CONTINENTAL MEAT MARKETS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1178, 13 July 1911, Page 8

CONTINENTAL MEAT MARKETS

OUR CHANCE WITH GERMANY. r Tho secretary of. tho Canterbury Chami*ber of Commerce has received a letter 'from Sir AYilliam HalUToy.e-s High ,Coiumiis&ioner for New Zealand 111 Loudon, on. itlie subject of the possibility of obtaining n market in Germany for our frozen meat, il'he following is portion ot tho letter: I ihope to discuss the maher with, the Prime Minister'while he is in this counitrv Tho subject of the importation ot /frozen'meat tu Continental countries ami America has been engaging the attention ' Inf the -High Commissioner's Department (for many rears, and the Government in , "Wellington have' been kept an conrant , with all developments. Jieports have,. , jfrbm time to time, been issued by the '.Agricultural Department, which 110 doubt ■ (have come under the notice of your chain- ; ,1)31-. I .have caused inquiry to bo made 1 jrogarding Ihe conditions governing the jimpoi'i'ation of frozen meat into all iinromean countries and Amcrica, and have ,'kupt in touch with every alteration mado [in these '.'emulations. The results have' (been duly reported to the Government, iwho are thus in possession if full information on the subject. As regards 'Germany, my inquiries lead 1110 to conclude that that country will be the last ','to make any concession, and it will be 'very difficult to overcome' the objections ■ against frozen meat 011 the part of. the , Government. The regulations require car,cassS3 to be imported whole, and all the 'internal organs must be present in their .natural state of attachment. The duty ■is uik. '15 per 1000 kilns. In the case of '■France, there are indications that the importations of frozen meat may eventually be permitted, "as a certain" section of the people havo expressed a desire, for cheaper food. In my opinion, franco' is ■likely to prove our best market, and I ani giving due attention to this in''connection with my negotiations."