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

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

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Grading Ports. Total. First Grade. Second Grade. Tons. Tons. Tons. Auckland .. .. .. 886 749 137 Bluff .. .. .. .. 51 49 2 Duixedin .. .. .. 33 24 9 New Plymouth .. .. .. 625 622 3 Patea .. .. .. .. 743 742 1 Timaru .. .. .. .. 27 27 Wellington .. .. .. 490 482 8 Grand totals— 1940-41 .. .. .. 2,855 2,695 160 1939-40 .. .. .. 2,095 2,063 32 1938-39 .. .. .. 1,700 1,610 90 1937-38 .. .. 1,795 1,613 182 1936-37 .. .. .. 1,436 1,249 187 - Percentage of qualities — 1940-41 .. .. .. 100 94-39 5-61 1939-40 .. .. .. 100 98-47 1-53 1938-39 .. .. .. 100 94-71 5-29 1937-38 .. .. .. 100 89-86 10-14 1936-37 .. .. .. 100 86-98 13-02

Finest Grade. First Grade. Grading Ports. Total. Q9 . Q0 , Second 94 Points 93 to 93J ?> , 92 * 91 to 91J Grade, and over. Points. (B J^ oe} Points. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Auckland .. .. .. 29,193 64 1,115 14,469 8,895 4,650 Bluff .. 11,965 108 2,351 7,047 2,168 291 Dunedin .. .. .. 1,721 50 323 1,130 206 12 Gisborne .. .. .. 138 .. .. 70 65 3 Lyttelton .. .. .. 857 36 403 369 40 9 • Napier .. , . .. 189 .. 81 94 14 Now Plymouth .. .. 25,908 165 10,425 12,778 2,503 37 Patea .. .. .. 25,986 90 5,675 17,580 2,424 217 Timaru .. .. .. 788 138 305 328 14 3 Wanganui .. .. .. 3,347 14 282 2,191 792 68 Wellington .. .. 17,706 236 1,941 11,069 4,157 303 Grand totals — 1940-41 .. .. 117,798 901 22,901 67,125 21,278 5,593 1939-40 .. .. 92,508 951 16,820 56,071 15,274 3,392 1938-39 .. .. 80,214 1,364 13,518 49,745 13,736 1,851 1937-38 .. .. 83,784 385 7,350 53,658 18,023 4,368 1936-37 .. .. 86,708 2,079 15,768 48,045 18,561 2,255 Percentage of qualities — 1940-41 .. .. 100 0-76 19-45 56-98 18-06 4-75 1939-40 .. .. 100 1-03 18-18 60-61 16-51 3-67 1938-39 .. .. 100 1-70 16-85 62-01 17-12 2-32 1937-38 .. .. 100 0-46 8-77 64-05 21-51 5-21 1936-37 .. .. 100 2-40 18-18 55-41 21-41 2-'6Q-Cheese figures calculated at fourteen crates to a ton.