YEAR’S MEAT TRADE

Evening Star, Issue 22780, 15 October 1937, Page 6

YEAR’S MEAT TRADE

■ | hnn w m MORE CHILLED BEEF INCREASE iFTmZEH LAMB For the full season, from October 1, 1936, to September 30, 1937, New Zealand killed for export 9,183,263 carcasses of lamb, an increase of 394,189 carcasses over the previous year. There was a decline in the number in the South Island, but an increase of 450.000 in the North Island enabled an increase over the whole. Wether killings were substantially down, and porkers also dropped, but all other de- , scriptions increased. ' , , Figures supplied by the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board show that chilled beef exports increased by ab^ut 56.000 quarters, while exports of frozen beef dropped by about 17,000 quarters, with the result "that for - the first time more chilled than frozen beef was sent overseas. ■ , , Exports of frozen lamb increased by about 47,000 carcasses, but shipments of mutton were nearly 70,000 less than the previous year. Pork decreased by about 2,000 carcasses. The destination of the shipments showed little change, practically all the meat going to the United Kingdom. During the'past year 5,763 quarters of beef were sent to the Far East, compared, with .1,623 in the previous year. In addition 1.252 carcasses of lamb were sent to the East last year, slightly less than in 1935-36. The total shipments during the two seasons were : im37 . 193 5.36. Chilled beef, quarters ... 301,M8 WJBjt Frozen beet quarters 188,128 Mutton, carcasses I’SSS’SZS o’-en’oon Lamb, carcasses Baneless beef, bags 299,413 BMISa Pork, carcasses ... 667,104 669,444 Killings for export during the same period were: * 1936-37. 1935-36. Chilled beef quarters 196,006 148,032 Frozen beef quarters ioj,74> Wether mutton, carcasses »*. 970,684 1,14J,*/47 Ewe mutton, carcasses ... 805,893 737,480 Lamb, carcasses ... 9,183,263 8,789,074 Pork (porkers), carcasses 437,341 459,871 Pork (baconers), carcasses 243,155 219,690 Boneless beef, frt.' carcasses 516,785 408,520 Ltoneless bobby veal, , _ _ freight carcasses ... ... 870,884 207,640 Sundries, freight carcasses 314,990 323,707 SHIPMENTS OF MEAT TO BRITAIN, The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board is advised by cable from its London office that the shipments from Australia, South America, and South Africa to the United Kingdom during the month of September, 1937, were as i follow:—Australia; Mutton, carcasses, * 58,705; lamb, carcasses, 195,415; beef (frozen), quarters, 131,287; beef (chilled), quarters; 47,777. South America: Mutton, carcasses, 5,237; lamb, carcasses, 324,931; beef (frozen), quarters, 3,787; beef (chilled), quarters, 361,863. South Africa (including Rhodesia) ; Beef (chilled), quarters, 10,072. The shipments from New Zealand to the United Kingdom for the same peqiod were as follow:—Mutton, carcasses, 287,016; lamb, carcasses, 559,240; beef (frozen), quarters, 30,817; beef (chilled), quarters, 15,206. FOREIGN EXCHANGES (British Official Wireless.) Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright ' RUGBY, October 13. (Received October 14, at 1 p.m.) The following are the mean closing rates:— Paris, franc to £1 147 17-32 New York, dollar to £1 4.95 13-16 Montreal, dollar to £1 4.951 Brussels, belgas to £1 29.441 Geneva, francs to £1 21.551 Amsterdam, florins tv £1 ... ... 8.96 J Milan, lire to £1 94 5-16 Berlin, reichmarken to £1 ... 12.341 Stockholm, kroner to £1 19.391 Copenhagen, kroner to £1 ... 22.40 Oslo, , kroner to £1 19.90 Vienna, schillings to £1 261 Prague, crowns to £1 141 f Helsingfors, marks to £1 226 A Madrid, pesetas to £1 92 11-32 Lisbon, escudo to £1 110 3-16 Athens, drachmae to £1 ... ... 547^ Bucharest, lei to £1 6721 Belgrade, dinars to £1 216 Warsaw, roubles to £1 26.06 ♦Rio do Janeiro, pence to milreis 4£ Buenos Aires, pence to dollar ... ■•Montevideo, pence to dollar ... 39 13-16 Bombay, pence to rupee 181 Hongkong, pence to dollar ... 15 Shanghai, pence to dollar ... 14 5-16 Yokohama, pence to yen 13 63-64 Batavia, florin to £1 8.93 ♦Sellers. DOLLAR AND FRANC Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, October 14. (Received October 15, at 11 a.m.) The dollar is quoted at 4.95 15-16. The Irdpc is quoted at 147.