DOMINION EXPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 706, 4 January 1910, Page 5

DOMINION EXPORTS.

FIGURES FOR THE YEAR. A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN VALUE. Tho value of tho principal exports of New Zealand produce from Wellington for tho twel\ e months ended December 31 shons a considerable mcceaso on the values for tho previous twelve months. The.' , figures are—l9o9, .£3,108,642; 1808, ■£2,515.088; or an increase of £653,551 in favour of the year just ended. Taking tho four quarters, it is scan that there are substantial increases in March, June, and December, whilst there is a slight falling away in the September quarter. The detailed figures aro as undor:— Total Values of Exports. ~-r 1909. 1903. March Quarter .£1,508,710 ,£1,285,107 June Quarter C98.3G8 515,858 - i September Quartor... 22G.27G 263,208 • December Quarter ... 705,252 480,905' Total .£3.198,012 .£2,545,088 The values of the principal exports wore as under, the totals for 1908 bomj given in parentheses :— March Quarter. Butter, £173,4Gi (.£99,4£G)j cheese, £80,128 (£52,185); beef, £35,128 (£29,351); mutton, £130,498 (£130,300); lamb, i 1 £142,385 (£87,437); flax, £47,425 (£67,934) j tallow, £75,219 (£51,256); tow, £2957 I (£3211); and wool, £875,543 (£763,887). • June Quarter. Butter, £27,911 (£10,734); cheese, £10,594 (£10,922); beef, £29,210 (£18,824); mutton, £79,770 (£89,680); lamb. £135,535 ' (£112,016); flax, £58,925 (£62,192); tallow, I £59,827 (£40,827); tow, £2212 (£2721) | 1 and wool, £204,354 (£107,91fi). , ! Scptembir Quarter. Butter, £17,299 (£14,403), cheese, , £2018 £2439); beef, £49,199 (£20,182); mutton, £7614 (£81,359); lamb, £20,994 (£33,711) ; ■ flax, £38,915 (£29,902); tallow, £32,12G (£31,16 i); tow, £1718 (£1685); wool, £57.3(U' (£48,063).. December Quarter. -> j Buttor, £145,442 (JEBS.7SB); cheeso, ' '■ £71,414 (£38,651); beef, £2-4,109 (£16,940) s ' L mutton, £61,795 (£53,051); lamb, £1,1,291 (£H,99C); flax, £57,331 (£57,775); tallow, £21,312 (£26,177); tow, £25-11 (£2343); wool, £318,017 (£182,184),