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Creamery Butter (in Tons): Quantities purchased for Export and Paid for at Differential Prices

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

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Finest Grade. First Grade. Grading Ports. Total. 94 Points and over. 93 to 93£ Points. (Basic Price.) 92 to 92J Points. 1 90 to 91£ Points. Second Grade. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Auckland 74,526 23,338 34,163 10,098 6,658 269 Bluff 43 13 22 8 Dunedin 64 19 37 8 Gisborne 1,065 573 372 114 6 Lyttelton 1,280 629 527 96 28 Napier 509 116 343 30 20 New Plymouth 8,439 3,427 4,003 628 375 6 Patea 551 100 169 111 170 1 Timaru 405 36630 8 1 Wanganui 1,605 *492 891 182 40 Wellington 11,803 4,709 4,805 1,700 584 5 Grand totals— 1945-46 100,290 33,384 45,658 13,039 7,919 290 1944-45 119,807 47,906 52,319 12,810 6,654 118 1943-44 98,648 38,821 43,659 9,666 6,320 182 1942-43 101,696 35,046 47,417 11,464 7,426 343 1941-42 100,432 40,497 40,106 9,507 9,043 1,279 1940-41 133,337 43,569 63,470 14,828 10,757 713 Percentage of qualities 1945-46 100 33-29 45-52 13-00 7-90 0-29 1944-45 100 39-99 43-67 10-69 5-55 0-10 1943-44 100 39-35 44-26 9-80 6-41 0-18 1942-43 100 34-47 46-63 11-27 7-30 0-33 1941-42 100 40-32 39-93 9-47 9-00 1-28 1940-41 100 32-67 47-60 11-12 8-07 0-54

Grading Ports. Total. First Grade. Second Grade. • Tons. Tons. Tons. Auckland 631 371 260 Bluff .. 168 167 1 Dunedin 35 6 29 Lyttelton 25 24 1 New Plymouth 505 496 9 Patea 788 785 3 Timaru Wellington 406 335 * 71 Grand totals— 1945-46 2,558 2,184 374 1944-45 2,783 2,582 201 1943-44 2,420 2,256 164 1942-43 2,257 2,095 162 1941-42 3,123 2,974 149 1940-41 2,855 2,695 160 Percentage of qualities— 1945-46 100 85-38 14-62 1944-45 100 92-78 7-22 1943-44 100 93-22 6-78 1942-43 .. 100 92-82 7-18 1941-42 100 95-23 4-77 1940-41 100 94-39 5-61 Butter figures calculated at forty boxes to a ton.