DOMINION'S TRADE.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 February 1916, Page 2

DOMINION'S TRADE.

RETURN 5 ! FOR LAST YEAR, EXFOR'iS INCREASE BY MARLY s'/o MILLIONS. The full details of last year's trade are just to hand, and. the increases over previous years are so enormous that a tabulated list of our principal exports will be of exceptional interest. The . figures shoiv l)ow the war lias influenced our exports by raising prices, and this in turn lias stimulated production, so that in a good many cases an increased quantity has contributed to .the high value recorded during the past year. The principal products compared as follows during the years 1913 (prewar period) and 1915: ' iM ,,

Several of- the products show a falling off, by far -the most noticeable being in kauri gum. ...Grain shows a. falling-oil',, j which was only natural after the poor of last year, but against .this there was a phenomenal increase in chaff and potatoes, which were both; in -heavy demand for Australia during the winter. Seeds have also declined as a result of the dry weather reducing the crop last year, and the influence of that factor also caused an increase in the importation from .£98,302 to £243,801, besides decreasing the export as shown above. .IMPORTS. ■">'%*- , With regard to imports, the Gazette also provides the figures for an interesting comparison between the, different ports of the Dominion. Arranged-ac-cording to values for the years 1913 and I 1315; ' , .

The most noticoiible feature in.tlija return is that Wellington lias uisplacedAuckland in the lead, owing tu .the establishment of Trentliam, May Morn and other camps. With regard to the source of our supplies, some of the largest fluctuations have taken place in our imports from the following countries:--

i »; 1913 1913 . -?,;»■ £ £ Wool 1~1 »**;&'• »"x 8.0a8,620 10,387,875 Butter »»•. 2,061,051 2.700,625 Cheese 1.770,297 2,720,211 Beef 1)47,38:1 1.626,157 Mutton .W.vtK 1,630,332 . 2,S93,1U1 Lamb 2,332,'17*2. 3,004,051 Other ment m 257,375) 271,026 Tallow 683,088.. 780,828 Skins 937,631 ' "7 942,698 Aides 261,74+ 506,1S9. Leather .31,94") 61,794 Sausage. skins 93,251 192,02S Gold 1,459,49!) . 1,694,553 Kauri gum' m-v 649,10(1 279,133 Timber 319,055 383,883 Flax 721,924 57i;621 Tow .. « i 65,138 ■ 38,438 Coal 205,010 329,731 Oats 29,252 132,827 Wheat .....>3 ■' 11,81(1 128 Chaff '■ 1,153 15'4.5o2 Potatoes >*>«• * 7,443 135,552 Seeds . 60,492 42,314 Silver 103,866 95,583 Specie ........i 176,359 318,090 Sundries 834,866 .1,475,864 Totals ». £22,990,672 £31,74S,912

1913 1915 £ £ , Wellington 1 . 6,354,74n 6,904,340 Auckland' m..v fi.fil0.745 6,494,462 .Lyttolton . v 3,2t-.fi.07.-> ,8,295/208 Dunedin ....... 2.817.-2 5 i. , 2,542,381 Napier 584,001 .. 545,205. Invcrcargill .■ M5,l!J!l 4S0,81G Timuru 401,532 .16-2,079; Wanganul : .i... '257.214 '. 288,274

1913 1915 £ < £ U. Kingdom . 13,312,19.1 11,141,007 Australia ... . 2,914,848 3,554,535 U. States ... . 2,107,990 2,000.248 Canada ...... . 452,519 797,810 W 840,493 1,128,959 Germany ... . li$7,9H5 7.700 Japan 151,106 304,322