THE WHEAT EXPORT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 556, 10 July 1909, Page 6

THE WHEAT EXPORT.

; ■ /DEPARTMENT'S FIGURES CHALLENGED. : »(By-Telegraph.—Presa Association.). . / Chrlstohuroh, July 9. " In view- of' tbe faot' that thero are. only, about' 2,000,000 'bushels of wheat for. export •this . tho, shipping of 1 this cereal is 'oaturally of-,-some>;interest.'-. Tho -monthly: leaflet issued by the Department of Industnefl>and.'Comm<>'Tce ls'looked to «b giving -tho correct ,quantitics:/of . produce . exported, but it - was surprising • to- find that,.- according-tb'rtho'DepartiiKnt's-'.Teturii, the.total;quan-■birty,,-of-:v.w}ieat a ish'ippedi'iduring ;,-;.tbe , : .y : three, m,onths, : -'on^edi Juno. 30, 'amounted,.to only ' 567,938- bushels. ■ It will (be remembered . that, whqn/oertain." statements'.' weris '-made.-, in/ : Auckland ;xega.rding .tho disposal of ..tho/snrplns, .it . shown :that, according. to l Customs •returasfobtained privately,'.the'-amount of wteat shipped up to. tho end. of May- waa. I 621,543.ibu5he1a,. and, only some .19,000 bush-els-of ■tills'..was shipped prior to -the begm-mng-of-the June quarter, y Inquines madofrom, firm which keeps, a record, of | grain mipments; made up from informationobtaaned. from othe -.Customs. -Department, I ehcrted that: the total quantity:of wheat-ex--ported to. the end of June waa 839,647 bushels. This is lexfclusivo ■of the cargo .of .the Nairnshire,-whidhleft'Lyttelton on .Juno 26. It .will bo socn, therefore, that up to tbp end of .June, close upon,one. million bushels ot. /whoatf .were shipped' instead,'<of.. a little , over : half' a'.million bushels as ! stated,in, tho Do-, partment's leaflet. ' .. • ; ; -. ';'. ; . / ■: . :..Tho quantity: of-oats is also understated, but the discrepancy is hot material. 'The total quantity exported during the June quarter is stated to be 1,620,141 bushels. nothingJresh-.to' report, in regard to the gram market, there' still being good inquiry. for wheat, and oats,- and no offerings by-growers. . The principal business in. oa.ts is being done m the south, where supplies are not so-.difficultito .obtain. . Potatoes are dull of isale, as Southland 'has been sending large supplies to..Auckl&nd." : ~ .