SHIPS OF SEVEN SEAS
YEAR’S COMINGS AND GOINGS SLIGHT DECREASE IN TONNAGE Last year 7,798 vessels arrived at the Fort of Auckland and 7,506 departed. The total gross tonnage of the arrivals was 4,369,357 tons, a decrease of 5,503 tons over last year. Last February was the busiest month for the year. There were 751 arrivals and 767 departures. The figures for each month, with the gross and net tonnage, are as follow: ARRIVALS Vessels. Gross tons. Net tons.
7,79 S 4,369,357 2,638,528 DEPARTURES
7,806 4,312,275 2,565,63 S Compared with the past three years the totals are as follow: — ARRIVALS
January 711 448,329 277,294 February .. 751 347,864 382.456 209,29S March . 750 228,382 April 656 330,564 198,507 May .. .. 640 404,861 245,941 June 565 314,731 188,426 July .. .. 559 363,071 223,661 August . .. 618 336,746 200,047 September . 565 361,564 215,049 October 646 342,722 204,168 November . 664 351,917 213,148 December . 673 385,532 234,607
Ve Gross tons. Net tons. January 733' 456,610 282,272 February 767 359,085 214,214 March .. .. 733 304,403 230,516 April .. .. 629 313,115 185,437 May 678 402,3S2 239,875 Juno .. .. 556 329,424 192,197 July .. .. 572 294,647 173,166 August . .. 624 386,225 235,113 September . 537 313,636 186.0S5 October 651 327,966 192,609 November CTO 356,128 200,842 December . 654 STS,654 227,312
Vessels. Gross tons. Xet tons. 1926 .. .. 8,010 4,447,248 2,635,904 1927 .. .. S.032 4,374,860 2,662,681 1928 .. .. 7,798 4,369,357 2,638,528 DEPARTURES Vessels. Gross tons. Xet tons. 1926 .. 7,952 4,227,622 2,505,213 1927 . . 7,841 4,284,188 2,576,945 1928 .. .. 7,806 4,312,275 2.568.638
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 554, 5 January 1929, Page 10
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