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APPENDICES. APPENDIX A. Copy of Cablegram from the High Commissioner, London, to the Prime Minister, dated 3rd September, 1917. Pood Controller has fixed maximum wholesale prioe of meat as follows: Home-killed beef, mutton, lamb, Is. Id. per pound; imported beef, mutton, lamb, lljd. per pound. Retailers allowed to make 2-|d. per pound or 20 per cent, profits, whichever is less, on their aggregate sales. It is proposed to raise, wholesale price to butchers of New Zealand mutton from 9|d. to Io|d., and lamb from LO-Jd. to I Lid. ; and one reason for this seems to be that it will justify continuance of high prices allowed to be charged for home-killed meat. The regulation still leaves it, in opinion of butchers, to make excessive profits on New Zealand and comparatively less on home-killed, thereby preventing public, from benefiting from comparatively low prices wholesale New Zealand. Propose to approach Pood Controller calling attention to this phase of question, and suggested that the order should be amended so as to be applicable- to home-killed beef and to imported meat separately, and that not more than the 20-per-cent. or 2|d.-per-pound profit, as the case may be, should be made on either. Would submit for your consideration whether this should be, done. Mackenzie. [Reply.] Copy of Cablegram from the Right Hon. the Prime Minister to the High Commissioner, dated 13th September, 1917. Your cable of 3rd instant regarding wholesale meat prices: Agree your proposal to approach Food Controller on linos suggested.

APPENDIX B. Statement showing Particulars of Frozen Meat purchased on behalf of the Imperial Government and shipped during the Months of April, May, June, and July, 1917.

Department of Imperial Government Supplies, R. Triggs, Controller. Wellington, N.Z., 3.lst August, 1917.

I • Da*e of Departure. Steamer. Wether Mutton. Ewe Mutton. Lamb. Beef. Boneless Beef. Mutton Pieces. 1917. April 3 5 „ 6 „ 7 ,, 21 „ 21 „ 26 „ 26 Oorinthic Waiwera Devon Arawa Leitrim Waimate Pakeha Turakina Carcases. 21.047 13,750 33.462 20.796 25.383 26.049 42,720 22,638 Carcases. 4.905 10.993 24,404 4,678 17.111 1,086 I ,673 1 ,000 Ca- cases. 41.385 19,915 28,995 43,033 19.870 418 23,618 16,679 Quarters. 2,311 4,251 13,902 3.945 16,711 7.998 7.22.S 16.999 532 sacks 6 „ 713 pkgs. 427 cts. •■ 205,845 . 427 ots. 65.850 193.913 73,345 I ,251 ay J) CC 5 II 14 18 Paparoa Ionic .. Rimutaka Zealandic 23,317 17.881 2.806 20.900 ■ 863 7,142 7,353 20.136 21.530 10.625 28.493 18,963 249 bags 127 „ I I .204 828 2,890 legs. i. . , 64,904 9,209 28,317 79,611 376 bags 2,890 legs. June c c c c 2 7 12 12 26 Bemuera .. 37.! 10 Kaikoiira .. | 27.227 Whakatane .. 21.582 Tahiti .. 2.111 Kumara .. 13,983 102.011) 10,387 9.973 9,189 9.040 26,007 48,440 18,843 375 15,761 8,951 14,070 19,556 73 bags 94 ,, 8 pkgs. 591 bags I ,320 legs. 65 bags. 38,589 93,665 58,338 766 1,385 uly 13 16 Port Lyttelton.. 30.207 Sthenic .. 28.752 3,032 4,687 27.278 603 13.766 15,507 14 pkgs. 120 bags 25 hugs. 58,959 7.719 27.881 29.273 134 25 bags. Grand totals.. 4-31,727 121,367 343,776 240,567 2,527 4,727