Frozen Mutton Results.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5576, 23 September 1889, Page 2

Frozen Mutton Results.

* (Wanganui Herald.) Result of the shipment of 332 fat wethers shipped from Feilding on the 28th May per s.s. Rimutaka, to Messrs Johnson and Allsupp, of London, through Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Co. The sheep were sold on the 22nd July as follows : — 1 I" *% * Sf c-i £ &. a. P5 st. lb. s. (1. d. £ s . <1. 2 15 3 at 4 8 7 311 9 18 14!) 0 „ 4 4 (H 32 5 t 25 201 4 „ 4 0 6" 4 6 0 7 48 7 „ 3 8 5.V 819 2 67 517 7 „3 6 5j 90 12 6 37 295 3 „ 3 5 o| 50 9 2 147 1157 4 „ 3 4 5 I<)2 18 4 25 206 0 „ 3 2 4f 32 12 4 328 2591 4 451 14 11 Add 21 days' rebate on draft at 5 per cent ... ... 16 11 452 11 10 Wellington Credits. 20361bs fat at l]d 10 12 1 332 sheepskins at 2s lid ... 47 0 8 4 condemned sheep, 2881 b, at Id 19 0 £511 3 7 Charges. Slaughtering freezing shipping, 20,8661 bat M per lb 32 12 0 328 bags at 4d 5 9 4 Driving sheep to slaughteryards 13 10 Freight per Rimutaka, 20, 866 lbs at Hd, plus 50/o primage 136 18 8 Railway fare from Feilding to Johnsonville ... ... 18 4 4 Exchange on draft, 30 d/s and stamp 10 9 London Charges. Customs entries ss, fire insurance 6s 3d 11 3 Marine Insurance, L 337 at 72s and policy stamp ... 12 13 8 Receiving, housing, and rent 18 1 4 Cartage and market tolls ... 4 15 11 Brokerage on sale 2 per cent 9 0 8 Commission on sale 2 per cent 0 0 8 24H 12 5 511 3 7 248 12 5 Net Results £262 11 2 Equal to 15s 9|d per sheep for 332 sheep. There is a loss of 1321bs on the weight shipped and sold. The actual expenses, calculated on weight realised, amount from Feilding to London 2,878 d per lb. The average London weight per sheep is 631 b 3oz. The gross amount per sheep realised in London is 5.229 d per lb, or 27s 7 : \d per sheep, to which has to be added 3s 3f,d realised for fat and skins, equal to 30s lOJjd per sheep gross. Alluding to the foregoing the Herald says : — lts bona fides we can vouch for, showing how it pays to send mutton home. The net result of 15s 9jd per sheep for animals that loyally at the time would not have realised 9s must be considered satisfactory. We are promised some returns of lambs and beef, which we understand did not turn out so well.