THE SHIP SUPPLY.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13824, 20 July 1915, Page 6

THE SHIP SUPPLY.

NEXT SEASON'S TONNAGE,

PRIME MINISTER'S REASON FOR

OPTIMISM

(Feom our own Correspondent.)

Wellington, July 19

With the approach of the producing season our fanners will become anxious regarding the supply of tonnage to cany their products to a profitable market. The Prime Minister has a very reassuring view of the position, and he gave to your correspondent the facts which justify his conclusion that ther-3 need be no anxiety

The following steamers are at present in New Zealand, most of them ready to load :—lndrabarah, Athenic, Waiwera, Delphic, Corinthic, Somerset, Tongariro, La BJanca, Indrapura, and Opawa. The steamers available for JulyAugust loading are :-~Ruahm , Makarini,' Tainui, Waimate, Whakarua; total 468,000 carcases. For September loading the following arrangements are in prospect: —Otaki, Rotorua, Niwara, Kumara, Icnic, Whakatane, Hurunui, Hawke's Bay, Matatua; total, 868,000 carcases. For October eleven steamers are already on the list, their aggregate capacity being 1,059,500 carcases. They comprise the following:—Rimutaka, Kaikoura, Turakina, Arawa, Karamea, Rangatira Mamari, Star of Australia, Star of India, Muritai, and Orari.