IMPERIAL SUPPLIES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 45, Issue 13752, 3 February 1919, Page 5

IMPERIAL SUPPLIES.

ENORMOUS BUSINESS,

£83,3150,218 PAID TO DATE,

; An official return as to the operations lof the Department of Imperial Government (Supplies, furnished by Mr JR. ■ Triggs (Controller), shows that up to date the total payments made in respect of the produce shipped or in store ; have been as follow: — £ ' Frozen meat 30,942,780 Cheese, 1915-16 season 917,748 Cheese, 191(3-17 season 3,295,557 Cheese, 1917-18 season 4,902,873 ' Cheese, 191S-19 season .... 2,137,499 Butter, 1917-18 season 2,930,226 Butter, 1918-19 season 1,595,723 Scheelite 129,273 , Wool 29,523,419 I Freezing companies' slipe wool 3,308,575 Sheepskins 1,432,507 Hides 718,802 Other business 1,525,236 Grand total £83,360,218 The quantities shipped and in store are as under: — Meat, 5hipped.—2,355,979 qrs. beef; 8,107,055 carcases of mutton; 9,353,653 carcases of lamb. Meat in store on January 15th, 1919. —North Island, 2,085,467; South Island, 1,612,270; total in 601b carcases, 4,----297,737. I Cheese shipped to date, 1,769,487 era- : tes.

I Cheese in store. —North Island, 333,----694; South Island, 53,588; total, 387,----282 crates. Butter shipped to date.—1,044,107 boxes. : Butter in store. —North Island, 316,----437; South Island, 26,580; total, 343,----017 boxes. Scheelite.—Total shipped, 637 tons. "Wool, total number of bales valued, : 1,293,163; total number paid for, 1,----j 222,365. Slipe wool.—Total number of bales valued, 119,036; total number of bales i shipped, 68,011; shipped on account of ! other Governments, 9399. Sheepskins.—Number of skins purchased and distributed to fellmongers, 3,668,961. Hides. —Number purchased, 370,508; number shipped, 149,442; number sold, 154,167.