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(2.) WOOL— 1916-17, 1917-18, AND 1918-19 CLIPS. Statement showing Particulars of Purchases on Imperial Government Account during above Years ended 30th June, and Average Values in each Valuing Centre.

I Auckland. Auckland. Tokomaru Bay. Tokomaru Bay. Tolaga Bay. Tolaga Bay. Gisborne. Gisborne. Napier. Napier. Waitara. Waitara. Wanganui. Wanganui. Wellington. i_ j I i Number of bales valued — 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 Weight in pounds — 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 Value — 1916-17 1917-18 .. .. .. i 1918-19 .. .. ..I Average value per pound — 1916-17 1917-18 191S-19 Average value per bale — 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 Average weight per bale, in pounds — 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 34,871 42,563 40,043 12,238,489 15,210,941 14,495,275 £745,221 8 1 £904,596 1 6 £875,945 7 2 14-61d. 14-27d. 14-50d. £21 7 5 £21 5 0 £21 17 6 351 357 362 4,584 7,799 7,779 1,792,508 3,235,486 3,215,217 £110,411 14 4 £191,531 2 6 , £189,811 18 6 14-78d. 14-21d. 14-16d. £24 1 9 £24 11 2 £24 S 0 391 415 413 3.969 6,934 6,350 1,483,856 2,575,937 2,351,052 £88,965 13 2 £155,477 10 3 £142,812 8 7 14-39d. 14-48d. 14-58d. £22 8 4 £22 8 5 £22 9 9 374 371 370 36,349 40,816 42,133 13,685,819 15,499,303 15,644,606 £809,666 10 9 £913,088 15 9 £945,598 11 8 14-20d. 1414d. 14-50d. £22 5 6 £22 7 5 £22 8 1 377 380 371 87,947 84,157 84,906 33,467,148 32,034,484 32.569,111 £2,011,280 18 6 £1,932,519 8 3 £1,993.748 10 4 14-42d. 14-47d. 14-69d. £22 17 5 £22 19 3 £23 9 7 380 380 383 6,586 8,221 8,330 2,370,527 3,101,635 3,243,214 £132,063 0 4 £179,591 16 1 £194.964 12 3 13-37d. 13-90d. 1443d. £20 1 0 £21 16 11 £23 8 1 360 377 389 24,945 34,389 40,418 9,641,697 13,369,531 15,900,283 £560,018 7 1 £791,327 17 5 £972,240 9 0 13-94d. 14-20d. 14-67d. £22 9 0 £23 0 0 £24 1 I 386 389 393 114,261 114,717 110,375 44,235,643 44,548.682 43.135,776 £2,722.346 19 8 £2.755,056 16 1 £2,693.582 16 7 14-77d. 14-84d. 14-99d. £23 16 6 £24 0 4 £24 8 1 387 388 390 I Marlborough. Nelson. Christchurch. Timaru. Oamaru. Dunedin. Invercargill. Total (Dominion). I Number of bales valued — 1916-17 .. .. .. 7,878 6,130 59,746 1917-18 .. .. .. 14,794 7,644 65,366 1918-19 .. .. .. 16,038 7,818 65,241 Weight in pounds — 1916-17 .. .. .. 2,619.519 2,064,103 20,465,800 1917-18 ,. .. .. 4,892,032 2,539,155 21.839,388 1918-19 .. .. .. 5,281,265 2,619,688 21,796,762 Value — 1916-17 .. .. .. £171,021 9 5 £124,247 6 6 £1.340,929 9 3 1917-18 .. .. .. £333,266 12 6 £154,427 1 11 £1,493,925 16 10 1918-19 .. .. .. £360,929 7 8 £164,163 17 2 £1,510,545 8 5 Average value per pound — 1916-17 . . .. .. 15-67d. 14"45d. 1573d. 1917-18 .. .. .. 16-35d. 14-59d. 16"42d. 1918-19 .. .. .. 16-40d. 15-04d. 1663d. Average value per bale — 1916-17 .. .. .. £21 14 2 £20 5 4 £22 8 11 1917-18 .. .. .. £22 10 6 £20 4 0 £22 17 1 1918-19 .. .. £22 10 1 £20 19 11 £23 3 1 Average weight, per bale, in pounds — 1916-17 .. .. . . 333 337 343 1917-18 .. .. . . 331 332 324 1918-19 .. .. 329 335 334 24,139 9,820 26,917 11,673 30,707 11,222 8,285,467 3,438,868 9,223,335 3,951,117 10,611.537 3.725.853 £537.302 0 1 £204,266 14 8 £617.607 19 6 £248,558 1 7 £726,095 14 0 : £237,778 19 11 15'56d. 14-25d. l6-07d. 1511d. 16-42d. 15-32d. £22 5 2 £20 16 0 £22 18 11 £21 5 10 £23 12 11 £21 3 10 343 350 342 338 345 332 44,961 46,755 46,018 14,554,925 15,666,880 15,117,917 £922,807 7 9 £987,492 19 2 £979,427 5 7 15-22d. 15-13d. 15-55d. £20 10 0 £21 2 5 £21 5 8 324 335 328 30,035 496,221 33,045 545,790 31,180 548,558 9,292,473 179,636.842 10,626.145 198,314,051 9,242.691 198,950.247 £575,707 1 1 £11,056,256 0 10 £673,807 17 1 £12.332.275 16 5 £618,681 4 7 £12,606.326 11 5 14-87(1. 14-77d. 15-22(1. 14-92d. 16-06d. 15-21(1. £19 3 4 £22 5 7 £20 7 9 £22 11 11 £19 16 10 £22 19 7 309 36i' 321 .-ilili 296 363 N.B. —Freezing companies' slipe wool is not included in above return.