COMMERCIAL NEWS.
MEAT FOR EXPORT. LARGE INCREASE IN KILLINGS. - The latest returns issued by lh* New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board show that lamb killings,- at 1,278.230 carcases for the two - and a-half months to December 15, are more than double those for the corresponding period of last year. In the North Island the killings were 1,057,608 carcases, against 576,604, and’ in ths South Island 220,622, compared with 38.164. Dominion killings of mutton for ths period totalled 183,201 carcases, compared with 115,845 a year ago, the North Island furnishing 177,543 carcases, against 111,666 last year, and the South Island 5658, against 4179. Details of the killings for export at all works from October 1 to December 15, in carcases, except where otherwise stated, compare as follows : * 1931 1930 Beef (quarters) 2.953 6,850 Wether mutton 129,287 . 88.348 Ewe'mutton . 53,914 27,497 Lamb 1,278,230 614,768 Porkers 25.122 33.685 Baconers .... 5,794 9.742 Boneless beef . 32,210 20,564 Sundries .... 46,716 42,710 Exports of lamb for the two months and a-half of the present season li December 15 show an increase ol nearly 50 per cent, over those of a year ago. Beef shipments also show an Increase. but the exports of mutton and pork during the period are well below those of the early part of last season.
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Waikato Times, Volume 110, Issue 18521, 29 December 1931, Page 11
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