Trade Statistics

TRADE STATISTICS - continued

1938 1955 1956 1957

livestock exports

Cattle 394,489 361,900 397,804 449,716

Sheep 209,528 59,340 68,633 54,827

Pigs 10,268 202 162 172

PORT RATES AND CHARGES The Board’s revenue is derived mainly from dues levied on vessels using the Port and their cargoes. A copy of the Schedule of Tonnage and Goods Rates is included with this Diary, together with copies of Schedules of Charges for Cranage and Towage. Copies of the Bye-Laws and Charges for the Board's Graving Doc.cs and Graving Slips and Bye-Laws for the Regulation of Goods on Quays and in Transit Sheds are also included.

Horses 5,320 17,357 15,952 14,468

PRINCIPAL IMPOl^TS AND EXPORTS

The principal commodities imported and exported through the Port, ■with the relevant figures for 1956 in brackets, are:—

IMPORTS

Coal (702,513 tons). Motor Spirit, Petroleum and Other Oils (739,992 tons). Timber (97,734 tons). Wheat (55,848 tons), Indian Corn (41,726 tons). Phosphate Rock (84,762 tons).

EXPORTS

Stout (204,238 tons). Beef and Mutton (25,275 tons), Mill Boards (13,185 tons). Gypsum and Plaster of Paris (16,096 tons). Confectionery (6116 tons). Livestock (see detailed figures above).