BUTTER AND CHEESE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 303, 20 November 1936, Page 5

BUTTER AND CHEESE.

DECREASE IN SHIPMENTS. Shipments of butter from the Dominion last month totalled 13,630 tons, compared with 14,537 tons in October, 1935, a decrease of 907 tons. According to information supplied by the Dniry Board by arrangement with tho Primary Products Marketing Department, shipments of butter for the three months ended October 31, totalled 32,303 tons, compared with 32,373 tons for the corresponding period of last year, a decrease of 434 tons. Details of the three months’ exports compare as follow:

Total tons 32,303 32,737 Shipments of cheese last month were 5565 tons, compared with 6689 tons in October, 1935, a decrease of 1124 tons. For the three months ended October 31, shipments totalled 15,148 tons, compared with 15,648 tons for the corresponding period of last year, a decrease of 500 tons. Details of the throe months’ shipments compare as follow: 1936 1935

Shipments of butter from Australia to the United Kingdom last month were 8445 tons, comnnred with 10.804 tons in October, 1935, a decrease of 2359 tons. For tho three months butter shipments totalled 15,557 tons, compared with 17.952 tons last year, a decrease of 2395 tons. Shipments of Australian cheese to the United Kingdom for the three months totalled 861 tons, compared with 1387 tons for the corresponding period of last year, a decrease of 526 tons.

19,36 1935 Tons Tons London 24,548 26,660 Avonmouth and Cardiff 1,718 1,210 Liverpool 1,602 1,384 Manchester 2,236 1,685 Glasgow 1,860 1,614 Honolulu 64 50 Panama Zone 114 13S Other countries ... ,.. 161 96

Tons Tons London 12,949 13,639 Avonmouth and Cardiff 802 565 Liverpool 426 466 Manchester 572 469 Glasgow 256 404 Other countries 43 105 Total tons 15,148 15,648