AUSTRALIAN BUTTER FREIGHTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 10, 7 October 1907, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN BUTTER FREIGHTS.

DETAILS OF'THE SERVICE. • The 11 Jivc ; Linos'Service'' for the carriago of butter, comprising the P. and 0., Orient, White Star, Aberdeen, aiiJ -I/untl's,- : HsiVc' published a list of,their.sailings.-from September 28 to.'JM'arohl 31 li'exi, .ivith the lixed dutqs,,fpr. leaving .Sydney, and the datesj o'f/arrival inLondon, together with the' 'butter-carrying capacity. Tliey- '-includo «. fifty-three steamers (twenty-seven .W tlioni 1 Mail steamers), and their total carrying capacity is over 74,000 tons- of: butter. To those who contract with-the "Five Lines" there; are, spce.iai sates, and priority, whiie.,,to.,:uon-contraptors the charges will pOj 3o;.;Sd. per- b'o.viby. mail ships, arid' is. lidi , byjicargo. 'steamers. As an organisation, .the .service is unequalled" in any part' of the world for t|ie carriago .of: perishable produce, including i,ho,. fixed, dates, of departure and arrival. The» Freights;? ! •- ■ • • The proposed 'charges' are Id.- by the \Vhito 1 ■ Star; ■ Abcrddan, and - Lund Linos;-and 'O-lGdj'by, thc-raail steamers. The rats charged by Hie mail steamers used to be yd. When tile-competi-tion was started by the White Star andrftthor* lijipsyria competitive rate v,-as*ost^blfsHo'cro[i>|d. lb.; and.the m'iil stefomorr, ali'7jmcp; followed suit'. But ajlcrittedl;,; gjj; p.n- lb, .is not. a payirig-J'i-atc. -;»KriaghC':is, charged on tho?'butter contqiits (generally oTIb. a.fc-j'j tli<i ii.utsct, 561b.), and the carried for nothing!-'_ 'L'liiisV-tlio toffiof forty boxes really weighs 27201b., or sli-jjitfy over, and is carried as 22i101b.. The freight at i-d. is- stated to''work out at £4 135., and at 9-16il. ..at £5 3s. 4d. nor ton;-.bf>. butter.The' New Zealanders 'arfe"i)aying Jtl'. 'per lb. for a' fortnightly service. The" 'Privileges. Of course,- it may be said that any-thing'-like- £5- a ton, •oven though weighing nearly H tons, is a high freight. - But insulated chambers occupy'- much • space, require much machinery, and are costly to work, and the cargo being . valuable, and averaging' nearly £100-to a ton, the risks run by the. carriers and the costs are heavy, especially as there must bo thilcs'"wht'ii tlW'spacfi" is not filled, and •thsyj.undortako to-place-odorous products in separate • chambers, and give butter prefe'reiico over meat and rabbits. Tho greatest point of all is to induce tho cteamers to increase their "rcl'viterated " spaco, making 'it' abundant ever, ii: the height of the scaton. If it wore .possible to guarantee'that the cold fettirago would always be filled, a considerably lower rate would lie. possible. But shippers cannot give sueii :i guarantee, in a drought, there would 'he' 110 butter to ship

POULTRY. WHEN EGGS AilE DEAR. A RECORD OF PRICES. People who. arc in the ogg-protlucing business—and the still greater number who contemplate being in it—may like to clip out for future reference the followin glist of prices obtained tor eggs in "Wellington,' as compiled by Messrs. Laery and Co., the produce salesmen, over a period of two years. Tho letter F indicates.fresh eggs, and P, preserved eggs u SEASONS 1003 AND 1006. Ist 2nd -111) Week. 'Week. Week. E. d. s. d. s. d. fi. d. s. d. P. d. March, f. ] 3, 1 i 1 3, 1 -1 1 5, 1 0 Jlfti'Ch, p. r. ?, 12, 1 1, 1 2 April, f. 1 5, 1 0 1 9, 2 0 2 0 April, p. 1 3, 1 i 1 4, 1 6 1 3, 1 7 Jlnj-j /. .1 9, 2 0 1 0, 111 1 10. 2 0 May. p. 1 3, 1 4 1 3. 1 -1 1 3. 1 4 June, f. 1 !). 2 0 1 8, 110 1 4, 1 6 .Tuno, p. 1 2, 1 3 1 2, 1 3 11. July. f. 1 3. 1 5 1 3, 1"4 July, p. 1 1, - 1 0, Aug., f. 1 4, 1 3, 1 4 0 0. 0 9i Aug., p. 1 0, 1111, Sept., f. 0 10. 0 10. Oil 0 10, Oil Oct., f. 0 104, 011 0 10}, 011 0 10J Nov., ' f. 0 10J, 011 0 10, 0 105 09, 010 Nov. f. (duck eggs) 1 0 Doc., f. 0 9, 1 0 1 2. 1 3 1 2. 1 3 Jnn. 03 f. OU, 1 0 011, 1 0 1 1,- 1 4 Feb., f. 1 4, 1-6 1 fi, 1 4, 1 fi Fel).. p. 1 2, 1 3 1 2, 1 3 March, {. 1 4, 1 6 1 2, 1 4 March.p, 1 2, 1 3 1 4, 1 8 April, f. 1 8, 1 0 1 8. 1 9 110, 2 0 April, p. 15, 14, 1 2, 1 3 May, [.2 0, 2 3 2 0, 2 3 2 0, May, p. 1 3, 1 4 1. 2, 1 5 1 2, 1 4 June, f. 1 r>. 1 S 1 6, 1 8 1 6, 1 S Juno, p. 1 1. 13 1 % July, f. 1 9, 110 1 5, 1 7 1 1, 1 2 July,' p. 15, 13, Aug.. f. 1 1, 1 2 1 0. 011 Sept., f. 011, 1,0, 10 Oct., f. 1 0, 11, 11 Nov., {.11, 1 0, OllJ Dec., f. 1 0, 11, 1 3 - Jr.u.,'o7f. 12, 12, 1 4 Feb.. f. l (,