DAIRY EXPORT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1927, Page 4

DAIRY EXPORT.

THE BOARD'S REPORT. SALES AND ADVANCES. IMPORTANT MEETING IN" JUNE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. Thursday. Important figures showing the value of New Zealand's exported dairy produce were presented to a meeting of the Dairy Export Control Board. They show that the advances made in respect of produce shipped to January 31 amount to £5,041.991. which probably falls short by £1,000.000 of the actual value of the produce. The board decided to make a further advance of lV4d per lb in respect of the first creamery butter pool of the season, making a total of 1/2 V&, and involving a further payment of £90.000. The payment is beinc made on March 1. There are still 9*1.000 boxes remaining in the pool unsold. The shipments of butter under control for the rive months ended January 31 total 0.)0,270 boxes, of -which 75.15 per cent were graded finest, this grade showing steady appreciation, having risen from 35.5 in September to 84.10 per cent for January. Shipments of whey butter shipped to the end of January 1 were 4443 boxes, cheese 362.857 crates, of which 54.5 per cent comprised finest.

The Cheese Premium. The January proportion of this grade having risen to 66 per cent, the board had again under consideration the premium paid for finest grade cheese. In view of the difficulty iu securing this extra amount on realisations, it was decided, owing to the great value of the premium in securing high quality, that it be continued for the present season at least. The London Members. No final reply has been received from the Government in regard to the board's suggestion that the Government's representative on the London agency be replaced by someone not antagonistic to the control policy. Messrs. Motion and Irons, members of the board and of the London agency, leave London early in May, ancl will attend the board's June meeting. Refrigerating Expert Appointed. Mr. W. Benee, who has been assistant to Mr. Grainger, the board's inspecting engineer, was unanimously appointed inspector on the board's behalf in London, and leaves on March 12. He will spend the whole of his time inspecting the unloading of produce steamers and watching the interests of shippers of New Zealand dairy produce. Mr. Bence has a first-class marine engineer's certificate, and was in the employ of the New Zealand Shipping Co. for 25 years.

Mr. Grainger, chief inspector in the board's employ, recently reported on cold storage conditions in England, and this matter was further considered by the board, which has sent him to England to complete certain arrangements indicated in his reportl A Research Policy. Following conference with the Board of Scientific and Industrial Research it was resolved to co-operate with that body and urge the importance of research in regard to dairy produce manufacture. The scheme under discussion involves the co-operation of the Department of Agriculture, the new Agricultural College, and other scientific bodies which can undertake the necessary work. Londr i Dairy Show. It Lag'-been i' >cided to enter New Zealand dairy produce at the London dairy show after some years of abstention due to the fact that the show is held at a time which makes it difficult to stage New Zealand entries. The board has approved of a scheme under which a number of New Zealand factories will be asked to enter for the show and manufacture their exhibits at the same time as those intended for competition at the New Zealand winter shows. The board will purchase the whole of the exhibits, and its officers will test them on arrival in England, eliminating entries which are not regarded as sufficiently high-grade to meet competition from the dairy produce of the world. Though the exhibit will be staged as New Zealand there will be private marks on each item enabling dairy factories which have manufactured prize-winning exhibits to know of their success, and they will receive the prize. The Fernleaf. Reports on the registration of the New Zealand dairy produce mark, the Fernleaf, show that registration is completed in England, but that difficulties have arisen in Canada and the United State, and that the position there is being further investigated.