GRADING DAIRY PRODUCE.

Evening Star, Issue 10900, 7 April 1899, Page 4

GRADING DAIRY PRODUCE.

[Special to the Star.] WELLINGTON, April 7. With Reference to a oscular istued.by the secretary of the. Agricultural Department, extending the system of grading to dairy produce for shipment to the Australian colonies and F'ji whicfi must be despatched bo aB to reach the store at the port of shipment at least forty-eight hours before the advertised hour of departure of the steamer in which it is intended to be shipped, and providing for free storage and handling in and out of the store, the Government accepting no responsibility or risk—l am iuformed that grading is rendered necessary by the conditions imposed by Melbourne and Fijian buyers. have notified their intention to decline dealing with ungraded consignments of butter. Probably the grading will result in an inoreased demand in Australia for New Zealand produce, with something like an approach to uniform prices for the different classes The following potts and cool stores for the shipment of dairy produce and ston-ge respectively are gezetted :—Ports for shipinent of daisy produce—Auoklarifl,' Waitara, N«w Plymouth, Wellington, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, and Bluff. Buildings for the storage, oooling, or freezing of dairy produce prior to export to the United Kingdom:—For butter onlyAuckland Freezing Company's Cold Store; Wellington Meat Export Company's Freezing Works. For oheese only—Wellington H irbor Board's Store. For both butter and cheese—WaitaraFceezingCompany's Works, Taranaki; Freezing Workß, Moturoa ; Lyttelton Harbor Board's Cold Stores; Southland Frt zen Meat and Produce Export Company's Store, Bluff. To Australian colonies and Fiji Butter and oheese: Auckland Freezing Company's Store ; Taranaki Freezing Works, Moturoa; Wellington Harbor Board's Store; Lytteltou Harbor Board's No. 2 Brick Shed ; Duthie and Oo.'s Store, Bond street, Dunedin; Nichpl'Bros.' No. 1 Store, Bluff. '' /