PORT NICHOLSON.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1744, 8 May 1913, Page 6

PORT NICHOLSON.

SIX MONTHS' STATISTICS. SATISFACTORY COMPARISON, A comparative statement of statistics for tlxd Port of Wellington for the six months ciLiliny March 31, in tho years i!) 13 and 11112, was ]ilnce<l before the new Wellington 11«rboti- Jioaid ;it its first meeting yesterilay afternoon. Following is the table:—

Mr. 51. Oohc'i raised the question of the amount of coal coming over the whaTves free of wharfage for the Government. He asked whether Iho board could liot do somethin;; to secure• payment for the services rendered to the Government.

The chairman said ho lihd laid the ranttor before the lato Government and also the present Government, and he would do so again. He suggested that the whole board might wait on, the Prime Minister as a deputation, to present tlio claims of the board lo payment for services rendered.

1912. 1913. . Tons. Tons. Not register tonnage of arrivals 1,591,873 1,008,551 General cargo inwards— From British and foreign ports ............ 93,408 95,103 From coastal and intercolonial 85,317 81,240 Total general cargo inwards 178,725 179,013 General cargo transhipped 78,053 91,071 General cargo outwards— To British and foreign ports 23,098 23,911 To ooastal and intercolonial ports 62,005 03,150 Total general cargo outwards 85,703 87,091 Gross total general cargo inward, outward, and transhipped 312,511 300,808 Bales. Bales. Wool and hemp shipments— Wool, outwards and transhipped 132,803 138,925 Hemp, outwards and transhipped 51,800 08,757 Total 181,009 207.GS2 Tons. Tons. Coal— Over wharves: Paying wharfage, town wharves 75,003 01,200 Paying wluirt'ago, suburban. wharves — • 10,70!) 75,003 75,059 For Government use, free of wharfage 17,857 30,883 Transhipped over rido at wharves 135,938 110,779 Transhipped over side in stream 19,75'J '11,303 Total coal inwards and transhipped 218,G17 S01,089 Butter and cheese — » Outwards from shcro and rail , 8,905 8,251 Transhipped over wharves 11,518 22,971 Transhipped over side 8,193 10,792 Total butter and cheese shipments ... 31,010 42,017 Super, ft. Super ft. TimberInwards, all ports ... 7,231,900 0,819,818 Outwards, all ports... SOD,081 701,097 Total 'timber 8,101,017 7,524,515