EXPORT OF WOOL,

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 864, 9 July 1910, Page 8

EXPORT OF WOOL,

THE YEAII'S RETURNS. ' A compilation forwarded'by Messrs.Dalgety and Company, Ltd., shows' that tho exports of wool from the Dominion for the year ending June 30, 1910, were 21,181 bales in excess of the; quantity exported during the' previous year. The principal iiicrcaso was at Wellington, and at five of the thirteen ports there were decreases. Last year 109,268 bales were shipped from Wellington, and the number this year was 121,891. The increase, therefore, was 12,623 bales. Tho ports at which there were decreases are: Timaru, Blenheim, AVanganui, Waitara, and Gisborne. At Timaru aud at Blenheim the drop was very small. Christchurch's total this year was 92,763, which is jlose on 7000 bales more than in the previous twelve months. The details are:— June, Year's Last 1910. Total. Year's • Port. Bales. Bales. Bales. Invercargill 1,683 29,539 29,533 Dunedin 1,016 40,363 39,371 Oamaru 11l 8,359 • 7,320 Timaru 2,377 36,315 '36,462 Christchureh 4,878 92.7G3 85,853 Blenheim ... 1,036 10,258 10,889 Nelson 108 3,800 — Wellington ... 1,546 121,891 109,268 Wanganui 513 20,078 24,442 Waitara 84 4,582 6,597 Napier ....... 514 78,191 75,395 Gisborne 1,409 42,810 45,390 Auckland ..; 267 23,989 21,237 Totals ... 15,542 512,938 491,757 TALLOW EXPORTATION. There has been an increase this year of nearly 5000 tons of tallow exported, as; compared with last year. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., supply the following figures. Tons. June, 1910 2,646 This year' 26,207 Last year 21.436