“COLLECTED FROM GROWERS"
(To The Editor.) Sir,—Fruitgrowers will probably be interested to note that during the' past fruit season the Fruit Export Control Board have collected from growers in the Nelson district, on the basis of 2d per case on the fruit exported, a sum of £3816. For the same period the other provinces who have worked under the Control Board have made the following contributions:—Hawkes Bay, £B3G :
Auckland, £472; Marlborough. £146: Wairarapn. £64; Poverty Bay, £SB; Canterbury, £2O; total lor Ihe rest ol New Zealand £1616. During I lie year Nelson growers have paid lo Ihe l'ruit growers’ Federation for nclual services rendered in couneclioii willi I In- as 'seillbLiiig and shipment of I heir fruit, and the collecting of (he (Fivcrnmor.-i guarantee ipproxno il.ely tIMOO, while i. further sum.of i.ithor more l.'iui L’WJ li jus lye a y,m|L to. the hederalio b> representative-, -if the various lirm.s <>•' fruit salesmen operating during Ihe past season in connection with l'ruit shipped from Nelson. The total revenue provid ed by the Nelson exporters during the past season has thus been about £'7670. I .am, etc.. CIDEIL
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 28 October 1926, Page 6
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185“COLLECTED FROM GROWERS" Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 28 October 1926, Page 6
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