IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT MEAT SUPPLY
SOME HEAVY PURCHASES. Heavy of beef, . .mutton, and' lamb on. behalf of tho . Imperial Government aro being made by tlio Imperial Government Moat Supply Branch this month in consequence of the in- ~ crehswl dripping .facilities,' there being seven big insulated steamers loading in ■ New Zealand at the presont time, ;.0,, ■Lidrabarali, Tonggriro, Athonic, tV.aiwera, La Blauca, Deljihic", and Irnlra- : i>ura. ' • . '•■••• Op to and including Saturday last tho following quantities of meat 3iad ■been ourchased and shippwl sinco tlie inception of-tho-.scheme,. March 4:— ■135,369' quarters beef, 875,853 carcasses ' mutton, 1,456,187 carcasses lamb. Of tliis 87,196 quarters beef, 538,626 carcasses mutton, aaid. 829,141 carcasses ■ lamb have already reached their destiuar. tion; 29,281' quarters beef, 193,605 car- ' casses mutton, and 483,024., carcasses lamb are now 011 route, and tho balance is aboard the seven steamers now Heading. . , Twcnty-tlireo steamers have now been ; and- tlie total purchases of meat up -.to and including July 17 amounts to £2,613,121 10s.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2518, 20 July 1915, Page 8
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159IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT MEAT SUPPLY Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2518, 20 July 1915, Page 8
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