Day 066 - 14 Dec 94 - Page 74


     
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     2   MS. STEEL:  It is 1989 according to the statement.
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     4   MR. RAMPTON:  I do not mind whether it is 80 or 89, because what
     5        I am interested in is the fifth column which is, I think,
     6        headed "1990".  Is it headed 1990?
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     8   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  "1990 Gee Whiz Numbers".
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    10   MR. RAMPTON:  Do you have that?
    11        A.  Yes, I do.
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    13   Q.   That is 1990.  What I want help with is the figure for the
    14        total which is the fourth line down.  I am not clear
    15        whether it is 497 or 407.
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    17   MS. STEEL:  I think it must be 97.
    18        A.  It is 497.
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    20   MR. RAMPTON:  Thank you very much, 497.  I have not added them
    21        up.  Is it 309?  389 perhaps it is.  Never mind, it was
    22        only the first digit I was uncertain about.  So we say
    23        497,889, £128 million, is that right?
    24        A.  That is correct.
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    26   Q.   That is correct.  Then if we turn over the page -- we will
    27        not do that just yet.  What I wanted to ask, were these
    28        figures pulled out of data at McDonald's?
    29        A.  Yes, this is an internal document where we estimate all
    30        of our consumption of our major products, so it is
    31        McDonald's numbers.
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    33   MR. MORRIS:  Is this the USA?
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    35   THE WITNESS:  The USA only, that is correct.
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    37   MR. RAMPTON:  Over the page appendix 2 we find World Meat
    38        Statistics.  There are, first of all, some tables, them
    39        some graphs.  Where did they come from?
    40        A.  They come from two sources: the United States
    41        Department of Agriculture and the Australian Meat and
    42        Livestock Corporation.
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    44   Q.   We see at the bottom of the right-hand page on the first
    45        sheet "Source US DA" underneath the table and on the top of
    46        the next document "World Beef Production".  You have
    47        written, is it your writing, "Source Australian Meat and
    48        Livestock Corporation"?
    49        A.  Yes, it is.
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    51   Q.   Once again for 1990, the relevant column for this purpose 
    52        is beef and veal which on the first sheet is the first 
    53        column on the left-hand side in the lower of the two
    54        blocks.  These are in thousands of tonnes of carcass weight
    55        is that right?  Is it right or not?  I cannot read it.
    56        A.  I think you have lost me.
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    58   Q.   Sorry.  "World Meat Production" right?  The first one is
    59        "World Livestock Numbers".  Do you have the table headed
    60        "World Meat Statistics"?

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