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The Daily News. MONDAY, JANUARY 17. THE TRADE OF THE PORT.

The report on the past year's working of the port, presented b.v the chairman sit Friday's meeting of the. Harbor 'Board, makes very satisfactory reading. ■Notwithstanding the wave of depression that overtook the Dominion last ■year and the opening of the .Main Trunk railway, the report shoWa that the ■port's' trade and revenue steadily increased during the twelve month-, both trade and revenue constituting records ■for the port. The trade, imports and exports, amounted to I»SM lon.-, being KillTS tons more than that of tile previous year, or considerably more llia.i double' the trade of IWIS, which was «!1i,(J2l tons, or niiire than treble the trade of 181)4-24,11112 tons. It i.- ;:

noteworthy fact that during the who I .' of these 14 years the harbor's trade has --with tire execution of one year (l!Hl."i| --shown a steauy growth, a fuel attesting the solidity' and expaiiMcn of lining distriet it serves ami justifying the proposals recently ipronioted h,v the (Board and sanelioned liy llie nilepay

era for tin- inipiviwment of the harbor. Tlie imports show the. greater increase, namely. IMS tons, amounting as they 'dbUo r>7.:!l(Uons ill 1!H)7 and IKl,'>'.)4 toas in IMUB.' When facilities are provide.) for the berthing of Home liiwrs at 'Moturoa we can expeel a substantia increase upon these ligures, for then, It is safe to say, practically Hie whole of 'the. foreign imports ix-t|iiii-t-<l by L.li■' province ami the districts adjacent will

pass through .\cw Plymouth. f<ir tin' .simple reason that it will mil pay importers to have their goods landed elsewhere. That t-h-e anticipated calling a! big liner.-, at Now I'lymonih is no iilli dream is proved by the experienee ol Timaru and Napier, at which port* .1 pavs the majorilv ol' the Home cargo, 'vessels visiting New Zealand to ea'i The exports tor 1 'JUS showed an improvement on those "f t»e privion■vein- of !130 tons. This increase ninsl lie accounted highly .satisfactory whe; it is vemcnrbel'cd that the drought ol last summer m«berially lall'ccted the output of our staple products, checM and liutter, which, the chairman's lig arcs show, were actually less liy 201 tons than in the previous year, the in vrea.se being made up ill other exports Wool, tallow., hides, etc. Compared will ■the exports of some of the other purl.'our exports appear small, hut the), dairy produce is not bulky. In value however, comparison is not to our dis udvaulage. Turning to the Hoard's re ivejute, we lind an equally sutisfacton ihicrease, the total for last year hein; l.tls,:«W—tlie highest in the history o ithe Hoard. Wharfage fees and dues ac rountcd for .C 1:1,7%. or CltM more thin ilast year. Umd revenue is a llucluat 'lag quantity, and last year it fell a\va\ •by C 771, consequent to some t-xtent nipon concessions and extension of tbm •given by the Coverninenl to Crown t<-u naU in connection with hist year's bus] Hires. There are still large tracts ol

HlovcrniU'cnt land in the. province to lie Khrown upon for settlement. :ui«! we .-ire salislicd that the cslimalcs made ibv thi' promoters of the Hill as to tin' fxk'iit of revenue from tliis source will toe realised and more llian. realised. iUuring the year tlie sum of .C11.'.)7'.l was spent on new work in eonneclioii Willi, tlic breakwatei extension ami 'wharf widening. The profits of tlu •year, amounting to £!>l*7tl. were n»c( for tliis purpose, the remaining money being provided out of bank overdraft. I'ho breakwater extension eost .t7:l!l!l or £SB Ilk 2d per foot, of the 135 feel completed during the year. Tliis show nn increase of Co 12s lid per fool ovv: 'tin-, cost of last- year'.s work. As tin Hiairman points out, this was due ti an increase in wages, iuereased eost o I'cmcul, about 12 inontlis' working ii %\w lower level of the old cpiarry, when Very few hirjfc stones were availahle necessitating the use o£ more eoncrcl' Mocks, and imreased depth of wate •necessitating the use of more rublilc Of course it stands to reason Hint In furtlier the breakwater goes the grcate 'the depth of water and <.cmsci]Uentl; 'the greater the eost. Since the exteii Won work was started 5114 feet Imv tan. added, at a cost of C24,3t)0, avei

i'.ging U4B 7s (Oil a loot. ] lie tota •length, of the breakwater is now 2411 feet, or nearly hull" a mile. As show ■liijr the stability of the construction, not ii penny was spent, in repairs to l.hi 'breakwater during the venr. TillTact, and the fael tliat the' hrcnkwahi 'has for years withstood the heaviest o •»cus, must remove any misgiving thai 'may be entertained as U. the stahilih 'and permanence of the structure. Ii 'this connection credit, most lie given i< the engineer aad the foreman of work for the cllicicnry of (lie work done. ll.n 'the same methods been applied from tin 'veiiv beginning Taranaki probablv wouh have had a deep-sea harbor years ago 'without the necessity of raising cxlr; money for the purpose. In .Mr. Hen 'derson the Board has a cniiscienliou: land highly efficient foreman, ami wi 'would surest to the Hoard' that tin 'time lias arrived when consiileralioi 'should be given to the matter of payinj I)im a salarv in conforuiitv with the sal 'arics paiil 'by other liarinir boards t( (men in his position and of lii.-> respond fcility. At .present his .-abuy, consid wing the respoiisibililv attached to iii Unties and the highlv successful wav ii •which he has discharged and is 'dis dunging those duties, is distinctly in itdei[iiaie. Tlie sum of Cliou'li was ex ponded ia wharf widening. Sixty feel 'was carried out during the year, tin 'work being hampered by the non-arriva 'of timber. The timber has now conn 'to hand and the balance of the woilViHI feet I is to be pushed on with al 'possible sped. There is still plenty o] 'stone available at the quarries, oui 'blast alone releasing 30,0(11) tons, siilli Went to hist almost two years. Thai Masting is not cheap is shown bv tin cost, of (his particular blast, which wahbout C.'fOO. The. sum of Ulill.'i iv.e I'expended on repairs to Ihe new wharf •which, the chairman slates, i, now i n a 'very fair state of repair, (hough men 'piles will have tu be driven during the coming year. The prospects of taraI'aaki never looked brighter. The pries 'ruling for dairy .produce were never : lodatc I'picUiods'in the farming of tin 'r 1 .'lauds, tin- bigger holdings are being cui •up and are sustaining a larger population, more of the back counirv i-, hc ; ng drought, into cultivation, ami'with ih'e i]iiishing on of ili«- inland railway greal stretches of counlry at present producing little 'or nothing will come into proKit, and give employment to a larger population, whilst business, generally speaking, is on a sound basis. All this points to a continuance, of the growth itliat has characterised tin- trade of the port during the past decade, and though we mnv expect a -lill further decrease in the profits of the working of Hi" port, owing to a diniuiiiiio.i in the passeiiger trallie consequent, upon the 'operations of (he Main Trunk line, we 'may also anticipate aa increase in the other revenue rice,-,rtmenls—trade, land 'fund and endowment. The chairman •and members of the Hoard are to be vnngralulalcd upon the successful r<■ulfs attending; the working of the port •during the year just, dosed, and the present eminently satisfactory position of the Board's finances. I

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 325, 18 January 1909, Page 2

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The Daily News. MONDAY, JANUARY 17. THE TRADE OF THE PORT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 325, 18 January 1909, Page 2

The Daily News. MONDAY, JANUARY 17. THE TRADE OF THE PORT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 325, 18 January 1909, Page 2

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