DAIRY PRODUCE EXPORT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 157, 3 July 1916, Page 2

DAIRY PRODUCE EXPORT.

—i 1915-1916 FI<JHntES. •475,707 BOXES OF BUTTER. INCREASE OF 38,528. 1 A moderate quantity <W dairy produce was shipped from Auckland during June —7,533 boxes of butter and 2,721 crates of cheese. The butter |&hipmenbs were distributed as follows: i London, 1,33n boxes; Australia. 5,840: Islands, 308. All the cheese except 21 era.cs was shipped to London. The following table slows the total export of. butter from Auckland for the entire lfllo-lG season, together .with the figures for the season before: — I IniMGJ 1014-15. I Boxes. Boxes. London 445.044j 331.146 West of England. 1,868 2 150 Canada 12,820 71]752 Australia ]4.K«C> rM-JSK Islands :t.r,.s'.)| 4 sw South Africa — XOOO Total .._ 475.707 J 437,170 In addition 30,3C0 boxei were releaecd for local consumption, as compared with 34.313 in 1014-15. The season's export at cheese was 02.071 orates, of which 58.062 went to London. These figures f a ■ surpass those of the previous season, when only about 20.000 crates were shipped. The local consumption this seasoi was 3.100 crates. The increases in the price of both butter and cheese has naturally more than kept pace with the increased production, so that the net gain to thk exporter has been very substantial. !