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Whey Butter (in Tons): Quantities purchased and paid for at Differential Prices.

Cheese (in Tons): Quantities purchased and paid for at Differential Prices.

It will be noted that in tlie case of creamery butter 44§ per cent, was paid for at the basic guaranteed price, and 36 per cent, above and 191 per cent, below the basic guaranteed price. In the case of cheese 55 J per cent, was paid for at the basic guaranteed price, and 20J per cent, above and 24 per cent, below the basic guaranteed price. PROCESSES IN PURCHASE OF BUTTER AND CHEESE AND SHIPMENT AND DELIVERY TO MARKETS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. The procedure adopted by the Department in regard to the purchase and sale of dairy-produce is as follows :— 1. Dairy factory companies forward butter and cheese to the cool stores for export as in the past. The care of the produce in cool store is the responsibility of dairy companies, but supervision is exercised by the expert officers of this Department and by the Government Dairy-produce Graders, with a view to the preservation of the quality of butter and cheese.

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Grading Ports. Total. First Grade. Second Grade. Tons. Tons. Tons. ' Auckland .. .. .. 363 202 161 Bluff .. .. .. .. 30 29 1 New Plymouth .. .. .. 343 332 11 Patea .. .. .. .. 589 577 12 Wellington .. .. .. .121 109 12 Grand totals .. .. .. 1,446 1,249 197 Percentage of qualities . . . . 100 86 -38 13 • 62

Finest Grade. First Grade. Grading Ports. Total. no , nol Second 94 Points 93 to 931 p ° t 91 to 911 Grade. and over. Points. . 01 ?, s .' , Points. (Basic Price.) Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Auckland .. .. .. 15,178 74 1,053 8,637 4,200 1,214 Blufl .. .. .. 11,508 296 2,532 5,303 3,131 246 Dunedin .. .. .. 1,960 163 595 923 267 12 Gisborne 82 .. 5 51 25 1 Lyttelton .. .. .. 1,022 65 370 529 46 12 Napier .. . . . . 110 . . 57 44 9 New Plymouth. .. .. 16,798 539 5,575 7,961 2,626 97 Patea .. .. .. 22,111 191 3,074 14,209 4,333 304 Timaru .. .. .. 618 .. 88 498 29 3 Wanganui .. .. .. 2,477 346 401 1,349 336 45 Wellington .. .. 14,844 405 2,018 8,541 3,559 321 Grand totals .. .. 86,708 2,079 15,768 48,045 18,561 2,255 Percentage of qualities .. 100 2-40 18-18 55-41 21-41 2-60 Waxed .. .. .. 58-54 Coloured .. .. 32-69 Cheese figures calculated at fourteen crates, to a ton.