Frozen Meat.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 218, 18 August 1883, Page 3

Frozen Meat.

, ,5 sWe extract the following jfrom thet ■ AueUst eirdular-of the N.Z.L. and M. A* Company:-^- ' ; ! m •-. ■■■>■• The earnestness with which this trade is being prosecuted at every centre o»V production, anddts rapid development at, , thei chief ports «?t the Colonyj has removed it from the sphere of novelty,, and, as was -predicted sometime ajgo, New iZealandr has T- promised to become the greatest ■ meat exporting colony of . Australiißia. Already 84,141 . carcase? of mutton have been exported from the ; colony as; Shewn by; the undernoted table/to which may ;be added about 24^,000 already frozen for shipment,; and yet the trade is only m its infancy. In addition to the Companies! already,: ''in-fjili operationat Dunedin'and Christchurchi no less than- five oiherSi are. floated or are m course of fornjation at .other points, viz., fat ! Inveroorgill, ,-Welji. lington, Auckland, Blenheim, and Napier. This displays a confidence m the' trad^'wiich we bel,ieve resuljts7u!ly justify, though we must own to a .scepticism on the score ; of availablei supplies". . Up to tha, present there, has certainly been hi) difficulty m providing cargoes for -all vessels with the necessary machinery -visiting these shores, but when seven companies capab'e £of,re-frigerating-50,000 to^6o^oooeheep per month arc- in full swing, it is doubtful if - so large a quantity will be forthcoming from the surplus flocks, keeping m view the tact that the requirements: for stocking- newly reclaimed country is ■annually increasing. Far be it frojprus to discourage the trade, but we deem it advisable to draw attention to the fact that even m the matter of sheep, the resources of the Colony are net illimitable. A. We are induced to 4 offer these remarks because it has come to our knowledge that some of the large sheep' ' growers of the Sonth Island' 'are perfecting arrangements for the despatch of cargoes, independently of ' i the com-i , pahießJ and it is hot improbable that from Canterbury alone, 40,000 to= 50,000 sheep, may be exported m this manner' during the year 1884. Reports' to hand regarding the shipments per Fens tan ton British Quien, and Lady Jbcelyn are ; highly satisfactory and prove conclu*« sively that New Zealand mutton-^-even the I 'merino growth— is preferred* tb c ' \ that from- Australia, and realise accord^ ingly better prices. The sheep" miost'iri „ ! favoor are' the Down brepd, which is worth noting m connection with special breeding for this trade, but plump quarter-backs and halt-breds up to 76tbs weigtt, are highly esteemed, and realise rfull 1 market rateS. '■'• Shipments of, frozen meet to date haye^been as fol-, lows:— , AA:A* .-.'• -AA'-)' '; : - : ■ : -..:•■ From Dunedin 48,227; sheep '•'■'•' „ Lyttelton ......... 14,538' „' ... <:<■> Wellington^...;.; ; 6,424! „'.". i, Bluff ....:■...: 6.550! „ • '„ Auckland ■. 7,902 „ : Totals 84,141 i i