TRADE OF THE PORT.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1294, 24 November 1911, Page 2

TRADE OF THE PORT.

MARKED],jNCREASES. I.NWAIiD TON-NADK A MSCOKD. ;,j; Tho trade of thoijjorlMvas reviewed by the chnirman of ifc Jfarbour Board (Mr. K. Fletcher) in lhV«ollowh)g statement, made by. him to th'elboard .on Wednesday evening;— ' *" Inward Goods—44,-367 Tons Better, "The summary of statistics for tho xeaT ii 1 ™? ! '' lcri ' au incrcnso of •H.JCi tons in tho iiiWrtL goods passing S.™ 1 ' Iwhurf—iPf|uai;to'/10.18 per cent, ut this the inward and foreign shows an increase of nearly 35,000 tons, i co 'oniai and coastal shows a docroaso of nearly 2000 tons, diitjlargely to tho recent stoppage of th o Vtjiall *6tcamers. It very gratifying ( 0 note that transhipments have increased by,over 11,000 tons— ft record iur the port—iiididalinß that the central position of Wellington is causing the port, to be moro largely., used by importcis outsido ot the 'citj/aud district. Outward G00d5—5236, Tons Increase. "Tho outward goods i'lmsiing over (lie wharves have increased by 5236 ton?, or l ,cr atl 4 hem)) show a decrease of 11,083 bales, of which 78G5 are woo and IMS hemp, decrease in wool is said to be largely due to the light clip of last year, and njil}. not, I foel suro, be permanent. Tbtf * deoreaso in hemp is probably duo tt/nllo*lQw prices now ruling, and there isJittlo chance of an improvement in this"item till pricos increase. The Coal Hanfifed". "The total amount of Ufal'bandied in tho port last year was Ji?,712 tons, as against 502,098 tons in 1909-10. It will be remembered that in that year there was a strike in Australia, in oopsequoncc of which a greater number or vessels coaled here than usual, Thoro i#»*howevctyan increase of 30,083 tons ovorfooß-1900. Of tho coal handled, thoro \nis an increase of ■iOil tons in the coal passing over the wharves, and paying wharfage. There was' a decrease of 0045 tons in Government coal exempt irom "wharfage,—n decreaw of 21,310 tons in coal transhipped overside at wharves, and an increase of 9)52 tons in coal transhipped ifrntronm. Timber—Four Per Cent.-Increase. "Timber shows an incrc'nso'M 031,000 fuper. feet, or -1.33 per ccfif.'-This item is likely to increase, as tho local timber is being quickly consumed, ajld- more will be landed from abroad us Te'li as from New Zealand ports. lie''

Tonnage Arriving and Hailing. "Tho total number of s(*j|jnnrs which arrived in Wellington during "(he vear increased from MBl to 353:!, a! gain of 1.">2 vessels, while thn not rogi&'fv--' tonnaßn increased from 2,879,106 tons '.to 2,980,13!) tons, which is n record. Sail ing ver>els decreased from 105 (o 104, olid the tonnago from 22.2G9 to 15,065. The total net: increase for the year is 96,82tf!Tous, the total net register tonnage of.TCssels arriving in the port being jus'Paindcr 3 million tons. The average ton'tffgo of nil vessels arriving was 821 tonstfSs against 632 tons for the previous year.".}, "It is very gratifying to noli,-ylhe substantial increase in (he numbenof vessels which arrived during the year,-- pud is an indiention of tlio use that made of tho port by vessels engaged in tlio carrying trade of tho central port of tlio Dominion, which is duo partly (B flic conveniences for handling cargo ana coaling, and io the location of tho port."! .«