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£ 5. Payments, 1917-18 season .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,137,965 6. Payments, 1918-19 season .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,998,640 7. Payments, 1919-20 season .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,461,735 8. Payments, 1920-21 season .. .. .. .. .. .. ... 8,381,408 9. Total payments to date .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £l(j 979 743 SCHEELITE. (Operations commenced 20th September, 1915.) 1. Shipped and lost in transit .. .. .. .. .. .. ..18 2. Arrived at destination .. .. .. .. .. .. ~ 755 3. Total .. .. \. .. .. .. . _ . _ > _ 774 4. Total payments made to date, £178,481. WOOL. (Operations commenced Ist December, 1916.) 1. Total number of bales purchased (as per valuation certificates received) .. .. 2,086,951 2. Number of bales lost in transit .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 ggg 3. Number of bales arrived at destination in 276 steamers .. .. .. .. 1,334,009 4. Number of bales shipped to America for sale .. .. .. .. .. 10 321 5. Number of bales shipped on account of other Governments .. .. .. 119282 6. Number of bales delivered to scourers for treatment .. .. .. .. 417 770 7. Number of bales sold to local mills .. .. .. . . .. 63g 8. Number of bales destroyed by fire .. .. .. .. .. .. 593 9. Number of bales available for shipment . . .. .. . . .. 194 670 10. Total number of bales purchased from brokers .. .. .. .. .. 2,086 951 11. Number of bales scoured and fellmongers'slipe wool shipped .. .. .. '364,431 12. Number of bales scoured and fellmongers'slipe wool destroyed by fire .. .. 1,394 13. Number of bales repacked, scoured and fellmongers' slipe wool available for shipment 71 031 14. Total payments, £51,296,644. SLIPE WOOL (Freezing Companies'). (Operations commenced 31st March, 1917.) Purchased por Valuation in United Kinudom. 1. Total number of bales advanced against .. .. .. .. . . yg 869 2. Number of bales shipped .. .. .. .. .. ~ 67074 3. Number of bales shipped on account of other Governments .. .. .. 1795 4. Total payments to date, £2,029,064. Purchased under New Zealand Valuations. 5. Total number of bales .. .. .. .. .. .. 192 323 6. Total number of bales shipped .. .. .. ~ .. 135'5]7 7. Number of bales shipped on account of other Governments .. .. .. 7 .'604 8. Number of bales available for shipment .. .. .. ~ 4.9 202 9. Total payments to date, £5,506,970. SHEEP-SKINS. (Operations commenced sth February, 1917.) 1. Number of skins purchased and distributed to fellmongers .. .. 7 666 864 2. Total payments to date, £3,280,663. HIDES. (Operations commenced 19th March, 1917.) 1. Number of hides purchased .. .. .. .. .. . 370 507 2. Number of hides shipped .. .. .. ~ .. .. 157858 3. Number of hides sold .... .. .. .. .. 212' 649 4. Total payments to date, £741, 208.