SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION
863
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
