LIME TRANSPORT SUBSIDY SCHEME TO BE EXTENDED

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 34, 5 September 1949, Page 5

LIME TRANSPORT SUBSIDY SCHEME TO BE EXTENDED

An extension of the lime transport subsidies is to be made throughout New Zealand and will immediately affect some areas in the Bay of Plenty, according to advice received by the provincial secretary of Bay of Plenty Federated Farmers, Mr E. J. Vosper. The scheme as anounced by the Minister of Agriculture, Mr E. L. Cullen, will operate until July 31, 1951. For railage charges there will be no subsidy for the first 15 miles, as with the previous scheme; but for the next 100 miles the subsidy wiIJL now amount to 75 per cent of the railage charge. Subsidies in respect of any additional distance is at the discretion of the Director-General of Agriculture in consultation with Lime Advisory Committee. Over Three Miles Where lime is carried to the farm by road after rail transport there will be, as formerly, no subsidy for the first three miles, but for each additional mile for the next seven miles a subsidy of 4d per ton will be credited by the Railways Department, and for each additional mile above ten miles, the subsidy will be 6d per ton. In the case of lime being transported direct from the works to the farm there will be no subsidy payable for the first three miles and for each additional mile for the next 27 miles, 4d per ton will be credited by the lime supplier.

Where there are no rail facilities or where the distance by rail and road is one third greater than th shortest direct road distance, then the subsidy will apply to distances exceeding 30 miles. . As in the past the farmer provides his lime supplier with a road mileage declaration. If his lime is railed, the subsidy—road and rail—will be credited by the • Railways Department against the rail charges. If the lime is delivered direct by road the subsidy will be credited by the supplier against the cost of the lime. Funds For System

The funds for the lime transport assistance will probably be provided from the Meat Industry Stabilisation account, 70 per cent, the Dairy Industry Stabilisation Account 15 per cent, and from the Consolidated Fund, 15 per cent. The Railways Department has brought the new rates into force as from August 1, 1949, but any farmer who has had lime railed from any limev/orks on and after July 1, will be entitled to benefit from, the new rates. 'Rebates will be made by the Agricultural Department for July deliveries when the necessary details are available from the limeworks.