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Prices for frozen tongues are under consideration and will be advised later. Yours faithfully, B. Roberts, Minister of Marketing. PURCHASE AND SALE PROCEDURE AND PRICES PAID FOR 1945-46 SEASON'S MEAT PURCHASED BY MARKETING DEPARTMENT FOR EXPORT The purchase and sale procedure has remained unchanged during the 1945-46 season. Negotiations between the New Zealand Meat-producers Board and the Economic Stabilization Commission resulted in increased prices being paid to farmers for fat lambs and cattle as from the opening of the 1945-46 season. Details of the resultant f.o.b. prices are set out in the Meat Marketing Order 1942, Amendment No. 4. The purchases made by the Marketing Department from freezing companies and exporters during the twelve months ended 31st July, 1946, totalled £23,480,749 (N.Z. currency). Debits for shipments to the United Kingdom Ministry of Food and deliveries to the United States Joint Purchasing Board for the same period were £26,108,079 (N.Z. currency) and £1,264,832 (N.Z. currency) respectively. The following table shows particulars of meat purchased by the Marketing Department from freezing companies and exporters during the twelve months ended 31st July, 1946 :

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— Beef. Sheep. Lamb. Pork. I Veal. Bobby Veal. Livers (in pails or rubber bags) 8-625 9-5625 7-6875 11-125 Livers (in cartons) 8-5 9-4375 7•5625 11-0 Livers (in bags or boxes) 6-8i25 7-4375 8-375 6-5 7-75 Throatbreads 5•5625 9-3125 6-1875 6•1875 Heartbreads 8-8125 5-9375 5-9375 Hearts (sound) 4-0 5-25 4-3125 4-5' 3-6875 4-3125 Hearts (cut) 3-5 4-75 3-8125 4-0 3-1875 3-8125 Kidneys 9-875 7-4375 8•0625 ' 8-0625 Kidneys (special) 13-625 Kidneys (small) 13-0 Tails 5-5625 Cheeks 3-125 Skirts (thick) 5-25 Skirts (thin) .. .. 3-375 Tripe (raw) .. .. .. 1-875

Class of Meat. Tons. | Purchase "Value (N.Z. Currency). Average Price per Pound (N.Z. Currency). — Lamb Mutton Beef and veal Pig-meats Edible offals 174,132 79,915 57,497 14,670 10,859 £ 14,136,973 3,174,310 2,947,565 1,307,226 783,197 d. 8-70 4-26 5-49 9:55 7-73 Totals 337,073 22,349,271 7-10 Preserved— Canned beef (including mixed packs) Tongues 8,459 1,076 897,984 233,494 Totals 9,535 1,131,478 Totals, frozen and preserved meat 346,608 23,480,749