OUR CHEESE EXPORT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2840, 6 March 1888, Page 2

OUR CHEESE EXPORT.

W Regarding our cheese export; tlie London offico of tlio Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, reports that fair supplies have recently come to i hand lrora New Zealand, a consider* able proportion being landed (from cool chambers) in good condition, but the bulk (shipped as ordinary cargo) in a more or less heated state. In point of age, quality, size,' color, texture, the various consignments have exhibited au undesirable variety, and values have in consequence covered a wide range, say from 20s to sls per cwfc, the major portion having mado from iOs to 45s per cwt. Apart from the irregularities in quality and make, the characteristic most objected to by buyers has been the crumbly nature of the cheese. Retailers have found that such olieese wastes considerably in the process of cutting, and until that fault ■; „ Jl. can be remedied, shipments from New \JOP ! ' Zealandwill notcoramand the attention which their qnality might otherwise merit. Supplies have been placed m 80 mxny hands for disposal that there has been an amount of unnecessary competition, considerably deprecating

ket values. There appcurs to bo no doubt but that, if landed at Home in good condition, not a few of the consignments dealt with would have realised prices equal to those current for prime American and Canadian parcels, say 56a to 60s In order, however, to reach oi'Wrpass the standard of excellence now attained by these descriptions, New Zealand shippers must forthwith give the most careful attention' to tho requirements of this market in respect of shape, size, color, ilaror, packing, ko. Tho general trade has recently been rather but there are now signs of an improvement in values being ere Ion" established. ?'