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Table No. 12 ANNUAL VALUE OF SUBSIDIES CANCELLED OR REDUCED £ £ Tea .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 500,000 Sugar .. .. .. .. .. .. 945,000 Meat.. .. .. .. .. .. 1,100,000 Bacon .. .. .. .. .. .. 250,000 Apples and Pears .. .. .. .. .. 241,000 Lemons .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,500 Cheese .. .. .. .. .. .. 190,000 Oatmeal and Rolled Oats .. .. .. .. 39,000 3,267,500 Tobacco .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 500,000 Shipping subsidy .. .. .. .. .. 800,000 Rail fares and freights .. .. .. .. .. 2,335,000 3,135,000 Primary production subsidies — Carriage of fertilizers and farm produce .. .. 375,000 Fertilizer bags, cornsacks, and woolpacks .. .. 1,464,700 Fertilizers other than superphosphate .. .. 476,000 Superphosphate .. .. .. .. .. 2,800,000 Stock and poultry foods .. .. .. .. 164,000 Other primary production subsidies .. .. .. 254,500 5,534,200 £12,436,700 Note. —Recoveries from the primary industries accounts would have amounted to £3,928,000, and would have been a set-off against the total of the subsidies shown above.

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