Thank you for correcting the text in this article. Your corrections improve Papers Past searches for everyone. See the latest corrections.

This article contains searchable text which was automatically generated and may contain errors. Join the community and correct any errors you spot to help us improve Papers Past.

Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image

OUR TRADE IN WAR TIME

SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE

The Hon. Arthur 31. Myers, Minister of Customs, has furnished the following figures showing New Zealand's external trade for the year 1916, as compared with 1915. The value of goods, produce,' etc., exported during 1916, amounted to £33,286,937, which, compared with 1915 (£31,748,912) shows a very substantial increase of £1,538,025

The value of goods, etc., imported during 1916, also increased considerably, being for 1916, as compared with £21,728,834 for 1915, an increase of £4,610,449.' This excess in value of imports, Mr. Myers points out, is wholly duo to increased values of tho goods purchased, as a return which ho had prepared of tonnage of cargo for New Zealand on vessels arriving from overseas at each port indicates that whereas £1,370,057 tons were landed at Now Zealand ports during 1915, only 1,299,944 tons arrived during 1916— a decrease of 70,113 tons. When compared with the 1914 figures (1,538.755 tarts) tho decrease during 1916 is more pronounced (238,811 tons). On the above figures the value of total trade per head works out approximately at £5-1 45,, imports being £23 19s. per head, and exports £30'5s. per head. The corresponding figures tor 1915 were: £ s. d. Total trade 46 10 8 Imports 18 18 2 Exports 27 12 6 per head. It will be seen that the value of tho total trade per head shows a large increase for 1916 compared with the previous year.

Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19170122.2.52

Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2983, 22 January 1917, Page 8

Word count
Tapeke kupu
239

OUR TRADE IN WAR TIME Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2983, 22 January 1917, Page 8

OUR TRADE IN WAR TIME Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2983, 22 January 1917, Page 8

Help

Log in or create a Papers Past website account

Use your Papers Past website account to correct newspaper text.

By creating and using this account you agree to our terms of use.

Log in with RealMe®

If you’ve used a RealMe login somewhere else, you can use it here too. If you don’t already have a username and password, just click Log in and you can choose to create one.


Log in again to continue your work

Your session has expired.

Log in again with RealMe®


Alert