NEW ZEALAND HONEY

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 572, 26 January 1929, Page 12

NEW ZEALAND HONEY

PRODUCTION STEADILY INCREASING The total export of bulk honey for 1928 was 2,306,0651 b, states the quarterly report of the New Zealand Honey Control Board. The honey, for the most part, was of high quality, white honeys making nearly 20 per cent, of the total. A correct estimate of the current season s production is not yet possible, but prospects indicate that the crop will be rather less than last year owing to the unsettled climatic conditions during the earlier part of the season. Production capacity is steadily increasing, and \he board anticipates a corresponding increase in the average amount to be disposed of from year to year. The proportionate production of various districts is indicated by the amount of honey passing through the various grade stores, which for 1928 was as follows: Auckland, 10.499 cases; Lyttelton, 1,894 cases; Bluff, 1,280 cases; New Plymouth, 1,879 cases; Dunedin, 1,677 cases; Timaru, 2,804 cases; Greymouth, 1.22-9 cases; Wellington, 1,388 cases. To make the proportion correct, 640 cases require to be deducted from Auckland and added to Greymouth, this amount having been transferred from the latter store to the former. A strong advertising campaign has helped considerably to maintain sales in the United Kingdom. In addition, good business has been done recently in Scandinavia and Germany, while the board’s brand has been registered in Czecho- Slovakia, and arrangements made to market honey there.