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Total Quantity of Cheese exported, from all Grading-ports. Port. Packages. Auckland ... ... ... ... ... 55,361 New Plymouth ... ... ... ... 107,527 Wanganui .. .. ... ... ... 10,379 Patea ... ... ... ... .. 173,413 Gisborne ... ... ... ... ... 525 Wellington ... ... . . ... ... 133,120 Lyttelton and Timaru ... ... ... ... 9,725 Dunedin ... ... ... ... ... 26,475 Bluff ... ... ... ... ... 75,285 Total ... ... ... ... 591,810

Quantities and London-market Values of Butter and Cheese exported, from New Zealand for the Year ended 31st March, 1916.

Table showing Quantities of Butter exported from the Various Ports for the Years ended March, 1915, and March, 1916.

Table showing Quantities of Cheese exported from all Ports for the Years ended 31st March, 1915, and March, 1916.

Butter, Cheese. Countries exported to. Weight. Value. Weight. Value. Jnited Kingdom .. )ther countries Cwt. 358,772 37,647 £ 2,690,790 282,352 Cwt. 829,429 16,014 £ 3,649,487 70,461 Totals 396,419 2,973,142 845,443 3,719,949 Butter exported Cheese exported Summai ■ry. Weight. Cwt. 396,419 845,443 Value. £ 2,973,142 3,719,949 Total 1,241,862 6,693,091

Port. 1914-15. 1915-16. Increase Decrease. Net Decrease. Auckland New Plymouth . . Wanganui Patea .. Gisborne Wellington Lyttelton and Timaru Dunedin Packages. 421,239 145,386 7,275 13,447 T2,237 162,482 35,345 20,278 Packages. 470,691 132,944 8,769 11,572 7,143 144,309 9,856 7,554 Paekages. 49,452 1,494 4,906 Packages. 12,442 1,875 18,173 25,489 12,724 Packages. Totals . . 9 807,689 792,838 55,852 70,703 14,851

Port. 1914-15. 1915-16. Increase. Decrease. Net Increase. Auckland New Plymouth .. Wanganui Patea .. lisborne Wellington Liyttelton and Timaru Dunedin Bluff Packages. 17,1.05 87,211 6,629 151,826 245 1.45,436 12,227 28,567 79,465 Packages. 55,361 107,527 10,379 173,413 525 133,120 9,725 26,475 75,285 Packages. 38,256 20,316 3,750 21 ,587 280 Packages, 12,316 2,502 2.092 4,180 Packages. Totals .. 528,711 591,810 84,189 21,090 63,099