WELLINGTON EXPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 406, 15 January 1909, Page 10

WELLINGTON EXPORTS.

r FIGURES FOR THEYEAR; "■■■;' CONSIDERABLE FALLING 'AWAY. ,•■ ■ The value of exports from Wellington .for''the twelve months ended 'December- 31',snbws a ..eon-, siderable falling off in the figures"'for'.the corresponding, period, of, .1907..' ...The. decrease in ■values last year as "aga.instTl9o7 amount's "to/ the:respcptable sunj v ot]£Sßlfl&.,{ The "first'.three;, quarters,:-jof;,tji'» year; all, compare.\badlir,.:with' the 'figures 'of the previous but -there ;was. ; a brightening and.general improvement in the. final .q-uarte'r, .-.which 'was ahead; of;the 19.07 firar,es. ;, ;Tlie;:-.MaTch' quarter V 6f;.the'.: jear'iiist' closed. feH'.:.;^820,798 ,I beloTv;'the. 'cbrresponahg, quarter of J907/ the. June , quarter',.was. JSllb,6S9 less> than i9o7,v.and','the; September,' quarter'.was £H4,623 .short of ; ,'the ■ 1907- September •.totals.': In- the.Deceti>ber r .qu'afterof thelyalues" increased/by , ,£51,306 over the final quarter o£ ;-IB07:', The, Retailed figures ,'are\ asunder," tfie, corresponding' figures. for' 190Y:beiriggiven "in ~';■■' ;''y;' V:;.;:•'!;,' '-"'TOTAL'VALUES.,; ■','■'.;^Zy4' } ■.■'.'•■'• :: '"■':■■ :"■ .;•■■■'.:■.'.- ..:::■ ■'■'i908.-^-' ;; i9o7;•' v ■■■'.!'/■■:■'■ •■- :■■■ ■■'■'-:■■- ■ : :• March-quarter < ... ... 1,213,079 fV(2i633i'877)~ June,, quarter, •-. ... -~. '. "y (708,7.16 . September ([uarter '~.■'■ ... , ; 323 J 26l;' : -' ''..(437;8St' : Decembef v qaarter ! ... ;...'„' 789,7&9'.' ; , (738,493 , . ; ; Totals :":;„;■> ; ..„.£2,924406j,£3;9:fe;970J The-yalue of the principal exports'were as follow,, the figures: -for. 1907 being given in , ; ;paren.tUeses:— ..,■;...; "-■:-i--"'v.:.'-. ■.•■;;■ .: ■ . ''. •;'-''.. '• : MARCH QUAETER.. V ;. ' 8utter,■••U99,486 ; :.. cheese,. (w£46,?79); ; beef, £2S,3bV; ££33,359);., mutton, i130j36.0,, (.£117,803);. lamb,' -'^8?,'437.';(.£107,631)'; flax, :^67,934'• (ill5;087); tallow; i! 51,256 : (40,080)';'■ tow,Vaa?U'-'.(JE3344).j wool,; (ifi93,285). ;, : -';/. : v Q^ABTEB•-^■ ■": \:' : :\-;' ■Butter,-; .JCi0,734 (1£5D ) 622) j: W'll,33o);beef .(frozen); J18,824 mV,t6n, (4387,939)'; Jamb,: J112.016 (i£82,446); Hb nn t £62,192 -: ■ (jei10,073) ;•; = tallow,' MQ,B : Si (£16,429); tow,. ; (.68256);■ wool, .(i156,666). ""■'.■., ' ■.'-,,," : '■•■ ,••;.-■■• y ..' ; .;■' ; '- SEPTEMBER QifARTEBi •'.'■'. ;■■ i B ?t\ ev - n £ U ' m 0M;8O2),i cheese, 42439 beef,,), j£20,182 . '-(£40,152); mutton, • k1,359 WMB.' i amb ' 33 ' 71 1 : (415.1G7); lax, £WM &®B)l:l<&<>v,----m46i' (£28,7i1); tow, wool; «55,493).- ; :.. ; - '.;■ ' -.- ;-: f ;V ' . .'.' ; Butter,. m,m (£101,942)'; 'cheese,, -£38,651 : (£37,s9o)r'beef;,ii!l6,94O.(iCs9o6);"muttdn,':iEs3,of)l (£23,355 ; "lamb, £14,996 v(£5769),- flax, £57,775 (£97,223); tallow, £26,177 (£18,938) .''tow, £2343 (£2757); -wool,"£.182,184; (£370;296). : , ';.;■!' .'.. ■-. .:. ;'Messrs.,W...H. JlprrahVand.Co. elsewhere insert partioulars.bf a villa residence'and three building, sections,\whicb,; they^haye.'for.-'sale. To-morrow afternoon, • commencing at "one o'clock,. Mr. H. M. •Berte'nshaw->.wilt sell, at the City. Auction, Mart,. Manners 1 Street,' the contents of a ;tailor|ng ;establishhient. Particulars are advertised.';;,. ' : ' ..... ..,•.-,- ' An advertisement regaTdirigtho rolls for the Harbour Board elections' appears" elsewhuie in this;issue/ ', ■:'.' ■■-.■'.-. v.'-., S ■',";'•'.'■"."•■ '. ■ ; In a few days (says the "Motor-Car Journal" in a recent • issue)' the '."last of the horse-drawn , mail.coaches,which-travel nightly.from' London to Guildford will by a, motorvan. And thus ; the service ; .bf a horse for curry ing mails through■• th'e night will bo relegated into historical .annals. The. way', in which tbe Post Offico has tackled the;quostion.of the conveyance of fhe:mails has-been really commendable. Of course,.the'•,motor vehicle will 'not carry'parcels''and letters;,long distances from one end of-the-country to''th'e'other; but'iii'thm a radius of 50 or 60 mile's, or.cven rather : more, will have an 1 oportunity of proving its iihiity. Every provincial'town,in.the future'will have its motor niail-van , to ■ distribute its bags of mails "in, the 'villages,- and in tho organU-ition-of, an' "even quicker 'service' than now•' prevails, the automobile.will have a, place; '. .;..-'.