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commercial commodity. In fact, these by-products are utilized to such 
an extent that a great proportion of the profits comes from them. The 
Christchurch Meat Company also owns works at Smithfield (near Timaru), 
Picton, Pukeuri (near Oamaru), Burnside, and Wanganui. In 1891 Mr. 
Gilbert Anderson (now of London) was elected managing director, and it 
was due to a great extent to his organization that the company was 
brought to such a high position in the trade. I may here mention that 
the Christchurch Meat Company has erected very large and up-to-date 
works at Imlay, near Wanganui; and it is interesting to learn that the 
name of the company has lately been changed to the “ New Zealand 
Refrigerating Company,’ 5 thus going back to the name of the first company 
formed in New Zealand, whose business it absorbed. 
[ S. Taylor, Dept. Agriculture . photo. 
Fig. 1.—Islington Freezing-works. 
Too much importance cannot be attached to the valuable part rendered 
by the late John Grigg in developing the industry in Canterbury, and it 
should never be lost sight of that it was entirely due to his exertions that 
the trade in this part of the Dominion in frozen meat was placed on such 
a businesslike and sound footing. The feature of Mr. Grigg’s connection 
was his absolute confidence from the outset in the ultimate result of this 
new trade. As a fat-stock raiser he fully realized the extreme importance 
of an outlet for surplus stock, and in backing up his opinion he adopted 
the practical method of chartering sailing-ships with refrigerating machinery 
and filling them from stock provided by himself. He not only did this 
in Canterbury, but he also assisted the early operations in Dunedin by 
supplying sheep previous to works being established in Canterbury. It 
required a considerable amount of pluck in those days to plunge in and 
take the risks which this early pioneer in the trade ran into, not only in 
dealing with stock from his own place but in the much larger proportion 
which consisted of purchases from other growers. 
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