FRUIT EXPORT TRADE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20074, 11 October 1928, Page 14

FRUIT EXPORT TRADE.

RENEWAL OF GUARANTEE. ASSISTANCE TO GROWERS. HEAVY CLAIMS NOT EXPECTED. [l'Y TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT. 1 WELLINGTON. Wednesday

The Minister of Agriculture. Hon. O. .! Hawken, to-day confirmed the announcement that the Government had decided to renew for (lie 1929 season the guarantee on the export of fruit. The guarantee will be on the same basis as that which applied during the past season, namely, lis per case gross on extra fancy arid fancy grade apples and pears, and 7s per case on good grade apples. The guarantee, will apply only to certain varieties of fruit shipped under such con ditions as aro approved. The conditions will be substantially the same as those which operated during tfie 1928 season, the only alterations being a few minor changes in connection with the specifications of grades. The Minister stated that in agreeing to renew the guarantee the Government had in mind tho great utility of (he arrangement in assisting the growers to finance their operations. "The amount, while sufficiently liberal for that purpose," he said. " is not high enough to involve the risk of largo payments having to bo met out of the Consolidated Fund, as was shown by the experience of last season, when, although large shipments from both Australia and New Zealand were made and prices in the European markets were not particularly high, the claims upon tho guarantee were comparatively insignificant."