196 The N.Z. Journal of Science and Technology. [July 
for the diversion of heavy supplies from existing markets, is clear to those 
connected with the frozen-meat market. 
The total number of insulated steamers engaged in carrying meat from 
New Zealand in 1914 was 54 regular boats and 17 occasional ones. The 
54 boats trading between New Zealand and United Kingdom, and nowhere 
[£. Taylor, Dept. Agriculture, photo. 
Fig. 3.—Method of dividing carcases of mutton and lamb 
to save shipping-space. 
else, averaged about two and a half trips per annum, while the other 17 
steamers sometimes loaded in South America and Australian ports instead 
of New Zealand, so that these could be averaged at about one trip per annum. 
The total carrying-capacity of the 54 regular traders was 5,361,300 carcases 
of 56 lb., and the 17 boats 1,545,700 carcases. The average carrying-space 
of the 54 vessels was almost 100,000 carcases per trip, the highest being 
