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SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF CO-OPERATIVE CONTRACT STEVEDORING FOR YEARS 1940-49 AND 1949 50 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 preponderance 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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-— 1 1940-49. 1947-48. 1948-49. 1949-50. 1940-50. lb. lb. lb. lb. lb. Mutton and lamb : Average weight 37-45 39-05 37-81 39-01 37-63 per R. c/c Beef: Average weight per quarter 140-73 146-86 131-13 156-74 145-62 Boned Beef: Average weight per 110-91 107-66 117-37 113-80 110-99 quarter