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APPENDICES. SPECIAL REPORTS, TRADE POLICIES, AND GENERAL. PAGE Appendix I. —-Letter from Mr. W. A. lorns .. .. .. .. .. 135 ~ ll.—lmport Duties on Dairy-products . . . . . . . . . . 135 ~ lll.—Restriction of Butter and Cheese Imports into certain European Countries 137 „ IV. —United Kingdom Trade Agreements with Foreign Countries .. . . 140 „ V.—New Zealand Trade Agreements with Foreign Countries . . . . 142 ~ VI. —Legislation affecting Butter in certain Exporting Countries .. . . 144 ~ VII. —British Agricultural Marketing Acts . . .. .. .. .. 150 ~ VIII. —British Milk-marketing Schemes . . . . . . . . . . 152 ~ IX,- —Report from the New Zealand Dairy-produce Control Board on the Shipment of Butter and Cheese to United Kingdom Ports . . 153 ~ X.—Report from the New Zealand Dairy-produce Control Board on the Insurance of Butter and Cheese.. .. .. .. .. 158 „ Xl.—Report from the New Zealand Dairy-produce Control Board on the Cold Storage and Handling of Butter and Cheese at United Kingdom Ports . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . 158 STATISTICAL APPENDIX. Table I.—Total Cows in Milk and Dry, Butterfat-production per Cow, and Total Butterfat produced . . .. . . . . . . . . .. 163 „ 2.—Utilization of Total Estimated Butterfat-production .. .. ..164 ~ 3.—lnternational Butter Trade—lmports .. .. .. .. .. 165 „ 4.—lnternational Butter Trade —Exports .. . . . . . . .. 166 „ s.—Butter Imports into Germany and France .. .. .. .. 167 ~ 6. —Butter Imports into Belgium and Switzerland .. .. .. .. 168 ~ 7. —International Cheese Trade —Imports and Exports .. .. . . 169 ~ B.—lmports of Cheese into Chief Importing Countries .. .. .. 170 ~ 9. —Butter Imports into United Kingdom (Gross) .. .. .. .. 171 ~ 10.—Cheese Imports into United Kingdom (Gross) .. .. .. .. 172 „ 11.—Gross Monthly Butter Imports into United Kingdom .. .. .. 173 „ 12.—Average Monthly Quotations of New Zealand and Danish Butter .. ... 174 ~ 13.—Average Monthly Quotations of New Zealand and Canadian Cheese . . 175 „ 14.—Monthly Gradings and Stocks of New Zealand Butter and Cheese .. 176 „ 15. —Butter Stocks, afloat and in Store, in the United Kingdom .. . . 177 „ 16.- —Imports of Butter, Cheese, Milk, and Cream into Various Eastern Countries 178 „ 17. —Value and Volume of New Zealand Exports of Dairy-produce to Various Countries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 181 „ 18.—New Zealand's Trade with certain Countries .. .. .. .. 184 „ 19. —Descriptive Details, by Districts, of 550 Dairy Farms .. . . . . 191 „ 20a.—Costs per Cow, by Districts .. .. .. .. .. .. 192 „ 20b. —Costs, in Pence per Pound, of Butterfat, by Districts .. .. .. 193 „ 20c. —Percentage Costs, by Districts .. .. .. .. .. .. 194 „ 20d.—Returns and Costs per Acre, by Districts .. .. .. .. 195 „ 20e. —Returns and Costs per Pound of Butterfat, by Districts .. .. .. 196 „ 20f.—Percentage Position of Returns and Costs, by Districts .. . . . . 197 „ 21.—Returns and Costs per Acre, according to Level of Butterfat-production per Acre .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 198 „ 22.—Returns and Costs per Pound of Butterfat according to Level of Butterfatproduction per Acre .. .. .. .... .. 199 „ 23.—Percentage Returns and Costs according to Butterfat-production per Acre.. 200 „ 24. —Cost and Returns per Acre according to Size of Herd .. .. .. 201 „ 25. —Returns and Costs per Pound of Butterfat according to Size of Herd . . 202

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