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Name of Company. 
Works. 
Ivilling- 
per 
capacity 
Day. 
Storage 
erected 
since 
August, 
Total 
Storage. 
Cattle. 
Sheep. 
. 
1914,or in 
Course of 
Erection. 
Auckland Farmers’Freezing Co. 
Southdown . . 
220 
3,000 
Carcases. 
100,000 
Carcases. 
172,000 
*Horotiu 
220 
3,000 
180,000 
180,000 
W. and R. Fletcher, Ltd... 
Whangarei .. 
150 
1,000 
40,000 
90,000 
)> . . • • • 
East Coast Co-operative Freezing Co., Ltd. . . 
Tokomaru Sheep-farmers’ Freezing Co., Ltd. 
* Westfield 
150 
3,000 
200,000 
200,000 
*Whakatane .. 
200 
1.000 
100,000 
100,000 
Waima, Toko- 
60 
3,000 
60,000 
120,000 
Poverty Bay Farmers’ Meat Co. 
maru Bay 
*Waipaoa 
150 
3,000 
200,000 
200,000 
Gisborne Sheep-farmers’ Frozen Meat Co.. Ltd. 
Haiti 
150 
4.500 
120,000 
230,000 
Nelson Bros., Ltd. 
Taruhcru 
85 
3,000 
13,000 
95,000 
Wairoa Farmers’ Co-operative Meat Co., Ltd. 
* Wairoa 
50 
2,000 
125,000 
125,000 
North British and Hawke’s Bay Freezing Co., 
Westshore, Na- 
40 
1,500 
36,000 
Ltd. 
Thos. Borthwick and Sons, Ltd. 
pier 
Pakipaki 
30 
2,000 
10,000 
60,000 
Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Meat Co. .. 
*Whakatu 
80 
2,000 
90,000 
120,000 
Nelson Bros., Ltd. 
Tomoana 
80 
4,000 
73,000 
165,000 
Taranaki Farmers’ Meat Co. 
*New Plymouth 
120 
1,500 
80,000 
80,000 
Thos. Borthwick and Sons, Ltd. 
Waitara 
200 
2,000 
80,000 
Patea Farmers’ Co-operative Freezing Co., Ltd. 
Patea 
150 
1.000 
70,000 
120,000 
Wanganui Meat Freezing Co. 
Castled iff 
80 
2,200 
40,000 
110,000 
New Zealand Refrigerating Co. 
Otaihape Farmers’ Meat and Produce Co., Ltd. 
*Imlay 
200 
6,000 
250,000 
250,000 
*Winiata 
35 
1,500 
100,000 
100,000 
Wellington Meat Export Co., Ltd. 
Feilding Farmers’ Freezing Co. 
*Ivakariki 
75 
2,000 
100,000 
100,000 
*Aorangi 
70 
1,200 
110,000 
110,000 
National Mortgage and Agency Co. 
Longburn 
80 
1,500 
70,000 
110,000 
Wellington Farmers’ Meat Co. 
Taratahi 
260 
6,000 
170,000 
300,000 
Gear Meat Preserving and Freezing Co. of New 
Petone 
100 
10,000 
100,000 
400,000 
Zealand, Ltd. 
Wellington Meat Export Co., Ltd. .. 
Ngahauranga 
130 
7,000 
100,000 
240,000 
Totals, North Island 
3,165 
77,900 
2,501,000 
3,893,000 
Nelson Freezing Co., Ltd. 
Stoke 
25 
700 
10,000 
20,000 
New Zealand Refrigerating Co., Ltd. 
Picton 
30 
1,000 
23,000 
Canterbury Frozen Meat Co., Ltd. .. 
Islington 
50 
7,000 
120,000 
354,000 
Belfast 
100 
6,000 
117,000 
190,000 
5) 5? 
Fairfield 
20 
4,000 
29,000 
80,000 
J, J3 
Pareora 
50 
4,500 
98,000 
178,000 
Thos. Borthwick and Sons, Ltd. 
* Belfast 
4,000 
76,000 
76,000 
Nelson Bros., Ltd. 
*Hornbv 
1,500 
64,000 
64,000 
North Canterbury Sheep-farmers’ Co-operative 
*Kaiapoi 
40 
2,500 
100,000 
100,000 
Freezing, Export, and Agency Co., Ltd. 
New Zealand Refrigerating Co., Ltd. 
Smithfield 
50 
6,000 
60,000 
186,000 
5J • 
Pukeuri 
3,000 
120,000 
200,000 
?> ?? 
South Otago Freezing Co., Ltd. 
Burnside 
50 
3,500 
80,000 
216,000 
Finegand, Bal- 
40 
2,500 
160,000 
200,000 
Southland Frozen Meat and Produce Export 
clutha 
Mataura 
70 
2,500 
91,500 
Co., Ltd. 
Ditto .. 
Makarewa 
120 
2,500 
60,000 
74,000 
,, 
Bluff 
13,000 
114,000 
J. G. Ward and Co., Ltd... 
Ocean Beach 
i50 
2,000 
40,000 
125,000 
Totals, South Island 
795 
53,200 
1,147,000 
2,291,500 
* Started operations since August, 1914. 
Number of 
Works. 
Daily 
Killings. 
Increase Storage 
since August, 
1914. 
Total Storage. 
Cattle. 
Sheep. 
Carcases. 
Carcases. 
North Island 
26 
3,165 
77,900 
2,501,000 
3,893,000 
South Island 
16 
795 
53,200 
1,147,000 
2,291,500 
Totals 
42 
3,960 
131,100 
3,648,000 
6,184,500 
Number of works : Increase 50 per cent, on totals in 1914. 
Cattle : Capacity per day, increase 48-6 per cent, on 1913-14 totals. Increase in number in the 
Dominion between 1911 and 1917 equals 2-75 per cent. ; increase in number killed for export, 1914 
to 1917, 122-2 per cent. 
Sheep : Capacity per day, increase 26 per cent, on 1913-14 totals. Increase in number in the Dominion 
between 1913 and i.917 equals l - 9 per cent.; decrease in number killed for export, 1914 to 1917, 
3-9 per cent. 
Storage : North Island works, increase 179-67 per cent. South Island works, increase 100-22 per cent, 
whole of New Zealand, increase 143-82 per cent. 
