TEN MILLION MARK

Taranaki Daily News, 16 October 1931, Page 12

TEN MILLION MARK

LAMB AND MUTTON EXPORTS .FIGURES FOR TWELVE MONTHS Well over 10,000,000 carcases of lamb and mutton wer© exported from the Dominion during the twelve months ended September 30. This record is shown in the returns for the 1930-31 season, issued. yesterday by the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board. The exports of lamb were 7,824,937 carcases, this record figure exceeding the total for the 192930 season exceeding the total for the 1929-30 season by over one million carcases. The exports of mutton showed an increase of 331,241 carcases. There was very little change in the figures for pork. Details of th© exports and destinations of the frozen meat shipped during 1930-31 are shown in the following table, th© totals for 1929-30 being given for comparative purposes:

♦Decrease. In addition, 119,445 bags of boneless beef (of which 112,054 bags went to Glasgow) were exported during 1930-31, as compared with 87,986 bags (75,600 to Glasgow, 3333 to U.S.A., and 946 to Genoa) during 1929-30. Th© killings of lamb during th© season just ended were a record at 7,7'83,528 carcases—an increase of 857,669 carcases' over those for the 1929-30 season. On the other hand, killings of mutton at 2,132,532 carcases showed a decrease of 488,74'3 carcases as compared with 1929-30. The killings , of pork at 132,400 carcases show a slight decrease of 1191 carcases. The killings of lamb in the North Island were 3,455709 carcases (3,074,916 in 1929-30) and in the South Island 4,327,819 carcases (3,850,943 in 1929-30). Killings of mutton in the North Island were 1,684,148 carcases as compared with 1,935,580 carcases in 1929-30; in th© South Island 'they wer© 448,384 carcases, as compared with 685,695 carcases in 1929-30, The total killings of stock for export during the twelve months ended September compare as follows with those

The stocks of frozen meat loaded into vessels not departed from New Zealand at September 30 compare as

Beef qrs Mutton c/cs. Lamb c/cs. Pork c/cs. London 77,443 2,185,142 6,192,200 94,695 Soubh&mpton .. — 64,543 253,555 — (Liverpool 33,280 137,860 775,450 14,505 Glasgow 10,717 32,241 91,075 15,119 Avomnouth , 6,033 50,784 338,463 8,542 Manchester 1.426 88,200 — Cardiff 1,995 6,273 83,294 fe ( o Montreal 264 150 523 — Halifax ■ — . 300 — Vancouver — 450 256 — San Fran-. cisco —• 1 - -1 Honolulu 5,303 10 . 609 — Genoa 500 — —• •— Cristobal — — 50 •— Other countries 4 90 960 20 Total 1930-31 135,539 2,478,970 7,824,937 133,754 Total 1929-30 148,232 2,147,729 6,799,138 133,810 Increase *12,693 331,211 1,025,799 *56

for 1929-30: —■■ > 1930-31 1929-30 B eef, quarters 143,169 177,379 Wether mutton, c/cs. 1,361,234 1,464,597 Ewe mutton, c/cs. . .■ 771,298 1,156,678 Lamb, c/cs. .. 7,783,528 6,925,859 Pork (porkers), c/cs. 110,092 94,404 Pork (baconers), c/cs. 22,308 39.1S7 Boneless beef. frt. c/cs. 266,315 194,311 Sundries, frt. c/cs. » 307,461 229,673 The stocks of frozen meat in stores in the Dominion as at September 30 this year and. last year compare as follow: —» 1930-31 1929-30 Beef, quarters 41,262 29,352 Wether mutton, c/cs. M 100,503 210,853 Ewe mutton, c/os. 100,231 270,269 Lamb, c/cs < 154,512 135,911 Pork ■ (porkers), c/cs. 7,060 3,253 Pork (baconers), c/cs. 472' 5,288 Boneless beef, frt. c/cs 117,536 5*8,375 Sundries, frt. c/cs. .. 98,548 77,027

follow:—: 30/9/31 30/9/30 ., 1,306 7,511 Wether Mutton c/cs. „ 19,675 64,019 ... 30,131 56,781 .. .- 59,4'00 132,173 Pork (porkers), c/cs. .... 807 2,070 Pork (bacon ers), c/cs. 25 250