FRUIT FOR BRITAIN.
CANNED AND BOTTLED. liritish OnVlal Wireless. Hl'Cr.Y, September 25. The itrowlh in the United Kingdom of the ■< i. ii ii . | .11. -ti or , ~nne 1 r.nd bottled ftuit> nt home. Kmpiif- and foreign origin is emphasised bj the Imperial Economic I omiiiilt-.- in its latest letiiru. The imports in IH3O of eanne.l and bottled fruits preserved in sugar totalled 18(1.200 tons, the heaviest ever retoided. The total was only I per cent greater than in 1935 but about 30 per cent greater than the average for 1020-33 and «•> per cent greater than the average tor 1924-2 S.
Supplies of both home and imported ce nned and bottled fi nits have risen since 1030 from about 130,000 tons to more than L'Oli.iKH) tons.
'I he average consumption per head of population rose from <>.3ll> to ».Blb.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 229, 27 September 1937, Page 4
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138FRUIT FOR BRITAIN. Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 229, 27 September 1937, Page 4
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