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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 62
Amount of Loan Spent
Amount of Loan Spent.
The amount spent out of the loan authorised by the Westport Harbor Board Act, 1884, is £348,204 0s 5d The sum authorised to be raised was £500,000. There is, therefore, the sum of £151,895 19s 7d still available under the above Act.
The trade of the port has steadily increased with the increase in depth of water on the bar, as is shown on the following table of yearly output:—
| Year | Coal exported from Westport |
|---|---|
| 1885 | 78,094 tons bardeepnd. |
| 1886 | 119,779 tons bardeepnd. |
| 1887 | 115,942 tons bardeepnd. |
| 1888 | 130,219 tons bardeepnd. |
| 1889 | 163,915 tons bardeepnd. |
| 1890 | 160,214 tons strike in-interfered with output which would have been 200,000 tons |
| 1891 | 227,668 tons last three months estimated |