Record Tonnage Handled in Port

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 877, 22 January 1930, Page 10

Record Tonnage Handled in Port

FIGURES FOR YEAR INCREASE OF 33.7% TONS During 1929 over 2.000,000 tons , goods were handled nt the Port * j Auckland. This is an increase of 33.796 to. ! over the figures lor 1928. The so,* handled include transhipment, 7"? f as the inward and outward cargo The total figures for the year uojw | each item are shown in the follow!,'! table. The only decrease w lls . j transhipments, which fell a Wav 7' 10.044 tons, probably because irona.. 5 Other parts of New Zealand anT* 1 * more frequently taken to the oth ports by boat instead of being carria carried on the railways. 192 S 1929 Inward .. .. 1,521,735 1,560.617 2* km Outward . 403.9.",4 405.592 VrJ Transhipment 72,b00 62,611 tj'.jt. Total .. 1,998,324 2.032,120 mss« for the Port of Onehun Ei 3928 1929 reward . .. 11.268 13.100 i, , Outward .. 44,49:. 44.51 S Jij Total . . 55.76:: 57,918 The largest increase both in inipor, and exports iron: Auckland has bet. in kerosene, petrol and other oils. Ti. experts, of course, arc to coastal’poris in the province. The imports of the. oils increased by 11,350 tons and th! exports by 6.440 ton-. General cargo increased by 49-,-, tons. Imported hardwood timber in creased by 4,029 tons, but soft coodi decreased by 4.369 tons. Other d creases were:—Wheat. 7.767 tons sugar, 4.780 tons; fresh fruit, 4.410 tons cats, 3,550 tons-; manures. 5.200 tons coal. 1 290 tons; pollard and bran 1,360 tons: seeds. 910 tons; and chad' hay and straw. 750 tons. Exports increased by 5,320 tonKauri gum. pelts, potatoes and sheenskins increased by* 500 to 600 tons, y heavy decline took place in milk pm. ducts, which fell by 3,636 tons. Preserved meat fell by 2,490 tons and frozen meat by 1,230 tons, manures by 2,330 tons, softwood timber bv tons, coal by 1,400 tons, and hides’bv 1,280 tons. The chief increase in the tranship, raents was in manures, which rose by 2,970 tons. Hardwood timber transhipments increased by over 1.000 tonCoal exports decreased by 1,220 tons and preserved fruit by 1,080 tons. wines, ales and spirits were transhipped to the extent of 950 tons. At the port of Onehunga the importj show one outstanding increase in softwood timber, which has advanced by 1,110 tons. The export of cement hai increased by 2,620 tons, while general cargo has decreased by 1,105 ti ns and coal by 580 tons.