BRITISH IMPORTS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22445, 27 September 1947, Page 10

BRITISH IMPORTS

OUTLOOK FOR PEAS CONTRACTS WITH U.K. i OTHER PERMITS UNLIKELY 1 While the British Government grant- j ed import licenses to merchants with contracts for seed peas. Mr W. W. Mulholland (old a meeting of the agricultural section of the North Canterbury branch of Federated Farmers, it was unlikely to grant licenses other than those. New Zealand farmers could expect that at. least as many imports as were accepted last year would be required this year by Britain, and that the price would be about the same. The price which had been indicated but not Anally approved was the same as last year. Mr Mulholland said that all British seedsmen sold mixtures and there was little retail trade in pure seeds. Prices had been very high, £l2 an acre being a reasonable figureReplying to questions, Mr Mulholland said that unless the New Zealand Government had obtained some understanding which had not been released, any considerable increase in the Dominion's normal exports of peas to Britain would be unwise. In contrast with the war-years, when all supplies! of New Zealand small seeds were eagerly received, a large percentage of Britain’s requirements was being produced now within the country.