EXPORT OF MEAT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21983, 14 December 1934, Page 9

EXPORT OF MEAT

RETUKNS FOR NOVEMBER EXPANSION IN PIGS LAMB KILLINGS DECLINE ' * Killings and exports of pigs from New Zealand for the first two months of the current season -to November 30 have almost doubled compared with the previous season. According to the latest returns of the Meat Producers' Board, 108,786 carcases of pork were sent overseas in October-November, 1934, against 58,585 carcases last season. An exceptionally late lamb killing season is reflected in the returns.

Exports of frozen beef for the period amounted to 75,702 quarters, against 11,256 quarters last year, when an embargo was in operation. Boneless beef shipments also have increased, being 52,725 bags, against 25,407 bags. Shipments of mutton show a rise of 100 per cent for the two months' period, the totals being 125,190 carcases and 03,727 carcases respectively. The export of lambs has declined, the shipments this year being 320,076 carrases, against 356,552 carcases in the previous year. In addition, 3169 quarters of chilled beef have been shipped to date this season. Very little trade has been done outside Great Britain.

Killings of stock for export during November, in comparison with those of November, 1933, were as follows:

1934 1933 Beef (quarters) .. .. ]0,030 3,332 Wethers (e'es.) .. .. 45,294 30,339 Ewes (e'es.) .. .. 10,996 9,492 Lamb (e'es.) .. .. 536,099 813,407 Porkers (e'es.) .. 97,113 50,945 Baconers (e'es.) . . . . 33J17 27,531 ]ioneles3 beef (frt. e'es.) 2,177 34,307 Sundries (frt. e'es.) . . 44,322 68,682 Stocks on hand in" New Zealand at November 30, with those £pr the corresponding date last year in parentheses, were as follows: —Beef (quarters), 10,516 (98,429); wethers (carcases), 19,773 (15,360); ewes (carcases), 3,765 (7,6-12); lamb (carcases), 219,766 (432,754); porkers (carcases), 29,945 (20,744); baconers (carcases), 16,088 (20,391); boneless beef (freight carcases), 92,501 (26,321); sundries (freight carcases), 66,532 (113,288). Stocks in ships not departed from New Zealand at November 30 compare as follows: —Beef* 1281 (41.021); wethers, 11,193 (11,826); ewes, '3,127 (5,295); lamb, 73,130 (93.702); porkers, 11,176 (10,285); baconers, 880 (2,778). Shipments of meat from Australia and South America to the United Kingdom during November were as follows: —Australia: Carcases mutton, 137,457; carcases lamb, 989,208; quarters beef (frozen), 80,452. South America:. Carcases mutton, 3616; carcases lamb, 351,940; beef (frozen), 4693; quarters beef (Mulled), 387,235. The New Zealand shipments were:— Carcases mutton, 34,921; carcases lamb, 227,750; quarters beef (frozen), 32,015; quarters beef (chilled), 3469.

BRITISH TRADE NOVEMBER RESULTS PRELIMINARY FIGURES (Received December 13, 5.5 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY, Dec. 13 Preliminary figures of overseas trade during November are:—lmports, £64,687,000; exports, £36,125,000; reexports, £4,000,000. The imports were of considerably smaller value than in the previous month, but somewhat greater than in the corresponding month last year. The exports were only a little under the October total, but were well above that for November, 1933.

BUTTER-FAT PAYMENTS

TAURANGA ASSOCIATION [by telegraph—own correspondent] TAURANGA, Thursday The Tauranga „ Co-operative Dairy Association will advance to suppliers on December 20 a payment of 7d per lb. for butter-fat of superfine quality supplied during November. * BUTTER IN LONDON MARKET STILL SLOW The market for New Zealand butter and cheese in London is still very quiet. Finest butper is selling at 70s to 71s per cwt., while white cheese is worth 44s and coloured 435. Merchants have received the following cablegrams, dated December 12, from their London principals:— Joseph Nathan- and Company, Limited, from Trengrouse and Nathan, Limited. —Butter: Finest, 71s; first, 70s. Cheese: White, 445; coloured, 435. Both markets are very quiet. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited.—Butter: Choicest salted, 70s to 71s. Cheese: White. 445; coloured, 435. Both markets are slow.

EGGS IN COLD STORAGE [BV TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION'] WELLINGTON, Thursday The qauntity of eggs and egg-pulp in cold storage on November 30 was as follows:—Eggs in shell: North Island, 51,420 dozen; South Island, 29,741; total, 81,161. Egg-pulp: North Island, 270,2341b.; South Island, 194,730; total, 465,054. Frozen whites: North Island, 21501b.; South Island, 1394; total, 3544 T. Yolk: South Island, 1160. V