MEAT PRODUCTION

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 174, 25 July 1942, Page 3

MEAT PRODUCTION

LARGE STORAGE CAPACITY

„?" ie . winK l , he arrangements made for the Oovernment purchase of meat for the 1941-42 season duce?s" nU BLrd Por t t n 0f h ,he New Zealand Meafp??: KiSSF Board, to be presented at the annual "nEe 11 of n f X o h m ° nth ' als ? sets out ,he complete season VnfL' P"ces of meat payable for the (B tr.i.i,, 8 o£ sheep, beef, pigs and sundries i* carcases for the period October l to f* 1 ' 3 » mre 11.222.991 carcases compared with season favourab°e. the previous season - The

The board stresses the need for producers doing everything in their power to maintain and even improve the quality of meat. Cool storage capacity now amounts to 256.000 tons of meat. The board has kept in close touch with developments fj'v? l6 manu * ac ture of dehydrated meat, rl ™ 4 ce * she f t shows accumulated funds at £54,529. Assets Include £49,444 in Government loans and cash at bankers, £1272. Payments irom the Marketing Department during the vear W^. re interest on investments amounted to £1169. Expenses of management totalled £9676, of which £5525 was at head office in New Zealand and the balance at the London office. Members' honoraria and travelling expenses amounted to £3239. Excess income over expenditure was £9351.