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SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF CO-OPERATIVE CONTRACT STEVEDORING FOR YEARS 1940-47 AND 1947-48 SHOWING— I. Quantities of Cargo handled 11. Rates of Work KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS AND TONNAGE CONVERSIONS Abbreviations Cargo Units S/ft = Superficial feet. Qrs. = Quarters. Cts. = Crates. F. c/c = Freight carcasses. R. c/c == Running carcasses. General Terms Anal. = Analysis. T/K Timekeeper. Cont. = Contract. Disc. = Discharging. Comm. = Commission. Ldg. = Loading. Or. = Other. D/L = Discharging and loading.

BASIS OF CONVERSION OF CARGO UNITS TO TONS

Note. —Weights of carcasses and quarters vary from year to year owing to seasonal differences and/or preponderence of mutton and lamb. For the year 1940-41 the contract system was not in force from the beginning of the year, and the 1941-42 weights were accepted as a basis. FIGURES CONSTANT FOR ALL YEARS Cheese : 12J crates to ton. Wool: 1 bale = 350 lb. = 6-4 bales to ton. Butter : 64 lb. per box =35 boxes to Hardwoods : 333£ s/ft per ton. ton. Softwoods : 500 s/ft per ton. Frozen sundries : 60 lb. per freight * carcass. Fruit: 25 cases to ton.

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— 1940-47. 1947-48. 1940-48. Ib. lb. lb. Mutton and lamb: Average weight per 37 09 39-05 37-39 R. c/c Beef: Average weight per quarter 147-26 146-86 147-17 Boned beef: Average weight per quarter.. 107-66 107-66