PORTS OF AUCKLAND
LAST MONTH’S TRAFFIC INCREASE IN LARGE VESSELS Interesting statistics showing the amount of shipping traffic using the Ports of Auckland during the month of January were brought before the Harbour Board at its meeting yesterday by the harbour master, Captain H. H. Sergeant. During January 711 vessels of 448,329 gross tons and 277,294 net tons, arrived at the port of Auckland, the large merchant shipping showing an increase of six vessels, of 61,149 gross tons and 40,139 net tons, over the corresponding period of last year. Local coastal figures were lower by 115 vessels. Departures totalled 733 vessels, of 456,610 gross tons and 282,272 net tons. At Manukau Harbour there was an increase of three in the number of vessels arriving, but the tonnage was lower by 3,710 gross tons and I, net tons. The cash receipts for the period yielded by the traffic on the Waitemata Harbour totalled £33,058. This was a decrease of £1,979 on the figures for January, 1927, the decline for the four months of the financial year which have passed being £1,383. On the Manukau Harbour the receipts amounted to £565, a decrease of £164 compared with those for January, 1927. The treasurer advised that the receipts were only £ll9 short of the estimates for the period. .
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 279, 15 February 1928, Page 16
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215PORTS OF AUCKLAND Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 279, 15 February 1928, Page 16
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