Report on the trade in refrigerated beef, mutton and lamb

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Identifikator:: 1800540760

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-185131

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Report on the trade in refrigerated beef, mutton and lamb

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Stat. Off.

Year of publication:: 1925

Scope:: vi, 65 Seiten; Ill., graph. Darst.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter V. The trade in Great Britain

Collection:: Economics Books

arrives at the retailer's shop in its brightest condition. The circumstances of the trade, however, prevent this method from being applied to all frozen supplies; in the first place, demand is uncertain, and, secondly, killing in several sources of supply is seasonal—which, of itself, necessitates storage, if supplies are to be evenly spread over the year. Since 1914, cold storage accommodation in Great Britain and Ireland has increased considerably, owing to war require- ments, and now amounts to over 45 million cubic feet, of which about 73 per cent. is available for meat storage. The principal sold stores are situated at the meat ports, the capacity at which, as given in the Report of the Royal Commission on Food Prices, is approximately as follows :— cu. ft. London - 17,495,000 Liverpool - 7,913,000 Manchester 3,630,000 Glasgow - 2,881,000 Southampton 1,859,000 Bristol - 1 850,000 Cardiff - 937,000 Hull - - 300,000 Newcastle - 580,000 Accommodation is also available at a number of provincial centres, of which the most extensive is at Birmingham, where the capacity is returned as approximately 797,000 cubic feet. Owners of cold stores comprise dock authorities, municipal authorities, the Union Cold Storage Company, several smaller sompanies, and a number of individuals. The accommodation is far in excess of peace requirements; a number of cold stores have been closed for some time, whilst thers have been working considerably below capacity. The tendency to store in the producing countries, for the purpose of regulating shipments of frozen goods, and the increase in the ratio of chilled to frozen beef consumed have each reduced the demand for storage accommodation. Since 1923, the small mutton and lamb shipments from Australia have had a similar effect. Carcases reaching cold store from a ship are placed in a chamber ‘ piled to marks,” 7.e., stacked according to the various marks to indicate quality and weight which are stencilled on sach carcase-cover. This arrangement facilitates selling and drawing from store. Goods are ‘ weighed in” only on request and at extra charge, and usually only when a seller has reason to believe that his bill-of-lading weights are inaccurate, or when he desires to be clear of any claim for short weight directly the goods are landed. Goods are always weighed as they leave the store, the proprictors issuing to the owners a weight note, giving the marks, the name of the ship from which the meat was received. and the total weight of the carcases drawn.

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