§ 12 and 13. Mr. T. SMITH(for Mr. T. WILLIAMS) asked the Minister of Agriculture (1), the average wholesale and retail price of Home- and Foreign-produced meat per cwt. during the past six months, and comparable figures for 1931 and 1932;
(2) the average wholesale and retail price of Home- and Foreign-produced bacon per cwt. during the past six months, and comparable figures for 1931 and 1932?
§ Mr. ELLIOTThe answers involve long tabular statements, which I am circulating in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following are the statements:
§ Tables A, B, C, D and E are the monthly average wholesale prices (per cwt.) obtained by the Ministry's Reporters.
§ The Table F of retail prices is based on figures collected by the Ministry of Labour.
11| MUTTON (Per cwt.). | B. | ||||||||||||
| Description. | Year. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | ||||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | ||
| English (teg and wetber) | 1931 | 99 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 79 | 6 | 73 | 6 | 72 | 6 |
| 1932 | 66 | 6 | 62 | 0 | 58 | 6 | 55 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 65 | 6 | |
| 1933 | 72 | 6 | 69 | 0 | 65 | 6 | 66 | 6 | 73 | 6 | 76 | 0 | |
| Argentine, frozen | 1931 | 42 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 45 | 6 | 39 | 6 | 32 | 6 | 34 | 0 |
| 1932 | 29 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 37 | 6 | |
| 1933 | 36 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 41 | 0 | 38 | 6 | 39 | 6 | 43 | 0 | |
| New Zealand, frozen | 1931 | 49 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 52 | 6 | 45 | 6 | 39 | 6 | 37 | 6 |
| 1932 | 36 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 38 | 6 | 42 | 0 | |
| 1933 | 42 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 45 | 6 | 44 | 6 | 44 | 6 | 46 | 6 |