MORE BUTTER SENT TO BRITAIN

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 199, 20 May 1944, Page 6

MORE BUTTER SENT TO BRITAIN

Shipments Well Above Expectations RESULT OF RATIONING “Since the introduction of rationing at the end of October, 1913. a substantial reduction in the consumption of butter in New Zealand has been achieved.” said the Minister of Supply and Munitions. Mr. Sullivan, when releasing figures last evening showing the civilian consumption of butter both before and after the introduction of butter rationing. Mr. Sullivan said the actual figures of civilian consumption for the seven months ending February 29 were as follows: — Lb. August 61527,787 September ...... 6,446,670 October 6,276,086 November 3,726,114 December 4.392,392 January 4,031,371 February 4,196,615 “The effectiveness of the rationing of butter is very clearly illustrated by the above table, and it is very gratifying to me that such a substantial saving has been achieved,” said Mr. Sullivan. “To the saving of butter must of course be adder! the additional butter that has been manufactured from cream which has been diverted from the local market to the butter factories, resulting in our shipments of butter to Great Britain being substantially greater than anticipated.”