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Whey Butter (in Tons): Quantities purchased and paid for at Differential Prices.

Cheese (in Tons): Quantities purchased and paid for at Differential Prices.

It will be noted that in the case of creamery butter 41$ per cent, was paid for at the basic guaranteed price, and 40$ per cent, above and 18 per cent, below the basic guaranteed price. In to- 6 case of cheese, 64 per cent, was paid for at the basic guaranteed price, and 94 per cent, above and 26§ per cent, below the basic guaranteed price.

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Grading Ports. Total. First Grade. Second Grade. Tons. Tons. Tons. Auckland .. .. .. 563 421 142 Bluff 6 5 1 Lyttelton .. . . . . g g New Plymouth .. . . .. 367 349 18 Pat ea .. .. . . .. 630 625 5 Timaru.. .. .. .. 26 6 Wellington .. .. 197 187 10 Grand totals— 1937-38 .. .. 1,795 1,613 182 1936-37 .. .. .. l ; 446 1 j 249 197 Percentage of qualities— 1937-38 .. .. .. 100 89-86 10-14 1936-37 .. .. 100 86-38 13-62

Finest Grade. First Grade. Grading Ports. Total. ~ j - Second 94 Points 93 to 93J 9 ?, to , 91 to 91A Grade ' and over. Points. (Ba^e .)| P °^- . . • -p- Hf" . , , , TonB - T °na- Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons Auckland 15,752 71 611 7,778 4,148 3 144 9 > 844 12 996 5,052 3,530 254 Dunedm 1,717 32 343 1,086 216 40 Gisborne .. .. .. 94 .. i 40 46 ? Lyttelton 893 15 236 521 108 13 Napier .. .. .. 56 .. 25 21 7 3 New Plymouth .. .. 17,042 97 3,270 10,482 2,939 254 4atea 22 > 689 4 700 18,750 3,046 189 Timaru 719 11 212 476 16 4 Wanganui 2,232 11 46 1,474 656 45 Wellington .. .. 12,746 132 910 7,978 3,311 , 415 Grand totals — nnoI~1S " 83 > 784 385 7,350 53,658 18,023 4,368 1936-37 .. .. 86,708 2,079 15,768 48,045 18,561 2,255 Percentage of qualities— " •' 100 °' 46 8-77 64-05 2 1- 51 5-21 1936-37 .. .. 100 2-40 18-18 55-41 21-41 2-60 Percentage of™ Waxed cheese— 1937-38 .. .. 59-32 1936-37 .. .. 58-54 .. Coloured cheese— 1937-38 .. .. 33-44 1936-37 .. .. 32-69 .. .. " Cheese figures calculated at fourteen crates to a ton.