GRADING FIGURES.
DECREASE FOlt LAST SEASON. WELLINGTON, Dec. 23. Figures showing the total gradings of butter and cheese for the 12 months ended July. 31, 1938, are given in the report. Comparative figures for 193637 and 1035-36 are also given. The figures are:
Butler gradings for the 1937-38 season show a decrease of 7.59 per cent., and cheese gradings a decrease of 3.12 per cent. Expressed in terms of butterfat, the total decrease in gradings is 6.656 per cent. The quantities of butter and cheese exported from the various grading ports of the Dominion between August 1, 1937, and July 31, 1938, were as follow :
Butter (in Ions) 1937-38 1936-37 1935-36 Sailed 136.023 147,168 139,973 Unsalted 6,812 7,396 6,714 142,835 154,564 164.587 Choose (in Tons) White 56,752 59,337 58.263 Coloured 27.718 28,885 27,292 85,470 88,222 85.555
Total Export. Butter. Cheese. Boxes. Crates. Auckland ....4,096.586 222.092 Now Plymouth .... 449.560 228,564 Patea .... 87.089 318.533 Wanganui .... 112.399 32,758 Wellington .... 614,172 186,358 Gisborne .... 90,881 1.314 Napier .... 67,912 681 North Island totals .. ....5,518,590 990,306 Lyttelton .... 92,059 14,034 Tiniaru .... 37,820 10,145 Dunedin 7,902 23,151 Bluff .... 13,387 149,326 South Island totals .. .... 151,168 196,656 Dominion totals ....5,669,767 1,186,962
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 21, 23 December 1938, Page 9
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190GRADING FIGURES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 21, 23 December 1938, Page 9
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