MAGNITUDE OF THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 184, 13 April 1915, Page 7

MAGNITUDE OF THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

My George Gcrodair, lecturing last week at the City of London College on the masalttKle of the refrigerated prodace industry, stated that South America sent ahoixt 8 per cent, of its pro trail* sent 4 per cent., and New Zealand 24 per cent. Theifa wore shipped from th® free ring works of those conntrie* last year 12,750,000 sheep and lambs and 1,400,060 head of cattle. Bay smd night, the sheep and Eamha wjare, killed at a rata.of 1.-500 per hour, or 85,000 a day. Stated othorwi»e y the procession would stretch continuously in sing]© file for 8,500 miles, and the last animal to start for tha freezing work* wowM not reach there nndjdr two and a half years. The weight of 1 tha aoasignments was 796,000 tons, of which 690,000 tons came to the United Kingdom, The import value of these 690,000 tons was £30,000,000. Moat of tlfle carrying ship® were British, owned. Only about ten German iteamr era wore fitted for the trade, and they wer* oat of it a week affier the war. A® regards competition with homo supplies, two dinners otrl of every three were still supplied, from thja home 2ocls».