ASTONISHING FIGURES.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 705, 7 February 1922, Page 5

ASTONISHING FIGURES.

EXPORT OF DAIRY PRODUCE. GREAT BUTTER INCREASE, The following figures show the details of ;the export of New Zealand butter and cheese from each district for the twelve months ended November, 1921, and,, 1920.. The increase in 4 the quantity of butter shipped was remarkable.. While thq total export* for [the twelve months ended November 30th, 1920, was valued at '£3,908,988, the export for the similar period in 1921 was valued c t £9,994,739, an increase of over four millions The figures from Auckland are remarkable, £5,301,803 against £1,860,731 ; New Plymouth also shows a very substantial advance, £1,193,814 against £247,874. It must be remembered, howver, that the purchase made by the Imperial Supplies Department during the war period disrupted shipments from the various Dominion ports.

BUTTER Twelve Months ended November 30, 1921 1920 £ £

CHEESE

Totals 7,691,617 6,702,145

A well-known authority on these matters, on being approached by a NZ. Times representative to explain the huge advance in |the volume and the value of the Dominion’s butter exports in 1921 as compared with 1920, stated that it was due to the fact that so many of the factories had turned over from cheelse to butter. Normally, England imported about 220,000 tons of butted, but at the close of the war her imports had fallen from 70,000 to 80,000 ons. In view of thi!s shortage of 120,000 tons a year, the dairy factories were advised to produce butter rather than cheese, and a large number of them did so.

The large amount of army butjter held by the British Government under the commandeer had, however, been overlooked, he continued, and when the butter was thrown on the

market, the result was the iccent slump in butter prices. But the Imperial Supply butter had now been sold, and he did not think the slump would be long continued.

Auckland 5,301,803 1,860,731 Tauranga 126,640 Tokomaru Bay and Gisborne 98,297 21,318 New Plymouth 1,193,814 247,874 Patea 521,043 52,927 Wanganni . 922,637 287,570 Wellington 413,403 118,537 Napier 255,496 47,340 Wairau 72,226 20,479 Nelson 143,958 33,190 Westport 50,694 14,001 Greymouh 59,561 20,160 Hokitika 37,442 7,582 Lyttelton 337,983 102,622 Timaru 99,009 36,368 Oamaru 55,617 Dunedin 178,319 35,670 Invercargill 126,797 2,622 Totals 9,994,730 2,908,988

Auckland 1,460,469 1,181,369 New Plymouth 1,105,931 1,128,531 Pate a 1,473,812 1,828,993 Wanganui 582,302 473,726 Wellington 991,977 711,266 Napier 343,752 271,848 Wai nail 90,521 58,981 Nelson 56,736 37,759 Westport Hokitika 36,896 17,759 Lyttelton 245,790 124,594 Timaru 87,590 67,002 Dunedin 335,765 233,744 Invercargill 880,076 568910