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

Cheese figures calculated at fourteen crates to a ton. It should be noted that the following additional quantities were purchased for export during the 1945-46 season ex stocks from the United States Joint Purchasing Board : butter, 2,636 tons ; cheese, 521 tons. QUANTITIES OF BUTTER AND CHEESE EXPORTED The quantities of butter and cheese exported from the various grading ports of the Dominion are shown in the following tabulation:—

Butter and Cheese Exports from 1st August, 1945, to 31st July, 1946

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Finest Grade. First Grade. Second Grade. Grading Ports. Total. 94 Points and over. 93 to 93| j Points. 92 to 92i Points. (Basic Price.) 91 to Points. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Auckland 18,814 58 1,402 9,008 5,274 3,072 Bluff 9,421 426 3,653 5,022 236 84 Dunedin 1,007 39 228 538 199 3 Gisborne 100 1 12 52 29 6 Lyttelton Napier New Plymouth 890 43 19,031 15 - 247 366 1 6,164 487 38 9,518 21 4 2,841 1 261 Patea 22,777 195 5,150 15,147 2,051 234 Timaru 618 13 339 264 2 Wanganui 2,341 226 1,484 592 " 39 Wellington 11,743 146 . 3,290 5,944 2,043 320 Grand totals — 1945-46 86,785 1,140 20,831 47,502 13,292 4,020 1944-45 90,429 ■ 1,272 21,840 48,412 14,694 4,211 1943-44 81,544 820 17,768 45,966 13,150 3,840 1942-43 93,638 660 18,997 56,378 15,274 2,329 1941-42 150,127 1,051 28,097 69,703 38,676 12,600 1940-41 117,798 901 22,901 67,125 21,278 5,593 Percentage of qualities— 1945-46 100 1-31 24-00 54-74 15-32 4-63 1944-45 100 1-40 24-15 53-54 16-25 4-66 1943-44 100 1-00 21-79 56-37 16-13 4-71 1942-43 100 0-70 20-29 60-21 16-31 2-49 1941-42 100 0-70 18-72 46-43 25-76 8-39 1940-41 100 0-76 19-45 56-98 18-06 4-75

Grading Ports. To Great Britain. . To other Destinations. Total Exports. Percentage. Butter. Cheese. Butter. Cheese. Butter. Cheese. Butter. Cheese. Auckland Nefa Plymouth Patea Wanganui Wellington Gisborne Napier North Island totals Lyttelton Timaru Dunedin Bluff South Island totals Dominion totals Boxes. 3,177,785 355,885 52,136 64,026 472,990 52,562 48,058 Crates. 256,765 258,648 337,913 32,617 170,484 1,405 2,127 Boxes. 13,153 Crates. 1,785 Boxes. 3,190,938 355,885 52,136 64,026 472,990 52,562 48,058 Crates. 258,550 258,648 337,913 32,617 170,484 1,405 2,127 73-88 8-24 1-21 1-48 10-95 1-22 1-11 21-01 21-02 27-46 2-65 13-85 0-12 0-17 4,223,442 1,059,959 13,153 1,785 4,236,595 1,061,744 98-09 86-28 57,730 11,998 3,978 8,605 11,581 8,393 14,091 134,795 57,730 11,998 3,978 ■8,605 11,581 8,393 14,091 134,795 1-34 0-28 0-09 0-20 0-94 0-68 1-15 10-95 82,311 168,860 82,311 168,860 1-91 13-72 4,305,753 1,228,819 13,153 1,785 4,318,906 1,230,604 100-00 100-00 Butter : Forty boxes equals 1 ton. Cheese : Fourteen crates equals 1 ton.