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II. WOOL— 1916-17, 1917-18, 1918-19 and 1919-20 CLIPS. Statement showing Particulars of Total Wool purchased (either by the Imperial Government or Local Woollen-mills) during the above Years ended 30th June, and Average Values in each Valuing Centre.

Auckland. Tokomaru Bay. Tolaga Bay. Gisborne. "Napier. Waitara. Wanganui. Wellington. Number of bales valued —1916-17 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 — 1916-1 7 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 Average weight per bale, 1916-17 in pounds — 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 35,929 43,046 40,518 37,352 12,601,067 15,397,618 14,664,236 13,279,467 £764,018 £913,961 £883,788 £802,505 14 - 55d. 14-24A 14-46d. 14-50d. £21 5 3 £21 4 8 £21 16 3 £21 9 8 351 358 362 356 4,584 7,799 7,779 5,515 . 1,792,508 3,235,486 3,215,217 2,211,993 £110,412 £191,531 £189,812 £134,814 14-78d. 14-21d. 14-16d. 14-63d. £24 1 9 £24 11 2 £24 8 0 £24 8 11 391 415 413 401 3,969 6,934 6.350 5,646 1,483,856 2,575.937 2,351,052 2,033,714 £88,966 £155,477 £142,812 £123,964 14-39d. 14-48d. 14-58d. 14-63d. £22 8 4 £22 8 5 £22 9 9 £21 19 2 374 371 370 360 36,349 40,816 42.133 37,103 13,685,819 15,499,303 15,644,606 13,707,039 £809,667 £913,089 £945,599 £829,297 14-20d. 14-14d. 14-50d. 14-52d. £22 5 6 £22 7 5 £22 8 10 £22 7 0 377 380 371 369 ' 89,267 85,169 86,096 71,622 33,982,491 32.433,780 33,022,811 25,678,257 £2,037,143 £1,952,775 £2,018,402 £1.584,587 14-39d. 14-45(1. 14-67d. 14-81d. £22 16 5 £22 18 7 £23 8 10 £22 2 7 380 381. 384 358 6.586 8,221 8,330 8,937 2,370,527 3,101,635 3,243,214 3,463.744 £132,063 £179,592 £194,965 £210,942 13-37d. 13-90d. 14-43d. 14-61d. £20 1 0 £21 16 11 £23 8 1 £23 12 1 360 377 389 388 24,945 34,389 40,418 41,724 9,641,697 13,369,531 15,900,283 16,337,571 £560,018 £791,328 £972.240 £1,009.498 13-94d. 14-20d. 14-67d. 14-83d. £22 9 0 £23 0 3 £24 1 1 £24 3 11 386 389 393 391 115,390 115,119 110,718 98,932 44,659,733 44,706,351 43,264,398 37,695,457 £2.746,053 £2,763,361 £2,701,185 £2,372,179 14-75d. 14-83d. 14-98d. 15-10d. £23 15 11 £24 0 1 £24 7 11 £23 19 7 387 388 391 381 Marlborough. Nelson. Christchureh. Timaru. Oamaru. Dunedin. Inveroargill. Total (Dominion). Number of bales valued —1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 Weight in pounds — 1916-17 1917-1.8 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, 1916-17 in pounds — 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 8,136 15,083 16,600 14,351 2,710,586 4,987,041 5,472.730 4,718,151 £176,823 £341,452 £376,537 £324,528 15-65d. 16-43cl. 16-5L1. 16-51d. £21 14 8 £22 12 9 £22 13 8 £22 12 3 333 330 329 329 6.130 7,644 7,818 7,214 2,064,103 2.539,155 2,619,688 2,333,832 £124,247 £154,427 £164,164 £147,566 14-44d. !4-59d. 15-04d. 15-18d. £20 5 5 £20 4 0 £20 19 11 £20 9 1 337 332 335 323 65.303 72,316 71,863 70,644 22,412.468 24,197,602 23,995,426 23,612,910 £1,462,069 £1,652.354 £1,670.674 £1,675,898 15-65d. 16-38d. 16-71d. 17-03d. £22 7 9 £22 17 0 £23 4 11 £23 14 5 343 335 334 334 26,096 29,726 33,290 33,226 8,982.870 10,192,050 11,487,781 11,645,754 £578,799 £691.412 £790,123 £825, 150 15-46d. 16-28d. 16-51d. 17-00d. £22 3 7 £23 5 2 £23 14 8 £24 16 9 344 343 345 350 10,119 12,619 12,469 12,165 3,546,554 4,270,560 4,171,331 4,042,284 £211,343 £271.232 £269,080 £270,315 14-30d. 15-24d. l5-48d. 16-05d. £20 17 9 £21 9 10 £21 11 7 £22 4 5 350 338 335 332 49,674 54,047 51.437 50,674 16,244,522 18,254,534 16,940,372 17,110.602 £1.020,377 £1.153,073 £1,100,486 £1,122.487 15-08d. 15-16d. 15-59d. 15-74d. £20 10 10 £21 6.9 £21 7 11 £22 3 0 327 338 330 338 30,565 33,554 31,560 26,644 9,485,008 10,817.838 9,378,141 8,405,327 £582.912 • £681,522 £624,893 £536,656 14-75d. 15-12d. 15-99d. 15-32d. £19 1 5 £20 6 3 £19 16 0 £20 2 10 310 322 297 315 513,042 566.482 567.379 521,749 185,663,809 205.578,421 205,371,286 186,276,102 £11,404,910 £12,806,586 £13,044,760 £11,970,384 14-74d. 14-95d. 15-25d. 15-42d. £22 4 7 £22 12 2 £22 19 10 £22 18 10 362 363 362 357 N.B. —Freezing companies' slipe wool is not included in above return. In respect of the last season (1919-20 clip) payments made to termination of purchase have been included.