THE PASTORAL INDUSTRY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11127, 29 July 1907, Page 4

THE PASTORAL INDUSTRY.

PROGRESS OF POVERTY BAY. We are indebted to Messrs Common, Shelton and Co. for an early copy of their annual statement of the wool and frozen j meat shipped from Gisborne each year, j and the total of live sheep depasturing in ; ' the Gisborne district at each year's census, j

NEW ZEALAND SUMMARY. The summary of frozen meat exported from New Zealand for the year ended June 30th, 1907, compiled by Dalgety and Co., Limited, for the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company, Limited, contains the following figures:— Mutton: Auckland 172,8061b, Gisborne 14,824,6001b. Napier 18,510,5621b, Waitara 1,397,1791b, Wanganui" 2,961,5051b, Patea 310,0111b, Wellington 29,631,6621b, Picton 920,0241b, Lyttelton 22,016,3371b, Timaru 11,234,4061b, Oamaru 970,8461b, Port Chalmers 1,470,4031b, Bluff 5.922,. .6031b, total n0,342y8441b, against 101,---706,0841b, the total for the previous year. Lamb: Auckland 1,915,4021b, Gisborne 2,529,1991b, Napier 6,242,62318), Waitara 877,9531bj Wanganui 2,056,0071b, Picton 89,3581b, Lyttelton 28,728,6361b, Timaru : 19,045,6651b. Oamaru 2,579,6181b, Port Chalmers 1,971,0761b, Bluff 9,400,2421b; total 90,679,5221b, against a total of 84J.38,8741b in the previous year. Beef: Auckland 4.494,3831b, Gisborne 4,170,5321b, Napier 6,590,4201b, Waitara 8,435,5131b Wanganui 1,336,9131b, Patea 1,036,6111b, Wellington 9,386,1321b, Picton 18,1701b, Lyttelton 271,2981b, Timaru 142,1851b, Oamaru 66,0001b, Port ChaL inters 1,201,9051b, Bluff 502,0161b; total 37,652,1181b, as against a total of 21,---750,9271b in tlie previous year.

LIVE SHEEP. 1890 ... ... 506,803 1891- ... ... 542,890. 1892 ... ... 715,639 1893 ... ... 800,084 1894 870,283 1895 877,327 ' 1896 902.528 1897 ... ... 991,582 1898 ... .... 1,097,272 - 1899 ... ... 1,152,660 1900 ... ... 1,172,241 1901 ... ... 1,213,146 1902 ... ... 1,313,663 1903 ... , ... 1,281,424 1904 ... ... 1,330,480 1905 ; 1,436,514 1906 ... ... 1,578,482 1907 .. ... 1,709,361

WOOL. ' Year. Bales. lbs. 1890 8,872 — 1891 ... ... 8,933 3,670,993 1892 10,731 3,744,525 1893 ... * ... 12,201 4,054,846 1894 13,252 4,759,810 1895 14,439 4,945,001 1896 15,115 5,413,928 1897 17,527 6,279,280 1898 21,405 7,830,008 1899 ... < ... 23,321 8,504,648 1900 ■ 21,720 8,123,323 1901 ... ... 23,114 8,826,003 1902 ... ... 24,285 9,384,057 1903 ... ... 27,324 10,348,796 1904 ... ..., 28,055 11,019,247 1905 ..." ... 28,893 11,218,226 1906 32,262 12,794,608 1907 ... ... 35,930 14,285,226 FROZEN MEAT. " Mutton. Lamb. Beef. Year. ' lbs. lbs. lbs. 1890 ... • 2,208,509 56,164 — 1891 ... 3,087,993 99,230 360,640 1892 ... 2,911,779 68,827 441,406---1893... 1,652,134 31,503 - 1894 ... 2,563,440 — — 1895... 3,318,151 12,480 .60,205 1896 ... 4,774,257 14,102 225,587 1897 ... 4870,354 23,717 132,855 1898 ... 9,379,697 52,023 755,500 1899 ... 9,824,226 179,405 1,566,101 1900 ... 8,221,280 278,978 1,795,992 1901 ... 11,977,453 392,835 2,640,238 1902 ... 10,668,846 650,464 2,840,557 1903 ... 17,188,826 1,361,523 3,399,182 1904 ... 16,882,766 1,413,194 3,436,276 1905 ... 14,081,235 1,958,910 3,093,483 1906 ... 12,747,640 2,328,888 2,447,006 1907 . . 14,697,713 2,529,199 4,187,103