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(2.) WOOL— 1916-17, 1917-18, 1918-19, AND 1919-20 CLIPS. Statement showing Particulars of Purchases on Imperial Government Account during above Years ended 30th June, and Average Values in each Valuing Centre.

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Auckland. Tokomaru Bay. Tolaga Bay. Gisborne. ■ Napier. Waitara. Wanganui. Wellington. Number of bales valued —191 6-1 1 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 Weight in pounds — 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 Value— 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 Average value per pound —1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 Average value per bale — 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 Average weight per bale, 19 16—1 7 in pounds 1917-1S 1918-19 1919-20 I '34,871 42,563 40,043 35,335 12,238, 4S9 15.210,941 14.495.275 12,512,290 £745,221 £904,596 £875,945 £756,410 14-61d. 14-27d. 14-50d. 14-50d. £21 7 5 £21 5 0 £21 17 6 £21 8 2 351 357 362 354 j 4,584 7.799 7.779 5,513 1.792,508 3,235,486 3,215,217 2.200,820 £110,412 £191,531 £189,812 £134,291 14-78d. 14-21d. 1416d. 14-64d. £24 1 9 £24 11 2 £24 8 0 £24 7 2 391 415 413 399 «Tc 3,969 '.: 6,934 6,350 5,583 1,483,856 2.575,937 2,351,052 2,008,063 £88,966 £155,477 £142,812 £122,908 14-39d. 14484. 14584. 14-68A £22 8 4 £22 S 5 £22 9 9 £22 0 4 374 371 370 360 36.-349 40,816 42.133 40,723 13,685.819 15,499,303 15,644.606 14,987,505 £809.667 £913,089 £945.599 £904,789 1 t-20d. 14-14d. 14-504 14-484 £22 5 6 £22 7 5 £22 8 1 £22 4 4 377 380 371 368 I - S7.947 84,157 84,906 65.945 33.467,148 32.034.484 32,569.111 24,493,960 £2,011,281 £1,932,519 £1,993,749 £1,507,837 14-424. 1447d. 14-69d. 14-77d. £22 17 5 £22 19 3 £23 9 7 £22 17 4 3S0 380 383 371 6,586 8,221 8,330 8,483 2,370,527 3,101,635 3,243,214 3,270.5111 £132,063 £179,592 £194.965 £201,175 13-374. 13-904 1443d. 14-76d. £20 1 0 £21 16 11 £23 8 1 £23 14 4 360 377 389 386 24,945 34,389 40,418 40,621 9,641.697 13,369,531 15,900,283 15,828,835 £560,018 £791,328 £972,240 £986,271 1394d. 14-20d. 14-67d. 14-95d. £22 9 0 £23 0 0 £24 1 1 £24 5 7 386 389 393 390 114,261 .114,717 110.375 95,709 44,235,643 44,548,682 . 43,135,776 36,618,702 £2,722,347 £2.755,057 £2,693,583 £2,304,518 14-77d. 14844. 1499d. 15104. £23 16 6 £24 0 4 £24 8 1 £24 1 7 387 388 390 383 Marlborough. Nelson. Nelson. Christchurch. Christchurch. Timaru. Timaru. _| Oamaru. Oamaru. Dunedin. Dunedin. Invercargill. Invercargill. Total (Dominion). Total (Dominion; Number of bales valued —1916-1 1 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 Weight in pounds — 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 Value— 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 Average value per pound —1916-1 7 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 Average value per bale — 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 Average weight per bale, 1916-17 in pounds — 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 .. 7,878 14,794 16,03S 13,271 2,619.519 4,S92,032 5,281,265 4,332,794 £171,022 £333,266 £360,929 £293,970 15-67d. 1635d. 16-40d. 16-28d. £21 14 2 £22 10 6 £22 10 1 £22 3 0 333 331 329 326 6.130 7.644 7,818 7,004 2,064,103 2,539,155 2,619,688 2,251,147 £124,247 £154,427 £164.164 £143,143 1445(1. 14-59d. 15044. 15-26d. £20 5 4 £20 4 0 £20 19 11 £20 8 9 337 332 335 321 59,746 65,366 65,241 60,847 20,465,800 21.839,388 21,796,762 20,309,108 £1,340,929 £1,493,926 £1.510.545 £1,439,688 1573d. 16424 1663d. 17-01d. £22 8 11 £22 17 1 £23 3 1 £23 13 3 343 324 334 334 I i 24.139 26.917 30.707 27,262 8,285.467 9,223,335 10.611,537 9,538.345 £537.302 £617.608 £726,096 £663,025 15-56d. 16-074. 16-42d. 16-68d. £2° 5 2 £22 18 11 £23 12 11 £24 6 5 343 342 345 349 - | 9,820 11,673 11,222 11,343 3,438.868 3,951,117 3,725,853 3,815,638 £204,267 £248.558 £237.779 £246,339 14-25d. 15-lld. 15-324. 15-49d. £20 1.6 0 £21 5 10 £21 3 10 £21 14 4 350 338 332 336 44,961 46,755 46.018 43,574 14,554,925 15.666,880 15.117,917 14,438,698 £922,807 £987,493 £979,427 £955,610 15-224. 1513d. 15\55d. 15-88d. £20 10 6 £21 2 5 £21 5 8 £21 18 7 324 335 328 331 ~ I I I 30.035 33,045 31,180 25,775 9,292,473 10,626.145 9,242.691 8,102,190 £575, 707 £673,808 £618.681 £514,151 14-87<i 15-22d. 16-00d. 1523d. £19 3 4 £20 7 9 £19 16 10 £19 19 0 309 321 296 314 496,221 545,790 548, 55S 486,988 179.636,842 198.314,051 19S.950.247 174,708,605 £11,056,256 £12,332,275 £12,606.326 £11,174,125 14-77d. 14-92d. 15-2 Id. 15-35d. £22 5 7 £22 11 11 £22 19 7 £22 18 11 362 363 363 359 I I N.B. —Freezing companies' slipe wool is not included in above return.