The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 48
Porat Chalmers
Porat Chalmers.
1880. Tons. | 1879. Tons. | |
---|---|---|
Minerals | 963 | 439 |
Grain | — | — |
Timber | 10 | 134 |
Wool | 7 | — |
General Merchandise | 3436 | 1920 |
Coal | 2129 | 2677 |
Total tons | 6545 | 5170 |
being an increase of 1375 tons, wholly in minerals and general merchandise.
1880. Tons. | 1879. Tons. | |
---|---|---|
Minerals | 189 | 435 |
Grain | 1402 | 323 |
Timber | 40 | 13 |
Wool | 65 | 76 |
General Merchandise | 543 | 408 |
Coal | 90 | 110 |
Total tons | 2329 | 1365 |
being an increase of 964 tons, wholly in grain and general merchandise.
These increases for the Dunedin Section are of more value when I state that they are a continuation of similar increases in the previous period, as compared with corresponding period of last year, and give me considerable encouragement in looking forward to the probable result of the working for the year, which I feel almost assured will be very much more favorable than any of its predecessors.
Wm. Conyers,
Commissioner of Railways, M.I.