DOMINION IMPORTS.
Mr H. Rolleston, British Trade Commissioner in New Zealand, has compiled from Board of Trade returns a statement of exports from the United Kingdom to New Zealand, which makes instructive reading. He shows how heavily the imports by this coun try have been reduced. There appears to be a falling off in every item. Beer and other alcoholic liquors show a heavy shrinkage for the first six months of 1909, when compared with the same term of 1908, but there is a silght increase under this heading of £650 when the first six monthly term of 1907 is considered. Iron and steel manufacturers' hardware and soft goods, especially the last, show material shrinkages; Portland Cement a local manufacture, which is rapidly growing in favour, was worth £28,571 in 1907, £21.254 in 1908, and has gone down to £13,723 for the first six months of this year. The total value of British imports for 1908 was approximately, £1,864,563, whereas for the first half of 1909 the total was £l, 538,206, a difference of £326,447. The exports of New Zealand staples however, for the period showed a large increase.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 187, 2 September 1909, Page 4
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189DOMINION IMPORTS. King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 187, 2 September 1909, Page 4
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