POULTRY FOR EXPORT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13844, 2 September 1908, Page 8

POULTRY FOR EXPORT.

i • I DISCUSSION IN PARLIAMENT. ' I i - [BT TSUECEAP-H. Ai.sxxj.rtos.] j ' WfXLiv,GiOK, Tuesday." j | Dcxisg the discQwdon on the AgricuitarAl j I Esiisaastes in. toe HsKise to-night Mr. Mas- j | sey, speaking of the Poultry-grading De- ] I partment. said he doubted whether the I « country derived any beoedt from the heavy j J expenditure thereon. Salaries amounted to .I j £1237. and a sum of £5000 wa« down U.<r j I g poaltry for eiport. He confessed I I- tissit he and a. not- of £3000 was down at t preparing poultry for export. He confessed that he. could ooi understand that sam at j ail The total value of the poultry exported ] I last year was about £1230. vet,'it- cost £5113 I I to prepare it tor export. j 1 . The Hon. R. .McXab stated thai the sum I 1 ssst- down for preparing poultry tor export I | -was. recouped to the Depart meet bv ex- j 1 pesters, therefore this cost the Department j | nothing. ' . , . | I Mr. Massey thought the nation was | i unsatisfactory. It did not explain the very ] I high cost- of preparing poultry. Coat in cine, Ij Mr. Majssey said there seemed to be manv | | officers in the Department to do' very little, I i m<L in fact, t-bese were 'mmt daectioiis | S to' «tucb - money could be spent- to sreater I j advantage. ' I Mr. McXab said the- officers' also graded ! t essrs- for local cunsszmptioa. The Govern- I { meet had been trying to do' Its best to » I foster the poultry export industry for this I 1 co-antrv. - j 1 " ====== - ' | i I