RECORD SEASON.
EXPORTS OF MEAT,
MEAT BOARD'S REPORT.
Exports of meat during the past season ha\ e reached record levels, all classes except pork showing a sharp increase on last season. Returns covering the ten months up to July 31 are given in the latest report of the New Zealand Meat Producers' Board, and they are so much above the figures for the same period last year that it i« now certain that when the seasonal year ends on September 30 the totals will be the highest on record.
Expor.tß of meat from New Zealand during 10 months' period to July 31 in the past three seasons are compared below:—
1036-37 1937-38 1935-30 Chilled (qrs) 173.851 204.442 229.754 Frozen (qrs) 129.553 117,311 145.793 1 Boneleg* (bgs) 211,350 260.477 348.8151 Mutton (CCS) 1.340.508 1.543.660 1,643.9281 Lamb (CCi) . 7,890.544 7.886,810 8,035.152 I Pork (ccs) . 541,297 529,046 444,456 i
Killing returns covering operations at all freezing works in the Dominion show an even greater increase over recent years. Stocks 6n hand in stores in New Zealand are abnormally high for this time of the year.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 190, 14 August 1939, Page 4
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