LONDON’S MEAT SUPPLY

Waipa Post, Volume 49, Issue 3505, 14 August 1934, Page 8

LONDON’S MEAT SUPPLY

DECREASES IN MUTTON AND LAMB. Increases of beef and pork and a decrease in mutton and lamb are shown in the London Central Markets’ official figures of supplies for meat for the six months ended June 30, 1934, compared with those for the first half of 1933. The total quantity of beef and veal received in London during the first six months of this year was 122,623 tons, compared with 114,666 tons for the corresponding period of last year, an increase of 7957 tons. England, Wales and Scotland supplied 18,149 tons, an increase of 1105 tons, while Ireland at 582 tons showed a decrease of 185 tons. Australia supplied 8693 tons, an increase of 4791 tons, and New Zealand 5033 tons, an increase of 3390 tons. Canada at 1449 tons, and South Africa at 1372 tons showed increases of 772 tons and 397 tons respectively. Argentina at 77,758 tons showed a decrease of 2612 tons. Uruguay at 3967 tons showed an increase of 852 tons, and Brazil at 4737 tons a decrease of 529 tons. The total supplies of mutton and lamb for the six months were 70,773 tons, as against 76,670 tons for the first half of 1933, a decrease of 5897 tons. New Zealand, the principal supplier, sent 33,497 tons, compared with 39,486 tons, a decrease of 5989 tons. Australia, on the other hand, increased by 2367 tons to 13,011 tons. Argentina at 8670 tons showed a decrease of 2710 tons. England and Wales supplied 5953 tons, a decrease of 1098 tons, and Scotland sent 8568 tons, an increase of 1468 tons. The total supplies or pork and bacon for the six months were 22,523 tons, compared with 21,176 tons, an increase of 1347 tons. England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland furnished 13,656 tons, compared with 15,405 tons, a decrease of 1749 tons. New Zealand at 3349 tons showed an increase of 1580 tons; and Australia, at 1844 tons, an increase of 825. Canada, the United States and South America accounted for an increase of 1170 tons. Supplies of bacon from Denmark, Holland and other countries totalled 1964 tons, a decrease of 479 tons.