COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XII, Issue 3, 20 March 1916, Page 247

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE AND FROZEN MEAT.

In a despatch dated London, 4th January, 1915, the High Commissioner states that according to French official advices communicated to him it was thought likely that the proposed legislation for the purchase by the French Government of frozen meat from Argentina and the United States, by contract with two American firms under favoured conditions, would be abandoned as a result of strong official-representations made to the French authorities. The High Commissioner also forwards an extract from “War Bulletin” No. 63, dated 22nd December, 1915, issued by the British Chamber of Commerce, Paris, which deals with the matter more definitely, as follows : “ We may say that the frozen-meat Bill which was adopted by the Senate in July last has now been dropped upon an adverse report drawn up by the Rapporteur to the Budget Commission, ,to whom we had supplied details of the unfair manner in which Australasia would have been treated had the Bill become law. We are informed that M. Meline, Minister of Agriculture, is at present engaged in drawing up a proposal which will not contain any clauses harmful to Australasian interests. He is also proposing that a fleet of steamers fitted with refrigerating machinery be purchased, to remain for the present under the British flag and manned by British crews; though the matter is, we hear, not making much headway owing to the present premium in shipping.”

STAMPING OF IMPORTED EGGS.

The following regulations under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, relating to the stamping of eggs imported into New Zealand, were gazetted on the 2nd March, and came into force on the same date : - REGULATIONS. ■ x For the purpose of these regulations “ eggs ” means the eggs of poultry, and includes only eggs in the shell. > - (1.) All eggs imported into New Zealand, and the packages containing the same, shall be stamped’ as hereinafter set out, to indicate the .country of origin, and no eggs shall be admitted into New Zealand unless and until such stamping .has been effected. ' ’ 7 . . : ■ : A - (2.) Each egg in every consignment shall be stamped on the shell in indelible ink and in bold- sans-serif capital letters of not less size than .six points face measurement, with the words “Imported from followed by the name-of the country in which the eggs were laid. ’ (3.) Each package in which eggs imported .into New Zealand are contained shall be stamped in bold-faced capital letters- not less than 1 in. in height, with the words “ Imported from ” followed by the name of the country in which the eggs contained in the package were laid. (4.) Every person who introduces or attempts to introduce any eggs into New Zealand without having them stamped in accordance with the requirements hereinbefore prescribed for the stamping of eggs and the packages containing the same shall be deemed to have committed an offence against' these regulations. (5.) Any person who commits an offence against these regulations shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ' J- -. ' . '

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District. of Name Location of Works. -killing Beef perCapacity Day. Sheepkilling Capacity Day. per Storage Capacity, 60 , Carcases Mutton. Works. Auckland . . Freezing Ltd., . Hds. 150 000 50,000 meat, Farmers’ Ltd., Southdown 2OO3,000 66,000 Frozen meat, tallow, dried flesh, manures, wool, pelts, glue, &c. Horotiu 200 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 66,000 66,000 Frozen meat, tallow, dried flesh, manures, wool, pelts, glue, &c. W. Horotiu Westfield 200 120 3,000 500 66,000 3,ooo 60,000 Frozen meat, tallow, manure, wool, pelts, &c. Westfield 120 500 3,000 Frozen meat, tallow, manure, wool, pelts, &c. Bay. Sheep-farmers’ Ltd.. Bay 45 2,500 , Frozen meat, wool, pelts, tallow, manure. 60,000 Frozen meat, wool, pelts, tallow, manure. - &c. Bay Kaiteratahi . 100 2,000 120,000 preserved meat, pelts, meat, Ltd., Kaiti 150 6,000 150,000 Gisborne Kaiti 150 6,000 150,000 Ltd., Taruheru 85 2,500 82,050 bungs, meat, Frozen meat, wool, tallow, pelts, casings, manure. Hawke’s Bay Freezing Westshore 40 1,500 36,000 Ltd., . Westshore 40 1,500 36,000 Frozen meat, wool, tallow, pelts, casings, manure. & (Aus.), Pakipaki 30 1,500 50,000 &c. pelts, Ltd., Tomoana 80 3,000 92,400 preserved meat, hides, oil, manures, &c. Meat Whakatu .. 80 2,000 40,000 &c. manures, Frozen meat, fallow, wool, pelts, manures. Taranaki & Waitara 200 2,000 90,000 &c. pelts, Frozen meat, preserved meat, tallow, manures, &c. Patea Farmers’ Co.-op. Freezing Company, Ltd. Patea 120 1,000 52,000 Frozen meat, preserved meat, tallow, manures, &c. Wellington. . Wanganui Meat-freezing Company, Ltd., Wanganui Otaihape Farmers’ Meat and Produce Company, Ltd., Taihape Castlecliff 100 2,200 70,000 Frozen and preserved meat, meat-extract, tallow, manures, wool, &c. Winiata 50 1,200 30,000 Frozen meat, wool, pelts, hides, manures, tallow. National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd. Longburn 60 1,500 60,000 Frozen meat, tallow, manure, pelts, oil. Frozen meat and sundries, wool, pelts, tallow, oil, hides, preserved meat, meat-extract, manures. Wellington Farmers’ Meat Company, Ltd., Masterton Waingawa 250 6,000 239,000 Gear Meat Preserving and Freezing Company, Ltd., Wellington Petone 100 10,000 300,000 Frozen meat, preserved meat, meat-extract, tallow, manure, wool, oil, hides, pelts, &c. Wellington Meat Export Company, Ltd., Wellington Ngahauranga . . 120 8,000 240,000 Frozen and preserved meat, tallow, manure, wool, pelts, casings, &c. >p Dm Marlborough Co. Freezing Ltd. Meat Company, Patea Picton 120 30 1,000 1,000 52,000 23,000 Frozen meat, wool, pelts, tallow, casings, manures, &c. Wellington.. Nelson Meat-freezing Freezing Company, . Stoke 350 10,000 Frozen meat, tallow, manure, &c. ' Otaihape Farmers’ Meat and Produce Company, Ltd., Castlecliff IOO 2,200 70,000 Frozen and preserved meat, meat-extract) tallow, manures, wool, &c. Winiata 1 50 1,200 30,000 Frozen meat, wool, pelts, hides, manures, tallow. Taihape " ’ ■ National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd. Longburn 60 1,500 60,000 Frozen meat, tallow, manure, pelts, oil. Wellington Farmers’ Meat Company, Ltd., Masterton Waingawa 250 6,000 239,000 Frozen meat and sundries, wool, pelts, tallow, oil, hides, preserved Gear Meat Preserving and Freezing Company,' Ltd., Petone IOO 10,000 300,000 meat, meat-extract, manures. ■ Frozen meat, preserved meat, meat-extract, tallow, manure, wool, Wellington Wellington Meat Export Company, Ltd., Wellington Ngahauranga .. 120 8,000 240,000 oil, hides, pelts, &c. Frozen and preserved meat, tallow, manure, wool, pelts, casings, &c. Marlborough Canterbury Meat . Company, Canterbury Picton Belfast 30 50 1,000. 7,000 .23,000 130,000 pelts, manures, and meat, pelts, Frozen meat, tallow, wool, pelts, manures. .. .... Fairfield 4,000 100,000 Christchurch Meat Company, Ltd., Christchurch Pareora 25 4,500 125,000 Frozen and preserved meat, wool, pelts, tallow, oleo, casings, manures, &c. Islington 50 7,000 235,000 Smithfield 50 6,000 126,000 Frozen meat, wool, pelts, tallow, oleo, casings, manures, &c. Nelson. . Otago Company, Ltd., .. Stoke Pukeuri 350 3,000 10,000 80,000 Frozen meat, tallow, manure, &c. South Otago Freezing Company, Ltd., Balclutha Burnside 50 3,500 136,000 Finegand 30 I , 200 85,000 Frozen meat, wool, tallow, oil, manure, pelts. Canterbury Southland . Meat Ltd., Company, Co., . Ocean Beach .. 100 2,500 110,000 87,000 Frozen meat, rabbits, casings, &c. Belfast 50 7,000 130,000 Frozen and preserved meat, wool, pelts, tallow, and manures. Frozen meat, tallow, wool, pelts, manures. Fairfield 4,000 100,000 Pareora 25 4,500 125,000 Frozen and preserved meat, wool, pelts, tallow, oleo, casings, Ltd., Meat Meat Ltd., Islington Mataura 50 50 7,ooo' OOO , Frozen meat, rabbits, wool, pelts, tallow, oil, manures. 235,000 Smithfield Makarewa 50 70 6,000 2,000 126,000 14,000 &c. manures, &c. meat, pelts, .. ... .. . . Pukeuri 3,000 80,000 South Otago Freezing Company, Ltd., Balclutha .. Burnside 50 3,500 136,000 Frozen meat, wool, tallow, oil, manure, pelts. Finegand 30 1,200 85,000 Otago Southland . Ocean Beach .. IOO 2,500 1110,000 87,000 Frozen meat, rabbits, casings, &c. ' Co., . Meat Ltd., 50 2,000 Frozen meat, rabbits, wool, pelfs, tallow, oil, manures. Mataura Makarewa 70 2,000 14,000 , » „ „ ■ ,, ,, ,,

MEAT-FREEZING WORKS IN NEW ZEALAND (MARCH, 1915).