SHIPS AND CARGOES

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 124, 23 February 1928, Page 10

SHIPS AND CARGOES

JANUARY PORT STATISTICS INCREASE IN EXPORTS The shipping and cargo statistics for January, presented at last night's meeting of the Harbour Board, showed that the total net registered tonnage of the trading vessels which arrived at Wellington during the month was 319,216 tons, as against 332,227 tons for January, 1927. Oversea vessels departing for Great Britain totalled 18,881 net tons, and for other oversea ports 115,834 tons, a total of 134,715 tons, compared with 147,049 tons during January, 1927. The total quantity of cargo, inwards, outwards, and transhipments, handled during the month was 161,314 tons, compared with 129,556 tons in January, 1927. Details of the cargo handled during the months show considerable increases in exports and in bulk oils, and afford the following comparison with January, 1927:—

• Jan., 1928. Jan., 1927. General cargo imports: Tons. Tons. From British and foreign ports 20,603 25,089 From coastal and inintercolonial ports . 21,091 21,569 General cargo transhipmeats 11,793 13,294 General cargo exports: To British and foreign ports 6,425 3,6-18 To coastal and intercolonial ports 21,244 17,811 Timber: Sup. ft. Sup. ft. Imports : 2,892,802 2,207,334 Exports 265,013 93 61S Coal: Tons. Tons. Imports over wharves paying wharfage .. 13,640 10.543 Transhipped overside 11,400 8,796 Government coal landed, exempt from wharfage 7,COS Oils in bulk: Imports 17,837 3,623 Exports 9471 9,932 Transhipped overside 3,080 Wool and hemp shipmerits: Bales. Bales. Transhipped 7,647 8,892 Shipped from shore and rail 36,449 30,104 Butter, cheese, and frozen meat shipments. Tons. Tons. Butter, ex shore and rail and transhipped 2,528 1,568 Cheese, ditto 6,106 4,261 Frozen meat 2,489 1,884