PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 285, 6 January 1930, Page 10

PORT OF NEW PLYMOUTH

(Special to Telegraph.)

EXPANSION OF TRADE. DIRECT SHIPMENT OF PRODUCE.

NEW PLYMOUTH. This day. The overseas trade returns for the Port of New Plymouth for 1929 sbow ; an inc-rease of 8505 tons eompared , with tbe previous, year. Tliere was a 1 deorease of 4486 tons in exports over- | seas, but this was more fban balanced , by tbe increase in imports, which ex1 eeeded tbe previous year's total by 1 14.079 tons. Butter exports increased | by 33,530 boxes and cheese by 3Q40 1 cratss. ; The numbcr of overseas vessels | working the port was 71, which was 1 six more tlian in the previous year,' ; and represented 55,424 tons gross. The year was the. first in the history 1 of the port in which the total over- ; seas cai'go handled amounted to more | tban 100,000 tons, It exceeded that 1 figure b.y 8471 tons. In the previous ' year the total just fell short of 100,000 ' tons. Overseas imports reached the ' recoi'd figure of 74,115 tons, which rei presents a substantial increase on the ' total for 1928. which was 13,079. I An interesting feature of the past , shipping season was the steady in- ' crease in the number of direct ship- | ment.s of dairy produce from New Ply- , mouth. Of 41 shipments of produce 1 from tlie Moturoa stores onl.y five were | by transhipment tbrough Wellington.