✨ Shipping Statistics




RETURN of the NUMBER, TONNAGE, and CREWS of VESSELS CLEARED OUTWARDS at the several Ports of NEW ZEALAND during the QUARTER ended 30th SEPTEMBER, 1897.

PORTS OF DEPARTURE. Sailing or Steam Vessels. CLEARED FOR BRITISH. FOREIGN. TOTALS. Corresponding Quarter, 1896.
United Kingdom. British Possessions. Foreign Countries and Whale Fisheries. With Cargoes. In Ballast. Totals. With Cargoes. In Ballast. Totals. With Cargoes. In Ballast. Totals. With Cargoes. In Ballast. Totals. Vessels. Tons.
With Cargoes. In Ballast. With Cargoes. In Ballast. With Cargoes. In Ballast. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons.
Auckland { Sailing 1 .. 8 2 5 1 11 3629 95 3 1403 29 14 5032 124 3 1971
Steam .. .. 24 3 9 .. 29 33324 1402 8 2670 63 32 35994 1465 4 7756
Totals .. .. 1 .. 32 5 14 1 40 36953 1497 6 4073 92 46 41026 1589 7 9727
Kaipara .. Sailing 2 .. 20 .. .. 17 5272 145 .. .. .. 17 5272 145 5 2864
Wellington .. Steam 7 .. 12 1 1 20 45345 1343 1 412 37 21 45757 1380 .. ..
Napier .. Sailing .. .. 1 .. 1 1 289 8 1 991 17 2 1280 25 .. ..
Westport .. Sailing .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 1214
Greymouth .. Sailing .. .. 2 .. .. 2 525 15 .. .. .. 2 525 15 .. ..
Lyttelton { Sailing .. .. 3 1 .. .. 2 1633 28 1 734 14 3 2367 42 1 743
Steam 3 .. 1 .. .. .. 4 13331 278 .. .. .. 4 13331 278 .. ..
Totals .. .. 3 .. 4 1 .. .. 6 14964 306 1 734 14 7 15698 320 1 743
Timaru .. Sailing .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Oamaru .. Steam .. .. 1 .. .. 1 1572 35 .. .. .. 1 1572 35 .. ..
Dunedin { Sailing .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. 2 1435 31 2 1435 31 .. ..
Steam 2 .. 1 .. .. .. 3 8316 195 .. .. .. 3 8316 195 .. ..
Totals .. .. 2 .. 1 2 .. .. 3 8316 195 2 1435 31 5 9751 226 .. ..
Bluff Harbo'r { Sailing .. .. 2 1 .. .. 1 114 6 1 292 9 2 406 15 1 358
Steam 2 .. 10 .. .. .. 12 21806 715 .. .. .. 12 21806 715 .. ..
Totals .. .. 2 .. 12 1 .. .. 13 21920 721 1 292 9 14 22212 730 1 358
Total ship'ng { Sailing 3 .. 36 6 7 2 34 11462 297 8 4855 100 42 16317 397 12 7150
outwards Steam 14 .. 49 4 10 .. 69 123694 3968 4 3082 100 73 126776 4068 4 7756
Totals .. .. 17 .. 85 10 17 2 103 135156 4265 12 7937 200 115 143093 4465 16 14906
Correspndng. { Sailing 7 .. 35 4 6 .. 38 16089 399 4 2152 44 42 18241 443 10 5606
Quar., 1896 Steam 15 .. 43 4 13 .. 67 100993 3427 4 9519 153 71 110512 3580 4 7756
Totals .. .. 22 .. 78 8 19 .. 105 117082 3826 8 11671 197 113 128753 4023 14 13362

Department of Trade and Customs, Wellington, 11th October, 1897.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1897, No 93





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🏭 Return of Vessels Cleared Outwards

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
11 October 1897
Shipping, Statistics, Ports, Vessels, Tonnage, Crews, Quarterly return, September 1897
  • W. T. Glasgow, Secretary and Inspector