OUR OVERSEAS TRADE.

Taihape Daily Times, 1 October 1919, Page 3

OUR OVERSEAS TRADE.

EXPORT OF PRIMARY PRODUCE. SOME INTERESTING ‘FIGPU/RES. New Zealand exports, of primary products have grown enormously in value since the outbreak o.f,thc war. Speaking on the subjeef at t’ho.Ohamber of Commerce dinner on Monday night, Mr H. G. Stringer‘, General

Manager of the Feilding Farmerst" Freezing Comp»a~ny,g'a.Ve some interesting and valuable figures ‘to Show the growth of overseas trade. For the quarter ended March 31 this year, the total exports were in value £14,000,000, and of these primary products accounted for £13,(575,000. In the month of May alone, the e.\'pol't.~: totalled £6,715,000, and ‘for the period of January to May (inclusive) the figure was £25,767_.000_. being more than any full year previous "to the war. For the year ended June, 1919, the exports were,wool £].5,375,000, meat £4-.578;,000',, ia‘l’loW -£1,E31'3,000_. .butter £3,592,000, cheese £5,~501.000, ‘ sheep. ‘skins £1,937,000, ‘hides £707,000, hemp £1,059,000, timber £sl7,ooo,othel‘ experts £587,000, making a total of £39,069,000.

The expert trade, Mr Stri*ngol' also poinfed out. had been handicapped by the lacli of shipping. In 1914, ihe tounage available fOI"NCW Zealand was £14,117,000, and it had clxrindled down until in 1918 it was only £8,335,000. ‘Hr Stringer afso referred to the decrease in the‘ number of sheep reported last year. In. 1918 there were 26,538,000 head in the Dominion, in 1919 the number had decreased to 25,511.000. Of these sheep There were appro:-ii-m«a:tel_y 151,000,000 in the ;Nol't'h Island,‘ and 11.500,000 in the "South Islmrd.

A comparison between the oxport trade of-, the t_wo Is-lands was also‘ given. .A-.-Ofw,t,lm 'total exports ?or the yeal'.(gnded.Jmle 3, 1919, ‘the North Island -provided £28,000,000, and the .9.ou’rh Tcland £11,28].,000. -'~ ..,.'c ' "." ‘E1!!!-: 9-0; " :f{E<m3s,igh,t«:;~is the Weapon .I.‘ the Wigefjyrstanus. - ; <l3 ',""'i'.*'."‘r! 'l' .“3(_' n._,Al_ld inflwinitier what a most fpl;t,ll- - is. These cold,_ch_illy .<(l‘ay,;<,G_v:y';lle}l };\;.et7 through from head;_‘_to fcvpe “i=S_~T)lll}o‘:(‘)("l‘7t3.la-I} a mere ocoa.siql’lal _4p_ccl.l_rlj_cl;_‘cjo,__ jf,foresjgh:t has induced ;y3)u’:t.\<_J)" have, on your shelf a bottlé of ._B:a.x‘§_e,-_r’s I[ul;g Preserver, you glare f[')3o_éJ}_ii?'o:jgf,;*:l:.jxl:sfi;';__l;:he “bogeys of Wintogl’ _A <:_§):l!c_l’__‘c:_sa§x(;.’t penetrate the sysygm Kl_lfr;fé‘gflla§l:l;ed,,par;lmount, as a. remgigly. ’o‘rdé_r it ,t"oda.'y * 2/6 buys‘ big bottlé at Ch-3r"niét'or Store; 1