THE WORLD'S MEAT FUTURE 267 



LIST OF EEFEIGEEATING WORKS EMPLOYED IN THE 

 MEAT EXPORT TRADE IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. 



Giving Approximate Daily Receiving and Storage Capacity. 



QUSENSItANS. 



Australian Meat Export Company Ltd., Brisbane River Works, Brisbane. 

 — (50 cattle and 3000 sheep per day, storage capacity, 40,000 quarters 

 beef and 135,000 carcases mutton; total, 4000 tons. 



Alligator Creek Works, Townsville. — 750 cattle and 2000 sheep per 

 day; storag-e capacity, 40,000 quarter.s beef ar.d 135,000 carcases 

 mutton; total, 4000 tons. 



Berg-1 Australia Ltd., Bowen Meat Freezing Works, Bowen.^150 cattle per 



day; stoi'age capacity, 1500 tons. 

 Birt and Co. Ltd., Musgrave Wharf Cold Stores, South Brisbane. — 100 cattle 



or 1100 sheep per day; storage capacity, 750 tons. 



Murarrie Works, near Brisbane. — 150 cattle or 1500 sheep per day; 



storage capacity, 700 tons. 



Borthwick and Son's (Australasia) Ltd., Thos., Moreton Freezing works, 

 Brisbane. — 250 cattle or 4000 sheep per day; storage capacity, 1000 

 tons. 



Burdekin River Meat Preserving- Company Ltd., Burdekin Works, Sellheim. 



— 260 cattle or 2(mi() slieep per day; storage capacity, 1200 tons. 

 Central Queensland Meat Export Company Ltd., Lakes Creek Works, Rock- 



hampton. — 500 cattle or 3000 sheep per day; storage capacity, 3000 



tons. 



Cooke and Co. Prop. Ltd., John, Redbank Works, via Brisbane.- — 400 

 cattle, or 280 cattle and 1600 sheep, pep day; storage capacity, 2800 

 tons. 



Crladstone Meat Works of Queensland Ltd., Gladstone Works, Gladstone. — 

 400 cattle or 3500 sheep per day, or 200 cattle and 2000 sheep per 

 day; storage capacity, 2500 tons. 



Queensland Government, Charleville Works, Charleville. — Storage capa- 

 city, 160 quarters: beef, 600 to 800 carcases of mutton. 



Queensland Meat Export Company Ltd., Eagle Farm Works, Brisbane. — 

 330 cattle and 300 sheep, or 150 cattle and 2000 sheep per day; 

 storage capacity, 32,000 quarters beef, or 105,000 carcases mutton; 

 total, 2000 tons. 



Ross River Works', Townsville. — 750 cattle, or 700 cattle and 

 1000 sheep, or 600 cattle and 2000 sheep, or 550 cattle and 2500 

 sheep per day: storage capacity, 88,000 quarters beef, or 290,000 

 carcases mutton; total, 5500 tons. 



NEW SOUTH WALES. 



Ang-liss and Co. (N.S.W.) Prop. Ltd., W., Daroohalgie "Works, near Forbes. 



— 4000 sheep and 2:iO cattle per day, and 4000 crates rabbits weekly; 



storage capacity, 100,000 carcase? lamb. 

 Australian ChUlingr and Freezing Company Ltd., Aberdeen works, near 



Newcastle. — 100 cattle and 3000 sheep per day; storage capacity, 



60,000 carcases mutton. 

 Cooke and Co. Prop. Litd., John. Sandown Works, near Parramatta. — 7000 



sheep, or 400 cattle and 3000 sheep per day; storage capacity, 



255,000 carcases mutton. 

 Crystal Ice and Cold Sljorage Company Ltd., works, Balmain, Sydney. — 



1500 sheep per day; storage capacity, 40,000 carcases mutton. 

 Metropolitan Ice and Cold Storage Company Ltd., works, Harris-street, 



Sydney. — 1200 sheep per day; storage capacity, 40,000 carcases 



mutton. 

 Metropolitan Meat Industry Board, temporary meat distributing depot, 



Pvrmont, Sydney. — Storage capacity, 1000 carcases mutton. 



