New Zealand Gazette – 1909 – No. 6

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✨ Shipping Statistics

RETURN of the NUMBER, TONNAGE, and CREWS of VESSELS CLEARED OUTWARDS at the several PORTS of NEW ZEALAND during the QUARTER ended 31st DECEMBER, 1908—continued.

PORTS OF DEPARTURE.	Sailing or Steam Vessels.	CLEARED FOR				BRITISH.				FOREIGN.				TOTALS.				Corresponding Quarter, 1907.
		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.	With Cargoes.	In Ballast.	With Cargoes.	In Ballast.	With Cargoes.	In Ballast.	With Cargoes.	In Ballast.	With Cargoes.	In Ballast.	With Cargoes.	In Ballast.	With Cargoes.	In Ballast.	With Cargoes. \| In Ballast. \| With Cargoes. \| In Ballast.
		Vessels.	Tons.	Crews.	Vessels.	Tons.	Crews.	Vessels.	Tons.	Crews.	Vessels.	Tons.	Crews.	Vessels.	Tons.	Crews.	Vessels.	Tons. \| Crews. \| Vessels. \| Tons. \| Crews. \| Vessels. \| Tons. \| Crews. \| Vessels. \| Tons. \| Crews. \| Vessels. \| Tons. \| Crews.
Oamaru {	Sailing	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	299	9	1	299	9	..	.. \| .. \| .. \| .. \| .. \| .. \| .. \| .. \| 1 \| 299 \| 9 \| 1 \| 299 \| 9 \| .. \| .. \| ..
	Steam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	299	9	1	299	9	..	.. \| .. \| .. \| .. \| .. \| .. \| .. \| .. \| 1 \| 299 \| 9 \| 1 \| 299 \| 9 \| .. \| .. \| ..
Totals ..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	299	9	1	299	9	..	.. \| .. \| .. \| .. \| .. \| .. \| .. \| .. \| 1 \| 299 \| 9 \| 1 \| 299 \| 9 \| .. \| .. \| ..
Dunedin {	Sailing	..	..	..	2	..	1	..	..	..	1	1013	15	1	1013	15	..	.. \| .. \| 2 \| 1863 \| 27 \| 2 \| 1863 \| 27 \| .. \| .. \| .. \| 3 \| 2876 \| 42 \| 2 \| 2528 \| 34
	Steam	..	..	..	11	..	1	..	..	..	11	31155	509	11	31155	509	..	.. \| .. \| 1 \| 3082 \| 40 \| 1 \| 3082 \| 40 \| .. \| .. \| .. \| 12 \| 34237 \| 549 \| 11 \| 28627 \| 446
Totals ..	..	..	..	..	13	..	2	..	..	..	12	32168	524	12	32168	524	..	.. \| .. \| 3 \| 4945 \| 67 \| 3 \| 4945 \| 67 \| .. \| .. \| .. \| 15 \| 37113 \| 591 \| 13 \| 31155 \| 480
Bluff Harbour {	Sailing	..	..	1	1	..	..	1	93	6	..	..	..	1	93	6	..	.. \| .. \| 1 \| 1202 \| 14 \| 1 \| 1202 \| 14 \| 1 \| 93 \| 6 \| 1 \| 1202 \| 14 \| 2 \| 1295 \| 20 \| 3 \| 2822 \| 38
	Steam	..	..	13	..	..	..	13	36939	1335	..	..	..	13	36939	1335	..	.. \| .. \| .. \| .. \| .. \| .. \| .. \| .. \| 13 \| 36939 \| 1335 \| .. \| .. \| .. \| 13 \| 36939 \| 1335 \| 15 \| 37284 \| 1273
Totals ..	..	..	..	14	1	..	..	14	37032	1341	..	..	..	14	37032	1341	..	.. \| .. \| 1 \| 1202 \| 14 \| 1 \| 1202 \| 14 \| 14 \| 37032 \| 1341 \| 1 \| 1202 \| 14 \| 15 \| 38234 \| 1355 \| 18 \| 40106 \| 1811
Total Ship'ng outwards {	Sailing	..	..	37	10	2	1	35	12907	359	5	2510	56	40	15417	415	4	3674 \| 51 \| 6 \| 5294 \| 77 \| 10 \| 8968 \| 128 \| 39 \| 16581 \| 410 \| 11 \| 7804 \| 133 \| 50 \| 24385 \| 543 \| .. \| .. \| ..
	Steam	18	..	66	19	6	2	87	241104	6283	18	47557	755	105	288661	7038	3	3861 \| 72 \| 3 \| 4375 \| 83 \| 6 \| 8236 \| 155 \| 90 \| 244965 \| 6355 \| 21 \| 51932 \| 838 \| 111 \| 296897 \| 7193 \| .. \| .. \| ..
Totals ..	..	18	..	103	29	8	3	122	254011	6642	23	50067	811	145	304078	7453	7	7535 \| 123 \| 9 \| 9669 \| 160 \| 16 \| 17204 \| 283 \| 129 \| 261546 \| 6765 \| 32 \| 59736 \| 971 \| 161 \| 321282 \| 7736 \| .. \| .. \| ..
Correspndng. Quar., 1907 {	Sailing	2	..	31	4	1	..	29	11017	300	4	4646	62	33	15663	362	5	3437 \| 55 \| .. \| .. \| .. \| 5 \| 3437 \| 55 \| 34 \| 14454 \| 355 \| 4 \| 4646 \| 62 \| .. \| .. \| .. \| 38 \| 19100 \| 417
	Steam	15	..	72	22	5	..	91	230425	6162	21	46704	776	112	277129	6938	1	579 \| 17 \| 1 \| 3074 \| 38 \| 2 \| 3653 \| 55 \| 92 \| 231004 \| 6179 \| 22 \| 49778 \| 814 \| .. \| .. \| .. \| 114 \| 280782 \| 6993
Totals ..	..	17	..	103	26	6	..	120	241442	6462	25	51350	838	145	292792	7300	6	4016 \| 72 \| 1 \| 3074 \| 38 \| 7 \| 7090 \| 110 \| 126 \| 245458 \| 6534 \| 26 \| 54424 \| 876 \| .. \| .. \| .. \| 152 \| 299882 \| 7410

COMPARATIVE RETURN of the NUMBER, TONNAGE, and CREWS of VESSELS CLEARED OUTWARDS for the YEARS 1908 and 1907.


1908 {	Sailing	11	..	146	23	10	3	146	63046	1652	14	10606	204	160	73652	1856	21	15623	242	12	10837	158	33	26460	400	167	78669	1894	26	21443	362	193	100112	2256	..	..	..
	Steam	82	..	272	81	22	6	363	991572	25742	80	213151	3348	443	1204723	29090	13	12269	305	7	14201	214	20	26470	519	376	1003841	26047	87	227352	3562	463	1231193	29609	..	..	..
Totals ..	..	93	..	418	104	32	9	509	054618	27394	94	223757	3552	603	1278375	30946	34	27892	547	19	25038	372	53	52930	919	543	1082510	27941	113	248795	3924	656	1331305	31865	..	..	..
1907 {	Sailing	5	..	149	11	8	1	136	51278	1432	9	8930	134	145	60208	1566	26	17776	352	3	2848	41	29	20624	393	162	69054	1784	12	11778	175	..	..	..	174	80832	1959
	Steam	83	..	267	64	27	..	360	953007	24649	63	149026	2567	423	1102033	27216	17	39443	1627	1	3074	38	18	42517	1665	377	992450	26276	64	152100	2605	..	..	..	441	1144550	28881
Totals ..	..	88	..	416	75	35	1	496	1004285	26081	72	157956	2701	568	1162241	28782	43	57219	1979	4	5922	79	47	63141	2058	539	1061504	28060	76	163878	2780	..	..	..	615	1225382	30840

Customs Department, Wellington, 20th January, 1909.

W. T. GLASGOW, Secretary and Inspector.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Jan. 28.] 679

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Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated20 January 1909
KeywordsShipping, Vessels, Departures, Tonnage, Crews, Ports, Oamaru, Dunedin, Bluff Harbour, December 1908
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