POLITICAL NOTES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3361, 30 October 1911, Page 5

POLITICAL NOTES.

FOOD PRODUCTS

(From our Parliamentary Reporter.) 1 WELLINGTON, Oct. 28. 4. return laid before Parliament on the motion of Mr Russell shows the wholesale value in London of food pioducts exported from the Dominion cluiing the months of May, June and July •1911, and the retail values of the same products in the Dominion, during the same months. The comparison shows mat in nearly every case the wholesale prices in London were considerably lower. The following are the London prices, the Dominion retail prices being shown in parentheses: Mutton, Ma,\ 2-Sd to 3ld per lb, June 3RI to Jd per lb, July 3§d to 4d per lb (May 3d to 6d per lb, June 3d to 7d per lb, July 3d to 7cl per lb); Jamb, May 4cl to 4|d per_lb, June 4.1 d to sgd per lb, July 43d- to o,d per lb, (May 4d to 8d per lb, June 4d to 8d per lb, July 4cl to Scl per lb); beef, May ljjd per lb to 4d per lb, Jm<e 2id to 33d per lb, 2’d to 31(1 per lb (Mav 4d to 9d per lb, June 4d to 9cl) per lb, July 4d to 9d per lb); butter, May 105 s to 108 s per cwt, June 104 s to ioßs per cwt, 108 s to 112 s per cwt (May Is 2d to Is 3d per lb, June Is 3d to Is 5d per lb, July is 4d to Is Od per lb); cheese, May 58s to 02s per cwt, Juno 56s to 59s 6d per cwt, July 60s to 01s per cwt (May 8d to lOcli per lb, June Sd to 10d per lb, July 8d to lOd per lb). NATIVE LANDS, The present position of Native lands in the North Island is shown in a return presented to the House of Representatives by the Native Minister on Saturday morning. The following are the total areas in the main division : Lands title to which has not been ascertained, otherwise Papatupu or cuetomary lands, 1,777,209 acres; lands to v hich titles were ascertained! and 0 • leased to Europeans 2,422,469. (2) field by owners 5,629,277,_ total 10,829,486. The lands were distributed as follows Papatupu lands, Auckland 1,897,567 acres Taranaki 31,000 Hawke’s Bay 519,681, Wellington 328,961, total 2,777,209. Leased lands, Auckland 392,374 acres, Taranaki 64,718 acres, Hawke’s Bay . 1,285,556. Wellington 679,820. total 2,423,469. Lands held by Maoris, Auckland 3.387,107 acres, Taranaki 494,298, Hawke’s Bay 774,922, Wellington 973,481; total. 5,629,505.