LYTTELTON HARBOUR BOARD.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1392, 19 March 1912, Page 7

LYTTELTON HARBOUR BOARD.

SIA'KIiAL TiKCOHDS. Iliy Telczraph—Prcsß Association.! Christchurch, Slnrch 18. Al 11u- annual meeting of tho J.yttclton liiitli'.iur . Iluaid to-day. ilif chairman i.Ml'. 11. JYicdlaiulcr) made llio fallowing I elei euee lo the tl'iidn of the port during lII.' }i:M year:—Tilt 1 tol.il tonnago which In*-! year over tho wharves shows a shrinkage of lti,Tliti ton* compared with tho year i'.llll. On tho other hand, tho outward-bound vessels were £1 more, and the tonnage greater by tons for the same periods. 'Jn addition we have e-.ab-li-died several ictords, vi, the ordinary cash receipts constitute a record; the whaiiaiio receipts constitute a record; tho expenditure on new work i-mislitntcs u record; the value of imports constitutes a record; the number of vessels using tho graving dock constitutes a record; tho quantity of limber pawing over the wharves constitutes a record; the number oi vessels entered constitutes a record; and last, but not least, our actual cosh receipts for tho year ended It'll, as compared with the year l'Jlft, show tl;c satisfactory increase of J!4821. l'rom a national point of view it is to be regretted that while tho vnluo of imports at Lyttelton shows an incrcaw of JJiio.lOG on lfllO, there should have been a decrease in tho valuo of exports of 1'.1D5,0.V). This year our imports exceed our exports in value by u lit tic. over .fiiiG.OOO. Tho graving dock has done, belter this year, and the account shows a credit balanco of about .ClOti utter providing working expenses only.