A YEAR'S EXPORTS,

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 787, 9 April 1910, Page 8

A YEAR'S EXPORTS,

i V:.; ; ; : comparisons. , i • :'Some striking ..'; comparisons are I ■'■'-'. afforded ..by the figures in the produco I: - .export leaflet, for.' tho year; ending. ■;'■'-March.'3l,. which has just been, pub- )• ;:':,lished. by .the 'Government. .They bring, ['."' ;home.to;one the tremendous extent to. t-;;which .the, prosperity ' of the country \'■;, ;'still(depends 'on"its 'wool-clip. . Groat, |,' '.'' .for instance, as has .been the expansion ! '■ ini. the dairying industry, ; the whole of ;■■ ';' thei. cattle . products—butter, -i cheese, ;V ; beef,i. hides, otc—exported- from tho '"Dominion for tho twelvo months ending i " with March 31, amounted to only half. ~ ', the,value of the wool clip. The _.total v ': of cattle products exported was just a ("'■' - shade over half the.total of sheep pro- '■ /ducts. The figures compare as under:—-" l.'r'.!.'■■'.-■'■ '< "'.-.',■ Sheep Products. •:■■■ :'" ">:' ; 'r-- • '■.-■•■. :.■';. - £'■'.'■ : ■ '■■'■' '■'•' Wool' .;..;.....„......... 7,941,655 ','';>'•. -.Lamb,...:................ .1,803,640 I. -'••:';; -/Mutton :;................: 988,373; '•' .Legs and Pieces ..;... 54,354 £'•■•;': : .Sheepskins „.. ....,607,727 :;/.;' ; Tallow ...„;.„.......... 329,137 |:L'';'- "-". -'— ":.;'; £11,524,886 •'' !;• . ',-.■''."' , Cattle Products. .-_■•' ,- ,'". ■"■'■■ : '' .\ .'. ' ■ ■'''/'-. -■■ ■'£"'•■' Ir-v-; -: :: Gutter ;/.;., 1,635,373 '; V '■; -Chee5e•";....:;'.'...:....". .1,186,703 !'-■-••",-' Beef ....::...... .546,415 ;"'.:■: Ta110w..................... 329,127 . : i : ;*;. _;; Hides;....:.. ■■'■■■■: 219,785 - y :■-.''; ":,/-;; '.',. £3,917,418''-.', L •'•"."'■■ in -brie", or:two items this, comparison r, , ; lis necessarily approximate.. The tallow 'i .export is divided equally between" -the ;■'■■': cattle'and; the'shcep, ; and a> all'skins, '■-' ;• during; tho year are lumped tol- '■ getter : iri the leaflet;a'deduction of -25 i: ~. -percent;has been, made to allow for. the. }' ■'':.'■ Tabbil>-skins.' -^.- :: ■-- ■■ > -'''-,-.••".' .. s■■ ' There is consolation, however, for-the i : v'- 'dairy" fanner in the fact that though his. !.:>-.growing ; industry is 'still very touch' i - overshadowed by, thVsheep, 'it is ,ne'verir:: •theless'expanding ;at a' much more rapid, ;.' rate-than.any other branch.of farming.: ';■'.'■ In ,tne'-l&'st "five .years the increase in: ';] ; : the: value 1 of tho butter and"cheese ex-. , ported' from, the Dominion has-been no i ; -fess thaii,76 .per.cent.' -. In the,.'same [/'' period the meat industry;can,show only '. ' an increase of 16 per'cent, in the,value -ofrthe mutton and lamb exports.. .Five I; .yeafs ago, 1 for-every hundred' pounds' '.:_ --worth of'meat shipped out of New Zeai';' 'land'there.was an export of about £69 p ; of!' butter' and cheese. Now the dairy ;■;. factory .produce ,comes .near, running j; '.'• neck_arid neck- with that of the. meat \'.': '■■■-, works.. .It is not. quite level ,jet K but :t on this season's showing it runs at over t". So per cent.■ of the lamb and mutton \ '■ export; ■■:':'•■■■,■■ ■'.■..'" • / ;••■'•• -'', .':•'.-'"' ,':-,•' Ih.,.tbe-meat trade the most notable | ,"•••'■ feature is the .stationary position,of : the mutton shipments and:tbe extraordinary !■':".- ." development ;'6f : ' the;. [exports of v-lamb'.'-' S '■'■'■.'-;.TKe number of /carcasses of mutton and •;,../ aamb,;ship'ped since 1905;is';as under:"- i - U r "' : jiiitton. ...",' Lamb. '■■ !:'•/' -1906 1,932,214 ' I-••'•■'■ 1907, .....: .1,989,909 ...... 2,666,564 - Ir:- 1908 : ::..:. 1,778,795 ...... 2,732,792 \r' .1909':..:.; ..„.; .2,629,817 . ;-. 1910 :..... 1,687,469 .:..-.. ,3,356,702 . ? ' ;i '-■'•-.. V : -,t' ''. ■' '."-""' ''K | 8»75a)fj93j.;.... 13j322,089-J) |:, ■ : '-'',-^in^'-thew^fivo;yjeftrs°'«>mo:'iwenty T Wct, i';;,, .'million sheep havo'thus ] f'-'' ' teen, exported,"oo v a .'number just .about I;--"-' : --equal.'to'.- tie whole of the flocks.of the. r as shown in the last sheep ; » ;: ' wtarh^''''- : <sr.'.'-" : jfi'; 'i: ",-. ' r :":.'■ '• s"';-.i';' : , ;; ;