Dairies were mainly stocking one type, usually packeted butter ;
but the co-operative group of shops was more or less evenly divided
between one, two and three types.

In general, the higher the class of trade of the shop, the greater
the number of types stocked.

Country of Origin.
Butter is imported into the United Kingdom through three main
channels; Australian and New Zealand butters chiefly through
London ; Irish butter through the ports on the West coast ; and
European butters, mostly from Denmark, through the ports on the
East coast.
Table 5 shows the main ports of entry for Australian, New Zealand,
Irish Free State and Danish butters during the year 1929. This
table forms the basis of Figure I.

TABLE 5.— Imports of Butter into the United Kingdom, 1929.

Country.

} Australia.

Total Imports .. ,

Th. cwt.
768

Port.

London ..
Liverpool
Bristol ..
Cardiff ..
Goole .. ..
Grimsby su
Harwich aw
Manchester ..
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Fishguard .o .
Holyhead .. .
Glasgow .. re
Leith .. .. .
Belfast ., + -
Northern Ireland Land
Boundary Stations ..

Per cent.
99-0
0-4

Dv

New
Zealand.

Th. cwt. |
1.818

Per cent.
93-8
2:0 |
> 2

J

Irish
Free State

Th. cwt.
568

Per cent.
2-2
21-2
0-6
3-2

7
9-0

0-2

i118

Denmark.

Th. cwt.
2 204

Per cent.
0:3

7:0
71.5
7
+2
1

Total
Imports.

Th. cwt.
6.397

Per cent.
44-8
2-4
0-5

2-4
11-1
4-7
8:0
1.1
2.9
ney
NL
2
5