BUTTER FOR LONDON

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2628, 25 November 1915, Page 6

BUTTER FOR LONDON

RECORD SHIPMENT

TOTAL VALUE £210,000

A Teoord shipment of butter will b» made from Auckland for London by tha steamer Rangatira this week. Space has been reserved for 60,000 boxes, the value of this shipment, on a basis of Is 3d. per lb. f.0.b., being £210,000. i j lery.I ery . . ge , S«a»tity of butter was , loaded at Auckland during the last week of November last year, but it represented the accumulation of four weeks while the Rangatira is takine only three weeks' output, and it was loaded by two steamers. The .total quantity was 65,842 boxes, of which tha Rakaia" took- 40,673 boxes, and the lonic 25,169 boxes. So far as the available records show, 60,000 boxes is ' tlie largest quantity ever lifted by one 6teamer at this port. The shipment by the'Rangatira-will be the fifth of the season. The first shipment this year was made by thd steamer Rotorua, and it sold in London at 160s. to 1645. per cwt. The next) was by the steamer Otaki, which took consignments of 20,815 boxes fromAuckland on September 29. This steamer reached London on November to, and according to advice from the High Commissioner the market was Men, clear of New Zealand butter. A report was received the other day by Messrs. A. S. Paterson from their London representatives, Messrs. J. J. LoW dale and C0.,-that the Otaki's butter fad met a strong market, and was sell- ' ing at 160s. to 1635. In marked con. wast-with this quotation are the fig. ures for the first ■ shipment of Auck- • land butter last season. It comprised Q n' T 5081 boxes, and sold at 1275. to 130s. The present quotation is equiva--lent to Is 3}d. per lb. f.o.b. at Auckland, which is id. "higher than the value placed upon the.butter at the time of its shipment. An increase of 47,676 boxes is alreadj shown in the volume of the exports W London, as compared with the corresponding portion of, last season. Details, of this season's shipments and the corresponding shipments last year are as follow:— • • '.-1915-16.. 1914-15, a,,.,- ~ ' Boxes. Boxes. Otaki (Sept.) > 20,815 5,081 Rimutaka (Oct.) ... 28,163 ' 25 026 Wax (Oct.) 34,525 25 002 Turakina (Nov.) ...... 45,189 20 065 Rangatira (Nov.) . approx. .......... 60,000 *65,842 T «tals 188,692 141,018 *Two steamers. The following table shows the value of the season's shipments, the basis of > the estimates being given in' parentheses in each: case, in comparison. with! ': ' those of last season :— '■■-.'•• 1915 : 16; 191445, £ £' Otaki (Is. 3d.) ...... 75,852 14,228 llimutekn (Is. 3}d.) 101,856 70 072 Arawa (Is 4d.)...„. 128,893 70 005 Turakina (Is. 4d.)... 168,705 60,864 Rangatira (Is. 3d.) 210,000 *195,884 -, \. ' Totals 682,306 411,051 *Two steamers.' .' A shipment of 3500 crates'of cheese; ' will also be made by the' Ra'ngatira, This- will make a total for the season, of 8298 crates, as compared with 4678 crates last year. . The London market is reported to be clear of New Zealand cheese, pending the arrival of th« steamer Rimutaka. •