THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE.
The enormouß progress made by the meat export trade of >he colony within the year is (saya the Chriatcbnrch Preaa) admirably shown by a return which haa bfeD compiled by Mr Peter Cunningham, of Chria'cburcb. The annnai exoort of berf and mQ'.ton aioce the year 1882 haß b;cj as followß :
16 will bo noticed that tho exports of the la3t six months alono fur exceeded those for any wholo year prior to 1887, whily the steadiness of the growth of the industry is moat remarkable. To famish the mutton sunt out of thf> clony witnin the half year to 1e?.3 than 067,746 animals we re slaughtered—7lß,32s aheap and 249,421 lamha—while <he beef export cjm'js to a totnl of 5,250,603 b. Oamiro ranks fourth on the II»f, being beaten by JJapier. Lyttelton, and Wellington in the order named. The exports from Oamara w*re—3,023,6371b mu;ton, 7C8,2451b limb, nnd 54,9471b beef, making * iot.il of 3,845.829 b. Port Chalmers sent a total of 2.902,278"b of meat of all claisei, and Timara 1 525,164'b. Auckland's total ia 528,0711b.
lb. 1S52 ... 1,707.328 1S93 9.SS3.200 IS 54 2S 415.22S 1SS5 .. 33 204,976 1SS6 ... 3S 75S 160 1337 41.035 935 ISSS 61 837,376 1SS3 72564.064 1SS0 (first six months) 57,791,101
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XV, Issue 4722, 17 July 1890, Page 4
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206THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE. Oamaru Mail, Volume XV, Issue 4722, 17 July 1890, Page 4
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