IMPERIAL SUPPLIES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 9212, 5 February 1918, Page 2

IMPERIAL SUPPLIES.

ALMOST FIFTY MILLIONS PAID

The Imperial Supplies Department,, which handles meat, wool, cheese, butter, and other New Zealand produce on behalf of the Imperial Government, has paid out to producers and others interested, up to January 26, £49,969,919, jusj> a little short of fifty millions sterling. The items, with the dates of operations, are as follow: — Meat, March 3, 191G ... 21 ,448,330 Cheese, 1915-10 917,748 Cheese, 1916-17 3,295,557 Cheese, 1917-18 1,593,597 Butter, 1917-18 ... .... 1,231,618 Scheelite, September 20, 1915 91,731 Wool, December 1, 1916 ... 18,083,041 Sheepskins, Feb. 5, 1917 644,269 Hides, March 19, 1917 ... 521,971 Freezing companies' slipe wool, March 31, 1917 ... 1,323,475 Other business 818,522 Total ... ... £49,969,919 The total number of bales of wool valued to date is 813,162, of which 757,295 have been paid for, the total payments being £18,083,041..:'