BRITISH CONSUMPTION.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20254, 24 July 1937, Page 26 (Supplement)

BRITISH CONSUMPTION.

MARKED INCREASE SHOWN. DOMINION TOTALS HIGHER. A distinct increase in the amount of meat consumed in Great Britain during the first four months of this year, compared with the same period a year ago, is shown by the official figures of supplies of meat, compiled by the London Central Markets, which have been received by the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board. Although the consumption of pork and bacon fell away a little, there were marked increases in beef, veal, mutton, and lamb, and the combined total of all descriptions of meat showed a considerable advance.

For the four months supplies of all kinds of meat amounted to 150,466 tons, an increase of 7909 tons compared with the same period in 1936. Beef and veal stocks rose by 4640 tons to 86,085 tons, and supplies of mutton and lamb were 8753 tons heavier at 46,932 -tons. Pork and bacon fell off by 484 tons to 17,449 tons.

New Zealand's contributioi\_to the beef and veal stocks rose by 853 tons to 4753 tons. Mutton and lamb shipments went up by an almost identical amount, 854 tons, to 18.840 tons, and pork and bacon exports to the markets fell by 278 tons to 2579 tons. Once again by far the highest increases in beef, veal, mutton and la nib were registered by Australia.

Interesting Statistics. The following table shows the individual amounts of beef and veal received from the chief contributing countries in the first four months of this year, as against the corresponding period last year:— Rise

The mutton and lamb figures, which show that New Zealand and Australia supply a very substantial portion of the combined stocks are:—

Supplies of bacon and pork were received as follqws:—

The bacon and pork figures show clearly how New Zealand is concentrating more on the other types of meat, these having been for some time the only shipments which have shown a decrease.

1987 1938 or fall Ton* Tons Tons England and Wales 8,433 7,564 879 Scotland _ _ _ 6,690 6,850 160 Ireland _____ 567 489 68 Australia _ _ _ 6,746 4,019 1,727 New Zealand _ _ 4,753 3,900 853 Canada _ _ 568 287 276 Union of S. Africa _ 238 227 11 Southern .Rhodesia 876 866 510 U.S. of America _ _ 479 409 70 Argentina _ _ 62,690 52,052 638 Uruguay _ _ _ 2.242 2 384 142 Brazil _ _ _ _ 2,818 2,908 90

Rise 1937 1936 or fai. Tons Tons Tons England and Wales _ 3,046 3,128 S2 Scotland _ _ _ 7,246 7,667 421 Ireland _____ 40 110 70 Australia _ 10,705 8,864 2,351 New Zeailand _ _ 18,840 17.986 864 Canada _____ 28 7 21 Union of South Africa 13 — 13 U.S. of America _ _ 28 27 1 Argentina _ _ _ 0,468 6,198 1,270 Uruguay _ _ _ 809 509 200

1937 Tons England and Wales _ 10,415 1930 oi Tons 10,105 35 • fall Tons 810 Ireland ______ 2,092 Australia' _ _ _ 884 New Zealand _ _ 2,579 U.S. of America __ _ 243 ■Cannda .... __ __ __ 479 Argentina — _ _ 295 2,790 916 2.857 / 2^ 243 704 82 278 258 52