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STATEMENT No. 19. Classification of Goods and Live-stock Traffic and Earnings by Commodities.

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Year ended 31st March, 1931. Year ended 3i s t March, 193U. Bevenue. Bevenue. Commodity. „, „ Tonnage Per Cent. 10 M^," ne Average " Tonnage Per Cent. T °S?,P ne Average carried. of Gross. „ nf) n „,A prt Haul. Per Per carried. of Gross. nnn^"?; to ,. Haul. Per Per 000 omitted. TotaL Cent _ PerTon Ton 000 omitted. Total Cmt Pe rTon. Ton of Gross. Mile. of Gross. I Mile. Product.? of Agriculture. Moles. £ s. d. d. Miles. £ s. d. d. Grain .. .. .. 265,925 3-82 13,177 50 120,764 2-65 9 1 2-19 316,943 4-07 13,567 49 137,941 2-78 8 9 2-13 Meals .. .. .. 112,571 1-62 7,036 62 61,219 1-35 10 11 2-08 117,901 1-53 7,215 61 60,754 1-23 10 4 2-02 Fruit .. .. .. 46,919 0-67 7,766 166 60,348 1-33 25 9 1-86 41,772 0-53 7.101 170 49,401 1-00 23 8 1-67 Root crops, fodder .. .. 139,690 2-01 9,157 65 71,683 1-58 10 3 1-87 163,173 2-09 10,258 63 80,210 1-62 9 10 1-91 Flax, green and dressed .. 11,086 0-16 , 787 71 8,196 0-18 14 10 2-49 26,159 0-33 1,606 61 17,312 0-34 13 3 2-58 Seeds .. .. ... 16,662 0-24 1,001 : 60 12,653 0-28 15 2 3-03 20,646 0-26 1,254 61 14,860 0-30 14 5 2-84 592,853 8-52 38,924 66 334,863 7-37 11 4 2-06 686,594 8-81 43,001 63 360,478 7-27 10 6 2-01 Animals and their Products. Cattle and horses .. .. 141,464 2-03 11,721 83 177,407 3-90 25 1 3-63 151,333 1-94 11,688 77 199,300 4-02 26 4 4-09 Sheep and pigs .. .. 414,589 5-96 29,326 71 400,227 8-81 19 4 3-27 414,445 5-32 29,396 71 412,839 8-33 19 11 3-37 Meat .. .. .. 191,384 2-75 5,692 30 138,688 3-05 14 6 5-84 173,669 2-23 4,680 27 117,658 2-37 13 7 6-03 Butter .. .. .. 132,318 1-90 7,684 58 124,781 2-75 18 11 3-89 122,749 1-58 7,225 59 120,999 2-44 19 9 4-02 Cheese .. .. .. 108,148 1-56 4,788 44 96,871 2-13 17 11 4-85 93,220 1-20 4,329 46 86,360 1-74 18 6 4-79 Wool .. .. ,. 117,991 1-70 6,276 53 117,201 2-58 19 11 4-48 124,156 1-59 7,215 58 125,951 2-54 20 3 4-19 Dairy by-products .. .. 17,192 0-25 1,471 86 18,343 0-40 21 4 2-99 18,664 0-24 1,460 78 18,299 0-37 19 7 3-01 Fat, hides, skins .. .. 37,580 0-54 1,656 44 36,504 0-80 19 5 5-28 32,366 0-42 1,428 44 32,208 0-65 19 11 5-41 Fish .. .. .. 9,370 0-13 1,621 173 14,133 0-31 30 2 2-09 8,233 0-10 1,336 162 12,133 0-25 29 6 2-18 1,170,036 16-82 70,235 60 1,124,155 j 24-73 19 3 3-84 1,138,835 14-62 68,757 60 1,125,747 22-71 19 10 ~J^93~ Products of Mines. Agricultural lime .. .. 157,211 2-26 10,653 68 31,397 0-69 4 0 0-70 171,777 2-21 11,114 65 33,183 0-66 3 11 0-72 Coal, imported .. .. 37,361 0-54 856 23 15,034 0-33 8 0 4-21 5,749 0-07 262 46 2,367 0-05 8 3 2-17 Coal, N.Z. hard .. . . 1,096,247 15-76 43,244 39 318,178 7-00 5 10 1-76 1,242,046 15-95 43,477 35 328,036 6-62 5 3 1-81 Coal, N.Z. brown .. .. 1,020,454 14-66 127,191 125 618,440 13-61 12 1 1-16 981,093 12-60 129,819 132 584,548 11-79 1111 1-08 Road-metal .. .. 234,412 3-37 5,655 24 44,653 0-98 3 10 1-89 413,551 5-31 8,648 21 69,192 1-40 3 4 1-92 Limeandcoke .. .. 77,438 1-11 4,070 53 30,878 ! 0-68 8 0 1-81 65,015 0-83 3,630 56 26,843 0-54 8 3 1-77 ,1 ! ! ! ; 2,623,123 37-70 191,669 73 1,058,580 23-29 8 1 1-32 2,879,231 36-97 I 196,950 68 1,044,169 21-06 7 3 1-27 Products of Forests. Timber, imported .. .. 27,577 0-40 | 1,288 47 25,254 0-56 18 4 4-70 30,990 0-40 1,627 52 31,682 0-64 20 5 4-67 Timber.N.Z. .. .. 375,524 5-40 41,539 111 350,931, 7-72 18 9 2-02 543,097 6-97 61,674 114 497,099 10-03 18 4 1-93 Firewood, posts, &c. .. 123,138 1-76 9,735 79 50,329 1-11 8 2:1-23 150,698 1-94 12,861 85 63,616 1-28 8 5 1-19 526,239 7-56 52,562 100 426,514 9-39 16 2 1-94 724,785 9-31 76,162 105 592,397 11-95 16 4 1-86 Manufactures, dec. Benzine, gasoline, kerosene .. 145,086 2-09 11,696 81 243,383 5-36 33 7 4-99 144,418 1-85 11,263 78 237,451 4-79 32 11 5-06 Cement .. .. .. 82,606 1-19 6,801 82 69,381 1-52 16 10 ! 2-44 82,544 1-06 5,922 72 61,122 1-23 14 10 2-48 Manures .. .. .. 563,417 8-09 34,134 61 220,791 4-86 7 10 j 1-55 681,458 8-75 39,384 58 274,286 5-54 8 0 1-67 791,109 11-37 52,631 67 533,555 11-74 13 6 2-43 908,420 11-66 56,569 62 572,859 11-56 12 8~ 2-43 MiseeUaneous .. .. 1,254,349 18-03 61.088 49 1,066,902 23-48 17 0 4-19 1,451,108 18-63 70,391 49 1,261,538 25-45 17 5 4-30 Totals •• •■ 6,957,709 100-00 467,109 67 4,544,569 100-00 13 0 2-33 7,788,973 100-00 511,830 66 4,957,188 100-00 12 9 2-32