Canterbury Central Co-Operative Dairy Company, Ltd. Directors: Messrs J. Barnett (chairman), C. Sanderson, A. Anderson, J. Barrett, R. Evans, J. P. Withell, W. Dunlop, J. Milne, P. Wright, J. Spence, J. Pannett, J. Reynolds, S. C. Watson, J. P. Lee, and E. J. Palmer. Bankers, National Bank of New Zealand. Registered office, Christchurch; Butter Factory, Addington; Creameries: Halswell, Marshlands, Oxford, Doyleston, Springston, Lakeside, Little River, Ladbrooke's, Kaiapoi, Dunsandel, Rangiora, Tinwald, and Rabbit Island. Mr. R. Ellison (secretary), and Mr. J. Barrett (overseer). This important industry was founded in 1892. The principal factory at Addington is adjacent to the Addington Junction railway station, with which it is connected by a siding. The factory is a brick building of one and two stories, was erected in 1892, and contains a full plant, with capacity of 5000 Ibs. of butter per eight hours. The machinery is driven by a twelve horse-power engine and a twenty horse-power boiler. In addition to the ordinary butter machinery there is a No. 3 refrigerator and De Laval separators. From three to four hundred farmers are members of the company, the milk supply being the yield of nearly 4000 cows. The cost of the factory at Addington, including refrigerating plant, railway siding, and thirteen creameries, has been considerably more than £12,000. The capital of the company is £15,000, in 7500 shares of £2 each, of which £4728 shares are allotted and £7702 paid up. The directors some time since decided to extend the operations of the company by retailing milk in Christchurch and suburbs, and with the present capable management, there seems every reason to expect that the Central Dairy Company will have a prosperous future.