloy. Company's subsidised ' steamers• : which are running ibetween New Zealand and Vancouver for the purpose of working up a ; trade connection do not appear to have ■ been i very, successful' in their, mission-'"from 'the i point of-,view of Zealand -producer, ..J and-'it would not be surprising'if some perti- i nent questions are: asked in this connection 1 before Parliament rises.' rSo-fartho country ■, has received ,'a. tfe-i-y poor ■- return .tor :the. < £10,000 subsidy-which the Government. is' ■] spending on the line. When the contract was announced" at -the outset -the bargain ap- 1 peared to be a. fairly, satisfactory transaction : for tho Now Zealand producer if the line was thoroughly-worked -up, ;for thei;e .seemed to be little: doubt that /our, trade.-with Vancouver ; was capable, of! much "expansion. * However, no special elfort- appaa'rS'to have -been made ; at tuiy quarter':to expand.the', trade,'.-eitner at-this end or from,; Vancouver.. The two steamers employed ih the trade come and go ill a most casual fashion', awl very meagre advice is received to their, movements. As a matter of fact, tlav Vessels which-New Zealand is to,.have 'more in 1 common with, .'-iu'.3in;ha- ,than.■ with this colony.' -' A 'compui'i.soxi b; tiui iiist four - ments made mtat :NcVr Zealand by the two Bteamcrs : vvhich carry on !ii<; sornce—the Pondo 1 and the ■ i-ot four ship- 1 merits does, not show, that encouraging growth, 1 in thevom'-- nave been' 1 anticipant', ■ - - \ : tho Gov- M eminent to enter into a contract for-the con-, tinuance -.' aoi'rico..' The Bucentaur, '.stivyufaieU the "service, carried a (•-' \■' ■ oi'tlax from New Canada but -to the: 'United.'Statos. ' She .did • not take.a package, from this .colony to' Vancouver. 1 ....steamer, ind she carm-d it!..- ;oi!<i^:n'!^: —l'l'Oiu Lyttolcon: One cask p'cHs,;lij6:. sacks, 'cocksfoot. From Bluff: I'sack'shale;' ' : From Auckland: 36 bags 'cement." .'From' Wellington: 104 bags rcrncn D, 5 aucka'.'coftl,'. 5' .lime; - bales, hemp, 4, cases .books, ! aud: a 'considerable juautity 'ol (.•'.■rec'-i'ii. for. rebuilding at San Francisco" of tor-- the-'/.'earthquake. V Tho Bncontauron' b« iie.« trip''.took the follow-, ing cargo:—l' j'tii!i_ ijyll<■.!ton : U-i'J sacks grass ieed, Giil'vliales fliii-.- -FrdnS; •' X'ui&lahd :/85 iases meat, v'Fiout / \V'o!liiigtyn36o-halts lax. . .Of this vessel's sjiia!l : tonnage' it is (tated ''that' tUe.:.- only ' consignments .'for Canada wajc; ; 14 siicks of-seedj'.'aiKi' 35 panes' of meat..'. Th'e. baißnpo'' v.-as-ibt the. United States., ' The. kcoij-.!'. trip oi" tlto Foii'do disclosed lit better j;p::i''!ts . ;ia 'far as tiio interests «i Zealand stud ■ Canada' jointly were coiicc'i-hed/ 'but- '-slit;-' Carried- cargo ccm : ; signed to the'-. United' §iate's. v All' sho for Canada was From L>uiiedin: 81 bundles sheepskins, 65 bags' hides."'From;.Auckland: 17 cases .gum. > From Wellington: ,20-cases . niiiats. •; x Dealing .with the shipments from New Zealand this year it is seen that in'.January last the Bucentaur loft Wellington for Vancouver with -tho • following''' cargb"-uiide'r her hatches: —From Duncdin .-for-.--B.oston: 293 bales wool. For Toronto : 150 bundles' skins, 1 bale wool, 105 bags.hides. -For Now York: 217 bales wool. From Lyttelton for Toronto : 20 bales wool.. 3 dumps- sheep skins,,'lß, sacks hides. ' For New; .York,': 300. tales. TViool-.-From Wellington for Vancouver: 544: bales, hemp, .5: cases.. .. From Wellington ..for, Suva: 2 casos cheese. -The next boat,- tho.Pondo,-'was laden as follows:—Wellington -'for Vancouver:' 284 bales 'flax, .6 cases bacon; , 5 . 'casus" tiriiwfl oysters, 10 cases sheeps, : tongues, .6"bales sheep skins. For Tcfontb :. Si bales'wboi,. 92 bundles sheep ' 'skins..' From Auckland; for Vancouver: 130 bales Eax, 1. bos, effects. For Honolulu: 150 ; ca.ses. onions. : From Lyttelton for Toronto36s "bales' wool, 32 bundles, and 2 bale 3 sheep . skins. From Dunedin for- Vancouver:;sl cases meats; for Toronto, 9 bales wool; 76 bundles sheep skins,; 14 bags-hides. The Bucentaur followed with the ■ following :-r-Froni Timaru for Vancouver: 50 bales, wool, 4 bales skins. 'From.'Aupkland . for Vancouver: 69 eases meats.':,'. -For, Sfcill-. water: .533 bales flax. .'From.-.Lyttelton for Vancouver : 6 haps hides, 331 cases Canadian exhibits, '12 bundles rails-and a bundlo carpots from the New Zealand Exhibition. FromWellington for-Vancouver: 766 bales homp, 1 case. From Oamaru- '• for •Vancouver: 25 blocks stone..' ' The Pondo on her last trip from New Zealand took the following'cargo: —From'Lyttelton for Vancouver : 5 cases, 1 box. For Portland: 378 sacks 1 grass seod. From Auckland for. Saa Francisco: 33 casks pitch. From Napier for Stillwater: 111 bales flax. From Port Chalmers for Vancouver: 1 case ploughs. For Toronto: : 16 bags hides, 27 bales and bundles sheep skins. From Wollington for Vancouver:-3• eases. For Xenia: 652 bales hemp. For'Stiljwater: 149 bales hemp.