FROZEN MEAT

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 177, 26 June 1935, Page 14

FROZEN MEAT

LONDON QUOTATIONS. The N.Z. Farmers’ Co-op. Dist. Coy., Ltd., adviso having received the following advice from London: —Lamb trade steady; markot unchanged. SHIPMENTS TO GREAT BRITAIN. LARGE INCREASES SHOWN. Over 6j million frozen lambs were shipped from the Dominion during the eight months ended May 31, an increase of 593,883 comared with shipments for the corresponding period of last seasonMutton shipments increased by 340,376 carcases, and pork shipments by 103.574 carcases. Chilled beef shipments totalled 37,895 quarters, an increase of 25,367 quarters, while frozen beef shipments declined 92,042 quarters to 238,267 quarters. The latest returns issued by the Moat Board 6how the eight months’ shipments as follow, the totals for the corresponding period of last season being given for comparative purposes : Frozen

Total: 1934-35 238,2671,359,500 6,509,285 411,197 Total: 1933-34 330,3091,019,124 5,915,402 307,623 Increase *92,042 340,376 593,883 103,574 •Dccroase. In addition to the above, 37,895 quarters of chilled beof were shipped during the eight months, compared with 12,528 for the corresponding period of last season, an increase of 25,367 quarters; also 154,952 bags of boneless beef compared with 179,125 a decrease of 24,173 bags. KILLINGS AND STOCKS. Killings of stock for export at all Dominion works during the seven months ended May 31 show large increases m lamb, mutton and pork, the figures com-

LONDON MEAT IMPORTS. FIGURES FOR FOUR MONTHS. The New Zealand Meat Producers Board has received the London Central Markets’ official figures of supp les ol meat for the four months ended April, 1935, in which slight increases in every section are shown. The figures with those for the same period of 1934, are

London Beef. Mutton. Lamb. Qrs. C>. Cs. 171,9371,115,425 4,905,866 Pork. Cs. 287,703 S'thaunpton 2,788 46,632 317.540 2,522 Hull 1.836 2,996 5.639 623 Liverpool 28,618 134,333 754,515 20,658 Glasgow 17,437 21,571 67,300 80 411 Avoamouth 7,053 28,533 237,025 17,9.2 Manchester 1,659 4,000 164,732 215 Cardiff 2,343 5,793 54,395 1,129 New York 3,662 — — — Boston 200 — 168 — West Indies — 172 — Calcutta — — 28 — Canada (E.C. ports) 202 1,000 — Vancouver 200 — 501 — Hong-Kong — — — Singapore — — 501 , — San Francisco 200 — 1 — Pacific Islands 132 45 74 4

paring as follow: — 1934-35 1933-34 Beef (quarters) ... 286,229 505,601 Wether mutton (cs.) ... 905,628 798,879 Ewe mutton (cs.) ...1,103,681 918,835 Lambs (c»-) ...8,281,986 8,152,643 Pork— Porkers (cs.) ... 402,620 326,040 ... 144,082 101,913 Boneless beef (frt. cs.) <£25,881 455.808 ... 261,400 221,532 Stocks of meat in cold stores in the Dominion as at May 31 compare as follow: — 31/5/35 31/5/34 Beef (quarters) Wether mutton (cs.) , ... 67,721 ... 292,285 97,007 345,068 Ewe mutton (cs.) I,arnb (cs.) .. 432,229 ...1.455,891 392.579 1,949,183 Pork — Porkers (cs.) ... 126,675 30.466 127,423 17,190 Boneless beef (frt. cs.) 112,700 Sundries (frt. cs.) ......... 74,002 St-neks of meat loaded into snips 173*646 68,554 not dcparted from New Zealand at May 51 compare as follow : — 31/5/35 31/5/34 iq £ (cjuortors ... 23,278 12,555 Wether mutton (cs.) Ewe mutton (cs.) Lamb (cs.) ... 13,711 .... 17,168 .. 395,607 9.319 18,198 360,162 Pork — t 9.079 5,976 Baconers (cs.) 4,585 1,776

as follow: —• BEEF AND Country of Origin VEAL. Four months ended April 30. 1935. 1934. Tons Tons 8.252 6,786 Scotland 6,002 652 5.548 415 \ traiia 5,369 6,439 Now Zealand 3.954 712 3,276 1,056 Union of South Africa Southern Rhodesia U.S. of America Argentina Uruguay Brazil, etc 236 211 895 52.391 2.078 2,546 71 640 589 52,850 2.298 2,475 D-mark — — Other countries — Totals 83,298 82,443 MUTTON AND LAMB. 1935. 'Ions England and Wales 2,276 Scotland 1934. Tons 3,452 7.561 16 \ '•traiia 9,161 8.572 New Zealand 21,956 2 19,303 Union of South Africa 23 12 Argentina . .. 5,121 362 6.472 456 r> IU| :l U 47 35 « • ,i J 1 — — D r marl - — — Other countries 95 122 Totals 46,461 46,001 FOKK AND England and \3 ales BACON. 1955. Tons 9,447 8 1934. Tons 8,447 7 Ireland 3,043 620 2,239 1,483 New Zealand 2,949 326 2,646 182 Union of South Africa U.S. of America 457 505 688 313 Uru^u"" 16 — 41 36 *214 *237 *137 *164 Other countries *426 *817 Totals 18.189 17,259 * Bacon.