Great Growth Of N.Z. Pig Industry
[Special to “Northern Advocate.'’] i HAMILTON, This Day. ‘Tn 1932, the year of the association's 1 reconstruction, New Zealand’s total exports of pork were valued at £250,000, but this year export totals will exceed £1.750.000,” stated the re-* port of the New Zealand Pig Market- | ing Association, presented at the an- j nual meeting in Hamilton to-day. ‘■Within six years, the association has j extended its operations from the j Waikato to embrace every district in | New Zealand,” continues the report, j ‘ Turnover has increased from under ! £ 75.000 to over £ 550.000 in (ho year I just closed. Its shareholders have increased from a few hundred to over ! 6000, and its subscribed'capital has in- j creased from a few hundred pounds | to £27,000 ” The balance sheet showed that sub- I scribed capital had increased by £3964 j to £27,312. There was £2783 in the i special capital reserve account. Among i assets, £28.005 was due by sundry | debtors. Investments stood at £40,071. j and stocks on hand at £30,780. Dis- ( tributiens had been made of £25.434 in advance payments. The annual conference of delegates was held yesterday, and discussed remits which were considered at the annual meeting to-day.
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Northern Advocate, 28 July 1938, Page 5
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