IMPERIAL SUPPLIES.
~ . \ ALMOST FIFTY • MILLIONS PAID. The • Imperial Supplies Depai-tmenl, which handles meat, wool, cheese, butter, and other New Zealand produce on behalf of the Imperial Government, has paid out to producers and others interested up to January 26, £49,969,919. The items, with the dates of operations, are as follow: Meat, March 3, 1915 £21,448,350 Cheese, 1915-16 917,748 Cheese, 1916-17 3,295,557 Cheese. 1917-18 1,593,597 Butter, 1917-18 1,231,618 Scheelite, Sept, 20, 1915 ... ... 91,731 Wool, December 1, 1916 18,083,041 Sheepskins, February 5, 1917 ... 644,269 Hides, March 19,_ 1917 _ 521,971 Freezing companies' slipe wool, March 31 1917 1,323,475 Other business 818,522 Total •••- £49,969,919 The total number of bales of wool valued to dati is 813,162, of which 757,295 have, been paid for, tho total payments being £13,033,041.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3335, 13 February 1918, Page 16
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124IMPERIAL SUPPLIES. Otago Witness, Issue 3335, 13 February 1918, Page 16
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