DOMINION’S EXPORTS.
Leaflet No. 79 issued by the Department of Agriculture, Commerce and Tourists, giving the quantities and values of New Zealand products exported in December, is to hand. The values of the exports for the past month, compared with those of December, 1908, are as under :
For the month there was an increase of ,£492,688, towards which wool contributed £522, 764. There are not many items showing decreases, and the figures on the whole are extremely satisfactory. The exports for the nine mouths to December 31, 1909, totalled ,£11,589,063, as compared with £8,925,6x4 for the corresponding period of 1908, showing the substantial gain of ,£2,663,449, equal to nearly 30 per cent.
Dec. 1909. Dec. 1908. £ Butter 278,180 210,410 Cheese 160,323 115,478 Beef 45,494 25,930 Mutton 48,966 70,334 Legs, pieces Lambs 1.469 766 31,461 24,875 Wheat 16 27 Oats 4,597 8,186 Potatoes 108 121 Hemp 25,608 23,281 Rabbits 10,311 2,537 Tow • ... M37 758 Kauri gum ... 42,430 40,823 Grain, pulse 3.031 4,983 Hops 1,815 325 Hides 16,523 13.310 Skins 65,259 51,667 Tallow 25,630 19,217 Timber 29,259 29,838 Wool 887,864 565,100 Gold 177,064 155,971 £1,856,625 £1,363,937
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 708, 13 January 1910, Page 2
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184DOMINION’S EXPORTS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 708, 13 January 1910, Page 2
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