TRADE OUTLOOK.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2559, 21 July 1909, Page 3

TRADE OUTLOOK.

INTERESTING STATISTICS. EXPORT FIGURES. The current number of the Trade Review contains a summary of the shipments of wool from New Zealand to the United Kingdom during the twelve months ended on the 30th ult. The totals from the several ports compare as follows. with those of the previous

Tlie following arc the totals of the North Island and South Island respectively for the last four years:—

N. Island. S. Island. Total Year Bales' Bales Bales 1908-9 ... 280,791 211,852 492,643 1907-8 ... 256,388 180,675 437,063 1906-7 ... 233,088 193,494, . 426,582 1905-6 ... 220,464 195,204 415,668 The total shows an increase of 55,‘SBO hales, of which 24,403 accrued in the North Island and 31,177 in the South Island. The latter thus recovers the leeway , lost in recent previous seasons through loss of sheep by severe weather. VALUES OF EXPORTS. Following is a return of the values of exports of principal products in the quarters ending 30th June, 1909 and 1-908„ ■ 1909 1908

The above particulars are drawn from an official interim report covering the more important products for the quarter, of which the complete return is not yet available. That they comprise,' however, the bulk of our experts for may be seen from the fact that the total value of all (exports J : or the June quarter of 1908 was £3,723964. We may assume, therefore, that the excess over the June quarter of 1908 shown above,,' namely, £1,381,91.0, will, be seen in the full quarter. The June quarter of 1908 showed-, an excess over the imports of ’ the same period of over £304,000. The imports fo r the quarter just closed will certainly show a shrinkage probably not less than half a million as compared with the same period last year. And on this basis the exports of the quarter will show an excess over; imports of over two millions.”

year:— 1908-9 Bales 1907-8 Bales Auckland 21.27,8 17,145 Gisborne - 40,028 39,959 69,478 Napier 66,670 Taranaki 6.625 5,772 Wanganui 1.7.854 18,325 Wellington 122.336 105,709 Wairau and Nelson... 12,985 15,765 Lyttelton 82,526 68,173 Tim aru 37,813 29,537 Oamaru 8.075 10,137 Dunedin 41,110 31,149 Bluff 29,343 25,914 Total r.-. ... 492,643 437,063

£ £ Wool 1,355,291 978,874 Frozen meat 1,528,357 1,114,866 Gold '481,586 479,902 Butter and cheese 436,265 , 256,586 Skins and hides... 297,969 193,486 Tallow 200.502 129,268 Wheat and oats 258,764 49,021 Other grain and pulse 20,382 5,036 Kauri gum llemp Timber 123,104 101,663 88,244 83,928 116,058 97,772 V • 4,874,392 3,492,482