THE WORLD'S HONEY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 925, 19 September 1910, Page 8

THE WORLD'S HONEY.

--:''. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS/ ~As the.'industryoorf r producing honey is expanding in, New Zealand,.and more in-, •taresHs being, taken', in it'than was the case in'former times,', the following export and import flgures'will bo interest; ing,; as, .showing: the , openings there aro fbivNew 'Zealand/honey/in other ■ countries...;■, The'; quantities- are in hundred-, .weights:'—;':;;-.: '-■:''■.. ■>~, ,'■■>- . '". ■-'■':, ; '..■■ ■ Imports. '";"-■-'' ■-..■"■■ :1906. ,igor•/ 1908. 1909. France ' ..1,235 1.502 1;333 1.431 1,308 ' ■■" . - £3,342 £3,718 £3,390 £3.637 £3,193 U.S.A.; ".... 4,089 ■■■• 5,367 , 3,821 4,075 6,180 .'.' -■ - '" '£6,159 £6,945, £6,005 £7,435' £9,452 0hi1©..... 5,358 3,128 3,800 '660 .1,943 .: ~'V;, £5,919 £3,452 £4,317 £765 £2,601 Other ~',.' :;■■'.'■ . -foreign ;. ■. :'■':' countries : 1,584 - 2,617 . 1,608 1,843 ' 3,284 ■':)■-:'■■:,■ , £1,846 £3,550 £2,198 £2,890. £4,504 Total for-': ..-.'..■.•.■-.>.:•.- ■- ■ eign coun-:' : , ; • . '.■'■'. ■- 'tries- : :.'..' 12,266 12,614.10,562 8,639 12,787 ■ .'• £17,266 £17,665 £15,910 £14,727 £19,750 British- ■:■.• •~- - Wesi-In- : :■■ ''•:■,■■ ,•'.••. • dies ...... 14,233 12,478'. 12,677 12,937 18,503 ■ , ■■:..■■'■ £16,397 £14,549 £14,977 £14,727, £20,550, Other.Bri- ■ .-. tishpos- •..■...";.'■',•■.':•'■■■ ; : ;: ,''::'.,'■. ; .session's ■'''836,: 1,326 '-.-- 644'' 1,780" 1,327 "■■ ' '-. r; ; '. '£1;100. £1,683, £1,042 £2,567., £1,973 Totalßri- /.. -v.: ■ '.'.,, ■ : tishpos-' ■••''■-.■-.-."■.' ■' '■■■■:••'■ sessions, "15,069-13,804 13,321 ' 14,717 ; 19,830 ■■<:"■.' --. £17,497 £16,232 £16,019.£17,009 £22,523 : G'd total ,'27,335 : 26,418 .23:883.. 23.356 32,617 ' ~:•:;. : :.■;,■■ £34,763 £33,697- £31,929 £31,736 £42,273 .'•'. ! "'. ■■'/ '. :'' -Exports.' ;',.. - ..-;' "'-'. ' -• ;: ; v. ; :;,/'; ! :,', 1905.: .1906.: :. 1907. 1908.' . 1909. Germany '4,799 : 2,297 5,630 =, 2,715 ".- 2,972' . ■:„ ;' -.£5467 £2,730 £6,724',£2,953-£3,306 ' Netherlands 762.' -737 - -590•■"-'■ -79'..■:-.'. ; ::',:'.:; ru £64o. , : £690 :'■,:.£573 .-£lO5 '—' Belgium \.„ ,-; 18•.'. .: 419 '':■ - ''490 :' 159' :-.. 13 ■.:::.' .'.-; £27' i£4l2 ; .'£632 , £165 : £23 Other foroign/■ ■:. -'; ■'-'• ■>■■:.' '~ :: : countries ',• 938>'; -.972 '- 468 - ■'■■ ,383 ' .'239. •;•■-. vi : v: ; .£1,243,'-JBl f l9S•",-/;J873f1.' ; £858' : /£612 Total foreign/./ : ; '-.,..';..-:'. ,' : " : •' countries, .6,517 ■ 4,425 ."7,718 .3,336, '3,224 • ';:..,'' £7,067' £5,030 -£8,667, £4,081-,£3,941 Britishpos- ~ H •'- '.; ---','■■■'-■-'. i.--..-.. ■ .■/ ■ sessions:- ..: x 320 161""'.' : ;".'2l3i- / 250 > '185: :-i■":•:■■ •; ■•"" '£734: : '£435 : £539 :■' £561 / £492' G'd :totals' f ,-;7;391: 3,586 ' 3,492 ~;-;.';'^^£7^ol'£s,46s,> J £?,206 £4.642 ; £4,433. *'':'QENE]&iL v : .' "At/the present.time "isaid'Mr'/ T./'WV Kirk, while'. attending. /the/ Beekeepers' Conference; Iff ruit : does'not come/ under the, Produce'.Export-. Act,/ but .: after van-' other ■;two ' or- three /shipments.; have't gone you/will "find/that the'; exporters; will.be, :askingVfqiv their/'prbducbV,to?be'':brought; under 'those^regulations."/;,/,>;■'; WA'j;-.;/' ;^The'.', , .Taranaki:.:executive'/of,the",Farm-, ers' ■;.. Union '.further; discussed' the request : of■•':the'.Wanganui'.'Education Board to. establish-; bns . agricultural, /■ scholarship. .At'ithe'rlastimeeting'-it iwas- pointed';out that -the' executive-.cbuld.'.Tnot' :frbm 'the present-Jeyieiidb; anythlng;in -.the matter,; ;but' : '. that v something.;'niight'te -'.done',. ;by;' 'the-'brahches;. 'and .members .personally. Ur. Allhusen.'moyed:. "That the secretary forward subscription'lists.ltd such, branches 'as;aro'within-the'.Wanganui Educaftbn.District,,- such',, subscription's; to-, be . : an r ;anhual;' : .recurring : charge';" on. thoibranch:for' three- years.",; /The motion I wa's.'iOarriedi'..y'v-: ■■'-.•;';'.;: -ti''.; S-;:'"':.' : . I'.'::',:'. :'.'■■■,

v-The; Nifeaha, cheese ■: factory ik'< on'co .more.-, a.-''centre V', of '"activity ..(says, a correspohdeht paper). At prey sent .800 : gallons, l of,- -milEVare I .' daily .being, ''received, i-;!?The^ was .erected during, the. winter, .is'giving; 'ge'nefaLvsatisfaction,.' and : ; is ' a' ■ saving.; of tithe,i-as" there jare'.now..•.three" taps,; as against • the" : ,,one:^,of r ;..last season, v. testsiafe,; so'^f(tf '■' '•■those,-,'for the' corresponding . period if of; last! 1 : "year;. many ; >anging"frpm 7 to ~?,:.; ■~' .vAtv'ths.f,annual' meeHngj;of :the ';Motu- ; ieka .Fruitgrowers',;'Asspciation■"'■•'■;a ;,? ;''ielel • gram';, frbm' '!the.^secretar.y u ;.of:; the .Hawke's BayTJ; ; information;. nadVi'been. 'rebeiyeE'-'that ■■the .:Governmbnt': : ; pany'.^hay'f;;.ref Conference; to.'b'e'.lieid"at'"Hastings: next month.. .;,;,The ' was'.: asked 'to make''further- applicati6n.;for'free aid tq'^ask,the, flnipns-Assistance..-^v:'.'