MANURE FOR N.Z.
BIGGEST YEAR'S QUOTA PHOSPHATE SUPPLIES RATIONING STILL NEEDED (P.A.t WELLINGTON. May t. The Briti.-h Phosphate Commission has allocated New Zealand 420.000 tons of raw rock phosphate for the fcrti' ;r er rationing year beginning on ! July I. This will manufacture approximately 700.000 tens of superphosphate cr its equivalent. This was announced yesterday by the Prime Minister. Mr. P. Fraser, after lie had consulted with members of the cotrmii-sion. Mr. Eraser said tiiat this rock phosphate would keep the New Zealand works going at full capacity and represented considerably more than the large.- 1 amount o' raw rock phosphate previously brought into New Zealand in any one year. This meant increased quantities of fertiliser would be available for farmers, but if would appear there would still be the necessity for rationing owing to the increased demand and the fact that New Zealand was not receiving supplies of other manures, such as basic slag, to the extent that It did before the war. The allocation for the present rationing year, ending on June 30, was 370,000 tons of raw rock phosphate.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22318, 1 May 1947, Page 3
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182MANURE FOR N.Z. Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22318, 1 May 1947, Page 3
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