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FREIGHTS ON PRODUCE.

A BIG INCREASE. Mr. 0. Hawken, M.P. writes to the Hawera Star:— As the commandeer of our produce by the authorities will cease very shortly, and the exporters will have to send Home on their own account, it may be of some general interest to the pub-' lie and to farmers particularly to review the rates of overseas freight at present charged and compare them with the rates charged before the war. Taking as a basis the quantities exported during the year ending March 31, 1920, the following figures will be of interest:—

Butter.—3lo,2B3 cwt., pre-war freight 5b cwt., present freight 10s 8d cwt., difference 5s 8d; total £89,230. Chee5e—1,540,949 cwt., 9-10 d lb, lV.d lb., 11-16 d; £494,306. 8eef.—576,054 cwt. 9-16 d lb (less ss), 111-16 d lb. (plus ss), 1 l-8d (plus 10s); £332,080. Mutton.—2,oß6,lll cwt., 11-16 d lb. (less ss), 1 11-18 d (plus ss), 1 l-8d (plus 10s); £1,204,727. Lamb—1,070,340 cwt,, %d lb (less ss), 115-lCd (plus ss), 13-lCd (plus 10s): £701,518. W001.—237,261,538 lb. 5-8 d lb., 15-8 d lb., Id; £988,589. Total, £3,609)120.

Tallow, pelts and flax were exported amounting to 85,893 tons. I do not know the exact difference in freight, but it is not less than £0 per ton, or a total on these of £515,<358, and a grand total on our principal exports of £4,124,478 which we would have to. pay in extra freight. There are a good wany other things, such as tinned meats timber, rabbit skins, hides, kauri gum, etc., which have not been reckoned in.

It will be noted that dairy produce pays £583,626 e\*tra, and the dairymen of the Dominion milk about 800,000 cows. It would be safe "to presume that more than a fourth of these cows are used to supply products (milk, butter and cheese) for local consumption, and adding those used to" produce dried milk it would leave less than 600,000 cpws the products from which are exported. It therefore costs £1 per cow for extra freight, or, if you allow two acres to the cow, a charge of 10s per acre for the land used for dairying. The extra charge on sheep for export, reckoning the by-products, would be about 7s per head, while for lambs it is roughly 4s 6d, and 35s for cattle. We have 40,000,000 acres of land in occupation in the Dominion, and these figures show that the extra charges being paid would amount to Is per acre over all. Again, the rates paid to counties and road boards in 1917-18 amounted to £1,150,000, and the farmers growl at the rates. The amount charged on imports for extra freight is hard to compute, as there are no official figures available, but the imports amount to three-fifths of the exports, and if I went on I daresay 1 *frould find that the extra charges now being paid for overseas freight would pay 3 per cent on the national debt. The shipping companies must be doing fairly well.

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Taranaki Daily News, 12 June 1920, Page 5

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FREIGHTS ON PRODUCE. Taranaki Daily News, 12 June 1920, Page 5

FREIGHTS ON PRODUCE. Taranaki Daily News, 12 June 1920, Page 5

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