GENERAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 269, 23 April 1915, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS.

"arrivals and departures: • Wellington, Last Night. ; Arrivals in New Zealand from oversea during the month of March totalled 2210, compared with 3101 in March of last year. Departures numbered 2373, as against 4855 a year ago. THE PRIMARY EXPORTS. Wellington, Last Night. The values of primary products exported from the Dominion during theweek ended April 20 are as folows:—j Butter £15,005, cheese £40,693, froze* lamb £134,705, frozen mutton £(56,519,. frozen beef, etc., £05,740, gold £19,674, grain and. pulse £26,51, hides and skins £53,057, kauri gum £20,375, flax and! tow £22,542, tallow £37,170, timber* £17,423, woo] £382,f>30. THE EXPORTS. INTERESTING RETURNS. Wellington, Last Night. " The gazetted returns of exports from tae various districts of New Zealand during the quarter ended March 31, 1915, and 1014 reads as follows:

1015 1914 Auckland 1,352,241 1,298,103 Kaiparn 27,43," SO 7>S3fiisbnrnc 913,074 815,7111 New' Plymouth .... 390,733 55,370Waitara 232,314 101,024 Pfttca .409,808 892 Wanganui 473!0i8 211,759 Wellington 2,081,259 3,070,780 Napier .. 1,275,827 1 045 81Ti Wairau & Picton .. 9SMO3 3T Nelson 102,172 97,752 Westport 13,048 8,888 Oreymoutli 47.243 128,615 irokitika 17,878 8,52* Helton 1,297,902 040,046 Oamaru 107,355 64,707 Duncdin 770,197 572,«73 Invevourgill .! 475,854 402$® Parcels post 8,889 13,890 Totals . v . £11,214,815 £9,098,439 T.nst quarter there was £9BOO in specie exported from Auckland, and a year ago £2BBO from Auckland and £3822 from Wellington. These amounts are included in the totals given above.