BIG INCREASE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 89, 17 April 1939, Page 4

BIG INCREASE.

EXPORTS OF MEAT,

SIX MONTHS' RETURNS.

Heavy quantities of fat stock killed for export in recent months, which have taxed the capacity of meat works throughout the North Island are reflet-ted in the returns of the Xew Zealand Meat Producers' Board covering the first six months of the current season. Both exports and killings of all classes of meat, except pork and bobby calves, show a substantial rise on the figure* for the same period' last year. Exports of lambs, for instance, are tip by almost 200.000 carcases, and wether mutton ie up over 320,000 carcases. Shipments for the past three seasons from October 1 to March 31 compare as follows:— 1938-39. 1937-3 S. 193fi-37. Boof— ((imths.) (0 mtlis.) (Binths.) ("hilled, qrs. ll<;,!)40 111,306 j>3.1156 Kronen, qrs. 71,811) 00,420 47,828 Bo nc 1 c ss, bags ... 18.1,541 325.557 fiR 425 Mini on. ccs. 873.432 7."3.75>8 f>2B,t>o2 I.amli, ccs. . 3.577.i)52 3.<iS(i.2S3 3 t>72 154 I'ork, ccs. . . 2«'J,7y , J 327,406 323,030 Congestion at Works. The rush period at the works, resulting from the shortage of feed owing tb the dry spell which has forced farmers to unload stock, is reflected in the big surplus of killings over exports, and consequently large stocks held ready for export. Tho aggregate killings for export from October 1 to March 31 in the past three seasons compare as follows: — 1938-30. 1937-38. 1936-37. Hoof— (<imtlis.) (C. mtlis.) (li mtlis.) Chilled, qrs. 125,7M4 117,(1'm 101.552 Frozen, qrs. 51,020 52,20!) 30,327 IJ on e 11> ss. fit. ccs. . 311.551 277.r>54 109.442 Wethers, ccs. 1,132.790 714,477 (544.40S Ewes. ccs. . '.123,211) 50!).539 495.238 I.ainlis, ccs. . 7,380,342 6,912..'{0S G,450,n:il I'orkcrs, CCS. 211.(>(>4 253.130 249.272 Biuronere. cvs. 176,042 187,478 198,167 Bobby veal, frf. ces. . . 6C.952 74,577 71,374 Sundries, frt. ccs 232,294 200,717 169,382 Pressure on storage space is revealed in the following comparison of stocks at March 31 in the past two seasons:— 1939. 1938. Beef— (Mar. 31.) (Mar. 31.) Chilled, qrs. ... 0.904 3.224 Frozen, qrs. . . . 30.90S 2S 046 Boneless, frt. ecs. 133.456 123,944 Wethers, ccs 7«9.!)9<i 391 ISO Ewes-, ccs 705,337 530.534 Lambs, ccs 3,190.250 2.577 509 Porkers, ccs 70,574 57.007 Bnconers. ccs. .. . 48.41S 57,277 Bobhy veal, frt. ccs 31,283 35.16S Sundries, frt. ccs. 85.507 74,499 Shipments from the principal exporting countries to Britain in March were ae follows: —Mutton: Xew Zealand, 250,407 carcases; Australia, 59,597; South America 25,563. Lamb: New Zealand, 1.280,346 carcases; Australia, 297,706; South America, 484,821. Frozen beef: Xew Zealand, 19,744 quarters; Australia, 75,613; South America, 4937. Chilled beef: Xew Zealand, 31.58S quarters; Australia, 56.445; South America, 576,559; South Africa, 6998.