1998 United States Beef and Veal Tariff Rate Quota Allocation Pursuant to section 33 of the Meat Board Act 1997, notice is given that the New Zealand Meat Board has allocated access of United States Beef and Veal Tariff Rate Quota for the 1998 quota year, commencing 1 January 1998, as follows: Company General QuotaAllowance(tonnes) Reserved QuotaAllowance(tonnes) Total QuotaAllowance(tonnes) Affco NZ Limited 59 858.8 59 858.8 Alliance Group Limited 11 934.1 11 934.1 Canterbury Meat Packers Limited 5 918.3 5 918.3 Dairy Meats NZ Limited 6 044.9 6 044.9 Greenlea Premier Meats Limited 10 933.3 10 933.3 Hill Country Beef NZ Limited 5 079.5 5 079.5 Horizon Meats NZ Limited 56.6 56.6 Lakeview Farm Fresh Limited 28.3 28.3 Lowe Walker NZ Limited 39 603.4 39 603.4 Masterpiece Trading Limited 666.9 666.9 Phoenix Meat Co Limited 4 888.2 4 888.2 Primary Producers Co-operative Society Limited 14 359.4 14 359.4 Richmond Limited 23 888.5 23 888.5 Riverlands Holdings Limited 10 980.6 10 980.6 Taylor Preston Limited 4 851.1 4 851.1 Universal Beef Packers Limited 5 525.7 5 525.7 Waitotara Meat Co Limited 78.0 78.0 Wallford Meats NZ Limited 5 355.9 5 355.9 Beeflands/Crown Meat Consortium 3 327.4 3 327.4 Lean Meats Limited 18.1 18.1 Provision for samples 5.0 5.0 Total 210 051.5 3 350.5 213 402.0 The allocation mechanism used is as set out and described in the Quota Allowance Allocation System in Respect of United States Beef and Veal Tariff Rate Quota, copies of which are available from the board. Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of April 1998. A. DOMETAKIS, Board Secretary, New Zealand Meat Board.