WELLINGTON’S TRADE
RECORD YEAR’S FIGURES Press Association WELLINGTON, Today. While the tonnage of trading vessels arriving at Wellington during the 12 months ended September 30 was a record, the actual trade of the port as expressed in the total tonnage of cargo handled during the financial year when compared with the previous 12 months was practically stationary. During the 12 months ended September 30, 3,045 trading vessels, totalling 3,644,487 net registered tons, arrived at the port, as against 3,080 ships of 3,543,222 net tons during the previous 12 months, an increase of 101,265 tons, or 2.8 per cent. The increased size of present-day trading ships is shown by the growth in the average net registered tonnage of vessels arriving at Wellington, as follows: —1923-24, .1,006 tons; 1924-25. 1,087 tons: 192526, 1.122 tons; 1926-27, 1,129 tons: 1927-28, 1,150 tons; 1928-29, .1,196 tons
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 832, 28 November 1929, Page 10
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141WELLINGTON’S TRADE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 832, 28 November 1929, Page 10
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