High Cost Of Importing
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Stock
THE New Guinea Administration has announced, by circular, that it is pre pared to supply live-stock to land owners desirous of stocking their pro perties, at the following rates per head:
The charges seem very high; but it is pointed out that the cost of freight, alone, to Rabaul, is as follows: Bulls, £22; cows, £l6; stallions, £22; horses, £18; dogs and pigs, 27 6; sheep and goats, 22/-. Pigs and poultry, crated, are £5 per ton.
About Purebred sheep £14 Goats £25 Heifers, in calf £60 Good bulls £100 Rams £23 Draft mares £68 Hacks £79