IMPERIAL SUPPLIES.
ENORMOUS SUM SPENT IN NEW ZEALAND. The sum of £154,491,984 has been spent in New Zealand in the purchase of supplies for the Imperial Government. A return supplied by the Department to the Minister in charge (Mr. Massey) gives the following details of payments from the inception of the scheme till the end of January last: '£ Frozen meat .-s.s- 52,747.099 Cheese 1915-16 season 918,104 Cheese 1916-17 season 3,271,982 Cheese 1917-18 season 5,013,294 Cheese 1918-19 season 5,870,560 Cheese 1919-1920 season 6,290,628 Butter 1917-18 season 2,829,032 Butter 1918-19 season 2,928,685 Butter 1919-20 season 2,420,297 Butter 1920-21 season 4,358,673 Butter Equalisation Funds 1,039,493 Scheelite 178,481 Wool (including profits distribution) 52,786,652 Freezing companies slipe wool 7,489,925 Sheepskins 3,268,760 Hides 741,208 Sundries 968,952 Other business (non-Imper-ial) I ,‘570,158 Grand total £154,491,984
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 February 1921, Page 2
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128IMPERIAL SUPPLIES. Taranaki Daily News, 7 February 1921, Page 2
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