THE DAIRY BOARD

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 317, 2 September 1932, Page 5

THE DAIRY BOARD

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guestion of cost big reduction over past four years DEVSLOPING MARKETS

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Palmerston 'Thursday. i Reeent critieism of -txie operations of the Dairy Produce Board's administration costs Was answered by the United States* -Mr. lorns said efInterviewed, he said that during • the last four ".years the board's costs had been l'^iuced by 17 per cent,, despite arf ?lncrease of a similar percentage.ih the quantity of produce exported,. IParmers were having their produce shipped at a lower cost today yar pound of butter and cheese than Tor the last fifteen years. Last year the board.received £41,000 from ihe levy and expended £53,000, but £fi©st of that expenditure was non-r-seurring. There was an indication itfrat the board would require td increase the levy. If any increase was anade it , would be used Solely in adi vertising overseas. ] Markets In The East . Referring to the development oi markets the chairman said the board v/as up against tariff walls everywhere. In the East another difficulty was the lack of direct shipping service, Moreover, the tariff imposed on eastem products entering New Zealand militated against facilities for a regular interchange of cargo- The difficulty of securing suitahle shipping facilities greatly hampered the board's aetivities in tbe Eastern market. However, with the direct ser- | vice contemplated by the Osako Maru line, vessels leaving Auckland monthly, it was hoped that other industrI ies would make use of the facilities I and assist in building up sufficierit j freight to warrant a regular timetable. Canada and United States Concerning markets in Canada and the United States, Mr. Iorns said efforts to cultivate these in past years had been countered by the tariffs. :It was not known whether any reciprocal agreement between Capada and New Zealand had been develop- , ed at Ottawa. Attempts had been made to open up a market in the Panama Canal zone. Some biltter had* been sent there, but the territory came within the scope of the United States Customs regulations. Produce sent ; there for re-export to British Honduras and other Empire territory adjacent and the Latin States, could not escape these.