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III. 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.

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 — 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 Average weight per bale, 1916-17 in pounds — 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 34,871 42,563 40,043 36,711 12,238,489 15,210,941 14,495,275 13,070,262 £745,221 £904,596 £875,945 £788,556 14-61d. 14-27d. 14-50d. 14-48d. £21 7 5 £21 5 0 £21 17 6 £21 9 7 351 357 362 356 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. 1416d. 14-63d. £24 1 9 £24 11 2 £24 8 0 £24 8 8 391 415 413 401 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 1 374 371 370 360 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 1 £22 7 0 377 380 371 369 87,947 84,157 84,906 69,732 33,467,148 32,034,484 32,569,111 24,980,579 £2,011,281 £1,932,519 £1,993,749 £1,545,470 14-42d. 14-47d. 14-69d. 14.84d. £22 17 5 £22 19 3 £23 9 7 £22 3 3 380 380 383 358 J 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 0 £24 1 1 £24 3 11 386 389 393 392 114,261 114,717 110,375 98,315 44,235,643 44,548,682 43,135,776 37,468,435 £2,722,347 £2,755,057 £2,693,583 £2,357,457 14-77d. 14-84d. 14-99d. 15-10d. £23 16 6 £24 0 4 £24 8 1 £23 19 7 387 388 390 381 Marlborough. kelson. Christchureh. Timaru. Oamaru. Dunedin. Invercargill. Total (Dominion). 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 — 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 Average weight per bale, 1916-17 in pounds— 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 7,878 14,794 16,038 13,371 2,619,519 4,892,032 5,281,265 4,394,024 £171,022 £333,266 £360,929 £298,067 15-67d. 16-35d. 16-40d. 16-28d. £21 14 2 £22 10 6 £22 10 1 £22 5 11 333 331 329 329 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 14-45d. 14-59d. 15-04d. 15-18d. £20 5 4 £20 4 0 £20 19 11 £20 9 1 337 332 335 323 59,746 65,366 65,241 62,490 20,465,800 21,839,388 21,796,762 20,938,857 £1,340,929 £1,493,926 £1,510,545 £1,471,510 15-73d. I6-42d. 16-63d. 16-86d. £22 8 11 £22 17 1 £23 3 1 £23 10 8 343 324 334 335 24,139 26,917 30,707 27,863 8,285,467 9,223,335 10,611,537 9,777,776 £537,302 £617,608 £726,096 £678,859 15-56d. 16-07d. 16-42d. 16-66d. £22 5 2 £22 18 11 £23 12 11 £24 7 3 343 342 345 351 9,820 11,673 11,222 11,330 3,438,868 3,951,117 3,725,853 3,728,602 £204,267 £248,558 £237,779 £247,399 14-25d. 15-lld. 15-32d. 15-92d. £20 16 0 £21 5 10 £21 3 10 £21 16 9 350 338 332 329 44,961 46,755 46,018 44,113 14,554,925 15,666,880 15,117,917 14,787,382 £922,807 £987,493 £979,427 £965,635 15-22d. 1513d. 15-55d. 15-67d. £20 10 6 £21 2 5 £21 5 8 £21 17 9 324 335 328 335 30,035 33,045 31,180 26,318 9,292,473 10,626,145 9,242,691 8,291,561 £575,707 £673,808 £618,681 £530,116 14-87d. 15-22d. 16-06d. 15-34d. £19 3 4 £20 7 9 £19 16 10 £20 2 10 309 321 296 315 496,221 545,790 548,558 496,382 179,636,842 198,314,051 198,950,247 177,525,371 £11,056,256 £12,332,275 £12,606,326 £11,339,150 14-77d. 14-92d. 15-21d. 15-32d. £22 5 7 £22 11 11 £22 19 7 £22 16 10 362 363 363 357 N.B. —Freezing companies' slipe wool is not included in above return. In respect of the last season (1919-20 clip) payments made to the termination of purchase have been included.