NEW ZEALAND'S PRODUCTION.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 7 May 1921, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND'S PRODUCTION.

INCREASE JN BUTTER AT GRADING STORES,

(BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION ") WELLINGTON, 3Uay 7.. Statistics .relative to the quantities <of Gutter and, cheese received into grading stores in the. Dominion during Match and during the e^3i^naant;hly period ; August; to March, affora i «taat,jmgrcommentary on the.■■•fact ihat 'during i3se- slump in w<ml wa& ■fsrmen rme&t dairy produce. has cornel to the rescue ' of New Zealand. The quantity of but-1 ter received during March, 1921,., iwas 4625 tons, an increase of IT6 iper «serit. over 1920. From August to TSfapdh >(8 I months) the quantity Deceived nvas J32.D28 itons, an increase of 88 per cent. | The value of the. August-March re- j ceipts, 1919-20, was £3,084,783, at the I irate of 181s per ewC T?or the same' period this year the value was £8,967,----'2BO, at the rate of 280s per cWt., an | increase of £5,882,499. 'Of cheese, '5497 tfcons were received during 'March, • 1921, a decrease oi 33 per cent. From August to Mardh 49,109 "tons were received, tor a decrease of 3 per cent. The value of > the August-March receipts, 1919-20, was £5,094,9^6, at the rains of lOfd per pound. For the same period this year the value was £6,302,----321, at the rat© of 13* d per pound, an increase of £1,207,393. From the foregoing it will he seen that although there, was a falling oif of 3 per cent, in the quantity of cheese received into the grading stores, the value .shows a substantial increase: The total increase in • the Valued of ibutter and cheese uncter review during 1920-21 reached the huge \figure of £7,089,892.