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 SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION

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Shipping and Navigation.

In 1911 the registered vessels were 244 sailing vessels of 35,651 tons (net), and 361 steamers of 114,973 tons ; total 605 vessels of 150,624 tons (net). Shipping inwards and outwards for five years : —

1 Vessels Inwards

Vessels Outwards

Years

With Cargoes

Total, including in Ballast t

With Cargoes

Total, including in Ballast

1907 1908 1909 1910 1911

No.

601 614 563 536 580

Tons 1,191,198 1,281,230 1,202,457 1,271,978 1,389,349

No.

645 658 605 609 621

Tons 1,254,266 1,361,047 1,263,935 1,389,031 1.482,378

No. 1 Tons 539 il,061,504 543 :i, 082,510 515 il,102,405 503 il, 159,605 533 1,235,193

No. 615 656 596

588 624

Tons 1,225,382 1,331,305 1,253,878 1,367,207 1,467,402

Of vessels inwards in 1911, 169 of 707,573 tons were British; 409 of 727,969 tons colonial; 43 of 46,836 tons foreign. Vessels outwards, 169 of 693,665 tons British; 412 of 726,655 tons colonial; 43 of 47,082 tons foreign.

For the year 1911, the shipping at five principal ports was as under : —

Port

Vessels Inwards

Vessels Outwards

No

Tons

No.

Tons

Auckland. Wellington Lyttelton. Dunedin. Bluff Harbour.

294

128

31

33

64

733,311

417,622

38,040

86,925

151,056

235

126 22 39 63

479,781 472,900 71,636 122,493 167,705

T

Railways.

On March 31, 1912, there were 1,173 miles of Government railways in the North Island, and 1,625 in the South Island, besides 29 miles of private lines — 2,827 miles in all. Eevenue from Government railways 3,676,509Z,, expenditure 2,4^5,896^., surplus 1,210, 614Z. Total expenditure on con- struction of all Government lines open, and unopen, to March 31, 1912, 32,689,179?. In 1911-12 the tonnage of goods carried was 5,887,908, and the passengers numbered 11,891,134.

All the chief towns are provided with tramway systems.

Post and Telegraph. Postal statistics — Articles posted and delivered : —

Years

Letters and Post

Books,

News-

Parcels

Money Orders

Letter-cards Cards

&c.

papers

Nos.

No. No.

No.

No.

No.

Issued

Paid

190S

175,440,111 13,866,515

49,242,841

41.858,913

1,790,647

488,084

371,424

1909

180,926,337 14,188,642

50,047,928

42,561,641

2,161,634

538,740

418,764

1910

196,768,968 13,681,668

55,008,302

42, 305, 554

2,471,964

569,657

449,773

1911

205,450,621 12,255,477

58,828,436

43,801,719

3,327,379

607,764

483,596