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MEAT— continued Purchase and Sale Account, 1945-46 Season's Killings up to 31st July, 1946 Dr. Cr. Purchases, Ist October, 1945, to 31st July, 1946— £ £ Sales— Lamb .. .. .. .. .. 14,118,991 Shipments to United Kingdom up to 31st Wether mutton .. .. .. 1,026,689 July, 1946— £ £ Ewe mutton .. .. .. .. 2,135,339 Lamb .. .. .. .. 11,554,161 Beef and veal .. .. .. .. 1,952,547 Wether mutton .. .. .. 676,707 Boner bull beef .. .. .. .. 180,272 Ewe mutton .. .. .. .. 1,577,216 Boner cow beef .. .. .. .. 455,146 Beef and veal .. .. .. 1,287,483 Pig-meat .. .. .. .. 1,248,318 Boner bull beef .. .. .. 182,684 Offals .. .. .. .. 703,169 Boner cow beef .. .. .. 242,038 Preserved— Pig-meat .. .. .. .. 739,874 Stock transferred from 1944-45 Purchase and Offals .. .. .. .. 720,568 Sale Account .. .. .. .. 46,575 Preserved .. .. .. .. 1,042,738 Purchases .. .. .. .. 1,131,477 18,023,469 2 2,99 8,523 Local deliveries— Allowance for administration and general expenses (f per cent. Lamb .. .. .. .. .. 604 on sales, £15,435,489), carried to Administration and Wether mutton .. .. .. 7,263 General Expenses Account .. .. .. .. 57,883 Ewe mutton .. .. .. .. 13,281 Transfer to Meat Industry Stabilization £ Beef and veal .. .. .. .. 13,047 Account— Boner bull beef .. .. .. .. 2,133 Proceeds of increases in sale prices of meat Boner cow beef .. .. .. .. 33,940 after 15th December, 1942 .. .. 3,333,068 Pig-meat .. .. .. .. 406,773 Less amount of increases in purchase-prices Offals .. .. .. .. .. 21,268 of meat after Ist October, 1944 .. 1,916,781 Preserved .. .. .. .. 246,779 1,416,287 745,088 Surplus on transactions up to 31st July, 1946, carried to Meat Stock on hand (including loadings not departed at 31st July, Pool Account .. .. .. .. .. 1,342,026 1946) .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,046,162 £25,814,719 £25,814,719

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