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Grading of Dairy-produce for Export: Percentages of New Zealand Butter and Cheese of the Various Grades.

QUANTITIES OF BUTTER AND CHEESE GRADED FOR EXPORT. The total gradings of butter and cheese for export for the twelve months ended 31st July, 1941, are shown below, also the comparative gradings for the 1936-37, 1937-38, 1938-39, and 1939-40 seasons :— . '

, Butter gradings for the 1940-41 season show an increase of 4-61 per cent., and cheese gradings an increase of 26-90 per cent. Expressed in terms of butterfat, the total increase in gradings is 10-353 per Cent. . The following table shows the grading figures for the past six years and the percentages of increase or decrease each year : —

BUTTER AND CHEESE GRADINGS.

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Butter. Cheese. Year. Finest. First. Second. Total. Finest. First. Second. Total. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. 1940-41 ;. .. 80-28 19-19 0-53 100-00 20-21 75-05 4-74 100-00 1939-40 .. .. 80-21 19-23 0-56 100-00 19-26 77-07 3-67 100-00 1938-39 .. .. 84-37 15-10 0-52 100-00 18-54 79-16 2-29 100-00 1937-38 .. .. 82-00 17-44 0-56 100-00 9-22 85-55 5-23 100-00 1936-37 .. .. 79-98 19-12 0-90 100-00 20-58 76-81 2-61 100-00 1935-36 .. .. 76-48 22-36 1-16 100-00 19-47 77-18 3-35 100-00 1934-35 .. .. 77-04 21-66 1-30 100-00 20-60 76-27 3-13 100-00

1936-37. 1937-38. 1938-39. 1939-40. 1940-41 ■ . Butter (in Tons). Salted .. 147,168 136,023 117,832 133,124 139,310 Unsaltcd.. 7,396 6,812 4,440 179 134 - 154,564 — 142,835 - - 122,272 133,303 139,444 i , . ■ . . I Cheese (in Tons). White .. 59,337 56,752 53,619 89,996 118,816 Coloured.. 28,885 28,718 27,888 3,700 83 1 _8S>222_ 85,470 81,507 — 93,696 — 118,899

Butter. Cheese. Tons. Increase or Decrease on „ Increase or Decrease on Previous Year. JU8 ' Previous Year. PerCent. Per Cent. 1940-[4l .. .. 139,444 4-61 (increase) 118,899 26• 90 (increase) 1939-40 .. .. ... 133,303 9-02 (increase) 93,696 14-96 (increase 1938-39 .. .. .. 122,272 14-39 (decrease) 81,507 4-63 (decrease) 1937-38 .. .. .. 142,835 7-59 (decrease) 85,470 3-12 (decrease 1936-37 154,564 5-37 (increase) 88,222 3-12 (increase) 1935-36 146,687 7-69 (increase) 85,555 7-68 (decrease) 1934-35 .. .. 136,217 2-86 (decrease) 92,673 10-62 (decrease)