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MEAT— continued Meat Industry Stabilization Account : Transactions during the Year ended 31st July, 1947 Dr. £ Cr. £ Freezing costs subsidy (being additional costs other than wage Balance as at 31st July, 1946 .. .. .. .. 3,270,754 increases), season 1945-46 .. .. .. .. 3,116 Transfer from 1945-46 Purchase and Sale Account .. .. 1,857,705 Freezing costs subsidy (being additional costs from wages Transfer from 1946-47 Purchase and Sale Account .. .. 4,582,382 increases)— Transfer from Tallow Account .. .. .. .. 1,006,796 Season 1945-46 .. .. .. .. .. 2,165 i Pickled pelts (being surplus on transactions from auction and Season 1946-47 .. .. .. .. .. 280,553 30 per cent. United Kingdom allocations (Pickled Sheep Freezing costs subsidy (being additional costs due £ and Lamb Pelts Emergency Regulations 1947, Regulato forty-hour week)— tion 14)) .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,471,958 Season 1945-46 .. .. .. .. 6,716 Less recouped from Consolidated Fund .. 6,716 Season 1946-47 .. .. .. .. 21i*255 211,255 Subsidies on fertilizers and stock-food .. .. .. 1,293,673 Advertising in United Kingdom (including " background " advertising) .. .. .. .. .. 46,687 Payment by New Zealand Meat-producers' Board to Lord Mayor's fund for relief in respect of damage by floods in Great Britain (section 40, Finance Act, 1947) .. .. 125,000 Payment to New Zealand Meat-producers' Board to establish fund to provide for annual contributions to Veterinary Services Council (section 17, Veterinary Services Act, 1947) .. .. .. .. .. .. 500,000 Preserved meat : adjustment of price by Ministry of Food in respect of 1944-45 season's preserved meat .. .. 1,059 Schedule purchase-price increases from Ist October, 1944— £ Season 1945-46 .. .. .. .. 970,308 Season 1946-47 .. .. .. .. 2,695,811 3,666,119 Balance as at 31st July, 1947 .. .. .. 7,059,968 £13,189,595 £13,189,595

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