BUTTER AND CHEESE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 249, 20 October 1937, Page 11

BUTTER AND CHEESE

INCREASED SHIPMENTS Shipments of butter last month totalled 11,965 tons, as compared with 8686 tons for September, 1936, an increase of 3279 tons. According to returns supplied by the Primary Products Marketing Department to the Dairy Board, shipments for the first two months of the current season totalled 22,703 tons, as compared with 18,673 tons for August and September, 1936, an increase [of 4030 tons. Details of the two months’ shipments compare as follows :

Shipments of cheese last month totalled 6712 tons, as compared with 4281 tons for September, 1936, an increase of 2431 tons. Shipments for the two months showed an increase of 2958 tons, details being as follows:-

Shipments of butter from Australia to the United Kingdom last month were 3571 tons, compared with 4354 in September, 1936, a decrease of 782 tons. For the two months shipments totalled 5141 tons, compared with 7112 tons for August-September, 1936, a decrease of 1971 tons. Cheese shipments for the two months were 795 tons, as against 65 tons for the same period last year.

STOCKS OF DAIRY PRODUCE The position of stocks of butter and cheese as at October 1, according to returns supplied by the Primary Fro.ducts Marketing Department, and issued by the Dairy Board was as follows: — Butter

London 2 mos. to Sept. 30. 1937. Tons. 18,277 1936 Tons. 14,645 Avonmouth & Cardiff 1,365 902 Liverpool 764 834 Manchester 1,161 1,253 Glasgow — 783 877 Honolulu 71 31 Panama 125 44 West Indies . — — Other countries 157 84 Total tons 22,703 18.673

2 mos. to Sept. 30. 1937. 1936. Tons. Tons. London 9,962 8,405 Avonmouth & Cardiff 986 437 Liverpool 594 245 Manchester 578 313 Glasgow 409 167 Other countries 12 16 Total tons 12,541 9,583

1937. 1936. 1935. Tons. Ton;. Ten'; Estimated stocks of all butter in London including private and provincial stores and steamers not discharged 20,500 25.381 — — Export stocks in N.Z. including loaded into steamers not sailed finally at October 1 7,400 8,900 5,700 N.Z. Stocks afloat 13,692 10,537 10.269 — 21,092 19,437 15,96» Cheese Estimated stocks of cheese at London, Liverpool and Bristol as at October 1:— 1937. 1936. 1935. Tons. Tons. Tons. N.Z. & Australian 5.017 4,418 6,897 Canadian 6,200 3,682 5,775 11,217 8,100 12,672 Stocks in N.Z. ineluding steam ers not sailed at October 1 . 4,200 5,100 4,600 N.Z. stocks ufloat - 7,364 5,944 4,855 11,564 11,044 9,455 Total in sight (tons) 22,781 19,144 22,127