PURCHASE OF PRODUCE.
■ ■ *a* BY IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Oct. 29. A report presented to Parliament on Monday covers the operations of the Imperial Supplies Department from its ineetion on March 3, 191"), to the end of Setember, 1918. During this period the Department paid £71,057,271 for New Zealand produce. Tho quantity of meat in store on September 30, 1918, for which no space lhad been allotted in overseas steamers was 4,0G4,07G freight carcases, of which 2,921,409 were in the North Island and 1,742,007 in the South Island. The cheese in store awaiting shipment on September 30 amounted to 275,573 crates, the North Island share bein» 223,230 crates. Hue butter in store on September 30 amounted to 107,707 boxes, of which 104,039 boxes were in the North Island. The total payments made by the Department to the end of September, 1918, were as follows: Frozen meat, £27 WO- - 070; cheese, £9,024,533: butter, ' £2jSlo,Or>7; scheelite, £122,917; wool, £24,- < c ! 0,300; slipe wool, £3,270,332; sheep ■ skins, £1,121,000; hides, £704.577; other business, £1,230,747: total, £7l- -
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 November 1918, Page 8
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174PURCHASE OF PRODUCE. Taranaki Daily News, 1 November 1918, Page 8
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