RECORD BUTTER CARGO.
SHIPMENT FROM AUCKLAND.
137,000 BOXES BY THE GALLIC.
EXPORT VALUE, £959,000.
A record shipment of butter from Auckland will be taken by the Gallic, which is expected to commence loading this week. The shipment will consist of 137,000 boxes, of the value of £959,000. The largest consignment of butter previously taken from Auckland was 128,550 boxes, shipped by the Ayrshire in February, 1919. The value of this consignment totalled £581,689. The large increase in the value of the Gallic's consignment, as compared with that of the Ayrshire, is due to the fact that in 1919 the export value of butter was £4 10s 6d a box, as compared with the present export value oi £7. The Remuera, which is now loading at Auckland, is taking 25.000 boxes of butter and 13,000 crates of cheese, and space has been allotted on the- Port Adelaide, which is due to arrive about the middle of December for 15,000 crates of cheese. In addition to the shipments already mentioned, 12,385 boxes of butter have been loaded on the Tahiti for Vancouver.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17641, 30 November 1920, Page 4
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180RECORD BUTTER CARGO. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17641, 30 November 1920, Page 4
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