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IMPERIAL PRODUCE

I i' \r. WOOL, MEAT AND CHEESE. ■ /. ; BIG PAYMENTS MADE ; .... Tliis season's wool is now reaching ' • '.:■■ the , stores in large quantities, and the ■'. - valuation in connection with the Imperial purchasers proceeding rapidly, ■ ■• The Prime Minister , stated yesterdaj ■ "that of the' naiv season's wool 85,000 !■•' bales had comp. to hand, and had been , 'valued on behalf of the Imperial Sup- : .".'plies Department, The total numbei ' ..of bales valued tinder the Imperial , 'purchase scheme has been 635,752, in- ' -elusive of last season's wool, ..and the ■ ■ 85,000"bales mentioned above. The ■ payments made for this wool' have ■-- amounted to £13.669,341. In addition "the Department has dealt with 53,551 'bales 01 freezing companies' wool, :md ; made advances totalling £1,228,472. - •■' "'\ It is expected, 'Mr. Massey statse, I , that the'Wanco of la'st seasons clip '■■; . will he.shipped early next month. The i ..•• shipment or this season's wool willthen ■begin. , - The valuation of sheepskins is being ~ continued. It has been arranged that ;■ 'from the beginning of the'new year, the , -valuation of butehers' skins at the ; • ';[ 'Auckland abattoir shall be made daily, .arid this system will bo extended where c '...possible. ■ " '■ '■ ,_. "With regard to dairy produce, adI- vances totalling £454,060 have been ; -made by the Department to tho fac- ] --tories on butter, vhile advances cri ; shipments to date of this season's ] ' 'cheese have absorbed £793,243. r "". The total payments made by the Department on account of the Imperial ...Government for produce purchased in ' ... New Zealand up to December 15 j ■-~amounted to £42,158,224. - '.. -•-• The Jrime Minister mentioned, in '■ --connection with the meat, that lie ex- '. "' pected the whole of last season's meat ■ ;/wduld be cleared out of the freezing !.' "stores by the end of January. The : ' position, having regard to the increased : 1 '-storage accommodation now available, : _ was good.

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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 75, 21 December 1917, Page 8

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IMPERIAL PRODUCE Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 75, 21 December 1917, Page 8

IMPERIAL PRODUCE Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 75, 21 December 1917, Page 8

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