BRITAIN’S WAR PAYMENTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19848, 17 January 1920, Page 9

BRITAIN’S WAR PAYMENTS.

NEW ZEALAND FIGURES. The total payments to Now Zealand to the end of 1919 for Imperial requisitions totalled £118,353,802. The figures were supplied this morning by Mr Massey as follows: -to-, „ , Quantity. Value. Wool (bales . , 1,033,639 47,68-1,542 i<amb (carcases) , k 3‘>qas:m Mutton (carcases), \ Beef (quarters) . . 2,809,024 41.597,105 Uhoese crates) . . 2,432,061 16,554,750 Butter (boxes) . . 1,549,385 6,815,105 AWAITING SHIPMENT. Carcases .... 3,934,889 Cheese (crates) , , , 172 663 Butter (boxes) , , , lll'siO Wool (bales) . . . 272,443 The actual killings last season totalled 6.846,586 caresses. Tho following vessels are in sight for Fcbnmiy-11,arch loading, mid an allocation of the space in some of tho steamoi s is likely to bo made by the Noxv Zealand Overseas Shipowners’ Committee within the next fortnight. Ins. capacity 60lb care’s, Armagh , . , , 133,000 Whakatano «... 75,000 Port Caroline , , . lloioOO Ruapehu .... 87,000 Mahia - , , . , 105,000 Matatua ..... 88,000 Mainari , . , , 91,000 A theme .... 86,000 Port Napier .... 112,000 Port Lyttelton . . , 86,000 Suffolk , , , , , 120,000 Kent . , , , , 71,000 Port Chalmers , , , 87,000 Total . , , .1,264,000 For 1913 the insulated steamers despatched from the Dominion to tho United Kingdom numbered 89, and tho uninsulated four, as against 74 and 28 in 1919, but in 1919 six insulated steamers were despatched to Egypt with Imperial Government purchases of New Zealand produce The following return showed the total quantities and values of tho principal articles of Now Zealand produce exported during 1919, and the imports for tho same period:— EXPORTS. Value. Article. Quantity. S Butter owt 345,818 8,080,128 Cheese owt 1,672,311 7,790,990 Coal tons 138,174 201,383 Gum, kauri tons 4,123 255,813 Hides number 821,889 892,060 Moats — Beef, frozen owt 776.708 1,770,766 Lamb, frozen (wholo carcases) owt 1,049,320 3,063,769 Mutton, frozen (wholo carcases) cwt 1,677,950 4,470,290 Mutton and lamb joints, frozen owt 10,421 43,657 Potted and preserved cwt 224,113 1,283,218 Phormium fibre tons 22,347 866,930 Sausage skins ib 3,561,131 824 001 bjNor ozs 463,567 103,037 Sheepskins, without wool number 8,601,756 1,694,867 tons -16,874 2,680,906 Timber, sum, sup. feet 49,726,670 439,935 lb 374,246,613 19,560,537 Miscellaneous Total Now Zealand Produce , 63,227,173 Specie (excluding gold specie £1000) Other goods not Now Zealand produce Grand total £53,891,834 IMPORTS. £ January 1 to, November 80. 1919 . 23,069 077 December, 1919 (estimated) . , 2,500,000 ~ £30,589,077