BONED BEEP FOR ENGLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13709, 27 March 1908, Page 3

BONED BEEP FOR ENGLAND.

EXPORTATION FROM NEW ZEALAND. THE THREATENED PROHIBITION. Tire question of the threatened stoppage of the export of boned beef to England was brought under Sir Joseph Ward's notice, yesterday by Mr. J. Barugh, Captain WorspAnd Mr. H. (J. Stringer, representing the Auckland Farmers' Freezing Company? Mr. Barugh, chairman of directors of the company, stated that a communication had been received from England stating that the entry of boned beef from New Zealand would most likely be stopped. It appeared that a report had been presented by Dr. Buchanan to the authorities there, describing boned beef as purely scrap meat. While this description might fit. that sent from the United States and the Continent, it certainly did not lit that forwarded from New Zealand, which was of a special class, and was quite good enough for sausages and polonies. The New Zealand article was absolutely healthy and was thoroughly inspected before shipment. From Dr. Buchanan's report it appeared that the British Government was not fully alive to the good system of inspection adopted here, and he (Dr. Buchanan) spoke very slightingly of it. What they thought ought to be done was to impress on the Home Government the value of the New Zealand inspection,-and to further point out that the head inspectors, here were all Hometrained men, so that anything inspected here .might pass there. Inspection could be done better here than in the Old Country, and he thought that co-operation could be effected if the New Zealand Government undertook to have none but Home-trained men as inspectors, it was impossible to send this beef Home in the/carcase form owing to the higher freight. Dr. Buchanan made out that the quantity of boned beef received from New Zealand was. so small that it was not worth troubling about, but it was. Mr. Barugh pointed out, a growing trade, and this year formed twothirds of their total export.

Sir Joseph .Ward said he recognised the importance of the question, and promised to do anything he could to help the exportation of boned beef. The High Commissioner and his stall' were very alert about the whole business, and two officers had been sent Home by tho Government to

belli Mr. Reeves to ascertain what difficulties prevailed in regard to the importation of New Zealand produce into Great Britain. The Board of Trade was familiar with the inspection carried out here, the High Commissioner having taken care to impress the Board on the point at the time of the Chicago exposures. While this was the case, however, the Board of Trade had inspectors of its own, and could not be expected to accept inspection made here. New Zealand would not do it itself. He promised to write a special letter to the High Commissioner with regard to the threatened prohibition. '■■ . = __ —-