LAMB AND MUTTON

Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 120, 15 February 1932, Page 20 (Supplement)

LAMB AND MUTTON

Dominion’s Record Exports TEN-MILLION MARK

Well over 10,000,000 carcases of lamb and mutton were exported from the Dominion during the twelve months ended September 30. This record was shown in the returns for the 1930-31 season, issued by the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board. The exports of lamb were 7,824,937 carcases, this record figure exceeding the total for the 192930 season by over one million carcases. The exports of mutton showed an increase of 331,241 carcases. There was very little change in the figures for pork. Details of the exports and destinations of the frozen meat shipped during 1930-31 are shown in the following table, the totals for 192930 being given for comparative purposes : —

In addition, 119,445 bags of boneless beef (of which 112,054 bags went to Glasgow) were exported during 1930-31, as compared with 87,986 bags (75,600 to Glasgow, 3333 to U.S.A., and 946 to Genoa) during 1929-30. The killings of lamb during the 193031 season were a record at 7,783,528 carcases—an increase of 857,669 carcases over those for the 1929-30 season. On the other hand, killings of mutton at 2.132,532 carcases showed a decrease of 488,743 carcases as compared with 1929-30. The killings of pork at 132,400

carcases show a slight decrease of 1191 carcases. The killings of lamb in the North Island were 3,455,709 carcases (3,074.916 in 1929-30) and in the South Island 4,327,819 carcases (3,850,943 in 1929-30). Killings of mutton in the North Island were 1,684,148 carcases as compared with 1,935,580 carcases in 1929-30; in the South Island they were 448,384 carcases, as compared with 685,695 carcases in 1929-30. The total killings of stock for export during the twelve months ended September compare as follows with those for 1929-30:—

Beef, qrs. Mutton, C/'CS. , Lamb, Pork, c/cs. c/cs. London .. 77,443 2,185,142 6,192,200 94,695 Southam?)ton .... — 64,543 2i>3,3«>5 Li venpool :«.2so 137,860 775,450 14.505 Glasgow . 10,717 32.241 91,075 15,119 Avonmouth 6,033 50,784 338,463 8,542 Manchester — 1.4C5G 88,200 Cardiff ... 1,995 6,273 83,204 873 Montreal . 264 150 523 Halifax .. —— — 300 —- Vancouver —- 450 256 San Francisco ..: — 1 2 Honolulu 5.303 10 609 Genoa ..: 500 — __ Cristobal . — —— 50 —— Other countries 4 00 960 20 Total 1930-31 . 135.539 2,478,970 7,824,937 133,7-54 Total 1929-30 . 148,232 2,147,729 6,799,138 133,810 Increase *12,003 331.241 1.025.790 *56 ♦Decrease.

1030-31. 1920-30. Beef, quarters .. 143,169 1,361,234 177.379 Wether mutton. c/cs. 1,464.507 Ewe mutton, c/es. ... 771,21)8 1,156,678 Lainlb, c/cs Pork (porkers), 7,783,528 0,925.859 c/cs. 110,092 94,404 Pork (tbaconers), c/cs. 22.308 ■ 30,187 Boneloss beef/frt. c/cs. 266.310 194.311 Sundries, frt. c/es. .. 307,401 229,678