PORT OF WELLINGTON

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3092, 24 May 1917, Page 6

PORT OF WELLINGTON

DECREASE IN BUSINESS BUT NO INCREASED CHARGES FOR SIX MONTHS mittid t ti" en A" g M*? n stat 'stics. W ere subUβ tables .compiled by -Mr. Nicholle d?MiST r M? betTCen th 6 bnei "** S'j lali-years ended March 31, Ul6 and 191,, respectively:— X. 1916. 1917. Decrease, x- i • E° ns - I'ons. Ton? register ton- snage of arrivals 1,445,506 1,322,165 1»3 341 General cargo inwards- ' l'l'om British and foreign P&rts 88 310 81.(87 .0,,, Prom coastal and ' I,!U intercolonial ~P°^ S : OS.™ 93,557 j,G3 3 iotal general cargo inwards 18J.500 375,044 9 456 General cargo transhipped ... 92,462 85,109 7053 General cargo outwards— To British and foreign ports... 33,828 32,210 1,618 To coastal and intercolonial J°. r ' s , 81.317 59,376 1,9« Total general • cargo outwards -95,145 01.586 3,559 GrosS total general cargo inwards, outwards, and transhipped 372,107 351,829 ''0 27S Wool and Hemp Shipments. " " w , , , . Bales. Bales. Bales. Wool (outwards w an(l ' T ' s > • t6U3B 132,835 25,603 Herno (outwards ■ • - «"<! T/S 67,208 59,380 7.528 228,646 192,215 36,401 Butter and Cheese. Outwards from shore and rail 10,736 8,965. 1,771 .Transhipped over ■wharves 19,196 18,510 988 Transhipped override 8,260 3.819 4,441 , ' 38,432 31,291 7J98 ) Coal. - ' Tons. Tons. Tons. Over wharves, paying wharfageCity wliarves (!9,531 58.770 — Suburban wharves 14,039 9,797 — 83,570 68,567 15,003 Coal. In- _, „ 1916. 1917. crease. For Government use — Free of wharfage ... 29,820 38,851 9,031 Transhipped overside in stream .... ' 2,665 6,597 3,332 257,227 236,857 12,963 Transhipped overside, at wharf decreased from 141,173 tons to 122.842 tons. Timber.—lnwards, in 1916. 7,053,692 super, feet; in 1917, 5.645,650 super, feet Outwards: 491.C75 feet and 632^011 feet. The net decrease is 1,267,673 feet.