THE PORT YEAR

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 55, 29 November 1918, Page 5

THE PORT YEAR

INTERESTING FIGURES

FOR THE LAST PHASE OF WAR-TIME

We have received from the Wellington Harbour Board a summary of statistics ! dealing with tho shipping activities and the quantity of general goods and primary products handled in the port of Wellington during the year ended September 30. It shows that whilst an increase was recorded over tho previous year in the tonnage of goods passing over the wharves "(inwards and outwards), the quantities of our primary products showed a decrease all round, obviously due to the increasing shortage of shipping tonnage. The decrease in that regard amounted in numbers to 122 vessels, representing 80,371 tons. Whilst there was a falling oil', as compared with the previous year, of 131 steamers which worked the port, an increase of nine sailing vessels is recorded. General Goods, The following table show's the tonnage of general goods which have passed over the wharves during the Year— 1917-18 191G-17 Tons Tons Inwards, British and foreign 119,392 1:10,517 Inwards, intercolonial and coastal ..'...: 231,625 199,389 Transhipments 1(17,113 140,224 Totals 521,1C0 470,130 • Tons Tons Outwards, British and foreign 56,901 58,017 Outwards, intercolonial and coastal 110,511 114,231 Totals 167,445 172,818 Wool and Hemp. 1917-1S 1916-17 . Tons Tons Wool 147,910 180",i!l6 Hemp 107,027 107,300 Totals 255,537 237,346 Butter, Cheese, and Meat. 1917-1S 1916-17 Tons Tons Butter 7,573 B.SS6 Cheese 29,622 36,047 Frozen meat 30,090 33,736 Totals 67,285 78,669 ■ Coal, 1917-18 1916-17 Tons Tons Passing over wharves and paying wharfage 167,269 176,172 Passing over wharves for Government use and exempt from wharfage 68,601 78,177. Transhipped overside from vessel to vessel at wharves 207,817 229,522 Transhipped overside from vessel to vessel in stream 2,889 7,517 Totals 446,586 491,3-88 Timber. 1917-18 1916-17 Sup. ft. Sup. ft. Inwards 8,777,412 11,588,786 Outwards 2,902,485 1,024,792 Totals 11,679,897 12,613,578