THE DOMINION'S TRADE.
' % //liIPpETS/AND EXPOKTS. / ■/ ;. V ■-.■■v'^;'- : ;:^-.;,A; , pEaP. , ■'~:.■■.- A. ";-.'-■ "Figures' talk," they say. in commerce; if that be so, the. Customs returns for 1908, pub-' lislied in this week's .Gazette, do not talk very cheerfully,. for., there 'is revealed 'in -the comparative .-tables'■ for-1907 ahd : 1908, a drop 0f■£3,754;5tt in ■ the value of the exports from . New■ Zealand;. during-1908, ■ while the■ imports' for the same- period show a shrinkage of ..£168,488.■■• .'. ' ■ .; .:• ■ •' '.-. ' ' .The'.total value of the "imports at the sev-' :eral ports I: 6f -'New' Zealand for the quarter ending December'3l, 1908, was £4,040,155, as against a. total; of .£4,573,297 for the corresponding quarter-of;the previous year. The following js an-interesting comparison of the value of the imports at the principal ■ports of New Zealandfor.l9o7 and 1908:— /.:.;. ' •:' .'/ '■''■'■-, :; .' . ■::':■''''. 1907.,: ' i» '/ ,''... '.:.' ■?..■■': ■■'■.■'- ■-'■■ -' £ : ~'..-.',JB .' : ■" .Auckland">' .:.' 4,535,999 : 4,671,295 ■ . Wellington. .:. ■ 5,248,725 . 5,040,901 ..-. • *Lyttelton;' ..; 2,633,117 . 2,627,623 / Dunedin•-..'. , ... 2,489,352 2,499,019'Totals for N.Z....17,302,'796,/ 17,471,284 : ; ■'.'.-'•:.■■ "-''Total decrease,'Jl6B,4Bß. , / '- : * Includes'.Christchurch. ./.:/■-.: . The exports from/New, Zealand for the.last quarter of 1908 totalled in value wE3,372,413; the December quarter of 1907 showed a total of The year's figures, compared .with 1907, show tho. following totals for the prin-cipal-ports of the Dominion:— •".. /. •■ ■' ,i ; ,--.v.-,■-..'.:'.• ■-.':■■■ ; 1907.. ...1908. - ' ' .. . ..' . '■ ,£ \ ' . \ JJ . Auckland . ... 8,472,405" 25)0,551' ■"■' . Wellington- ... 3,918,512 ; . 2,1)24,727' *Lytteltori". ...; -2,836,739 . - 2,072.382 ■' .Dunedin ■ ... 1,538,415 1,281,602, ■■ • Totals for N.Z...V 16,317,541, ■-.' .'■. '.'" '■.' Total decrease, i£3,754,095. i ■ '-"..' •Includes .Christohureh. ■■■■' '.-. ■•■•'i 1 -..;
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 419, 30 January 1909, Page 6
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214THE DOMINION'S TRADE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 419, 30 January 1909, Page 6
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