TRADE OF THE PORTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 September 1921, Page 4

TRADE OF THE PORTS.

RECORD FOB EACH PLACE. NEW STATISTICS SYSTEM. By Telecraph.—Pre** Association. Wellington, Last Night. A letter from the Minister of Internal Affairs, read at the Wellington *Harbor Board’s meeting to-night, announces that from January 1 the trftda statistics of the various ports are to be compiled on such a system as will do full justice to the trade, overseas and coastal, of each port, the Harbor Boards themselves to supply on a uniform system the monthly returns showing the total work of their respective ports.

From these returns statistics will be compiled and published in the inonrthly abstract of statistics, the Year Book, and the annual volume of statistics m regard to trade and shipping. In addition it is proposed to include in the port statistics figures supplied by the Customs Department showing the number and tonnage of vessels which have entered ,and cleared each port, New Zealand to be brought into line with other countries which show the export I and imports by the port of entry, ex ports being entered at the port at which the goods are loaded on the exporting vessel.

Mr. J. G. Harkness, chairman, thought the Minister should be thanked for the trouble he had taken and for having adopted the •board’s suggestion. It meant that they would in future get the full and correct statistics for the various ports. The great thing wai that they had got the Government to acknowledge that there should be & pro« per uniform system at all the ports, The board carried unanimously a resolution expressing gratification at the nature of the Minister’s reply.