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12. The Government is in respect of each calendar month to be entitled in relief of its responsibility to the benefit of all sales of town milk and to the benefit of all sales of sweet cream, and milk and cream for ice-cream manufacture at the prices fixed by Price Order for such milk and cream less all. reasonable collection, distributing and other necessary charges. The basis of conversion of cream to a milk equivalent shall be 10 gals, milk to 1 of cream in the North Island and those of the South Island which rank equally with the North. If the Government agrees to raise the South Island price of milk, then the South Island will accept the basis of 10 gallons to 1 £or the purpose of cream •conversion; failing such increase the basis to be 11 gallons to 1. 13. In the North Island and those parts of the South Island which qualify for the North Island national milk price credit is to be given to the Government in respect of milk converted into cheese at the rate of 8-6 d. per gallon, and milk converted into butter at the rate of 7-Bd. per gallon, the credits in other parts of the South Island to be Bd. and 7d. respectively (all prices at the farm gates). Wherever reasonably practicable milk for mamufacturing shall be diverted to cheese rather than butter. 14. When supply associations utilize surplus milk for the manufacture of dried milk actual net realization shall be given credit for. 15. For the milk year 1945-46 supply associations are to have the right to dispose of all their milk subject to giving the appropriate credits as herein provided.

Appendix D.—List of Producer Associations, Milk Year ended 31st August, 1946

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District. Name of Association. Daily Nominated Quantity. Gallons. Whangarei Whangarei Milk Producers' Association 1,050 Auckland Auckland Milk Co., Ltd. 4,970 Stonex Milk Producers Co., Ltd. 6,850 New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd. 14,200 North Shore Milk Producers' Association, Ltd. 2,200 Hamilton Hamilton Milk Producers Co., Ltd. 2,550 New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd. 820 Rotorua Rotorua Co-operative Milk Producers' Co., Ltd. 1,000 Tauranga Tauranga Producers' Association 655 Gisborne .. Gisborne Co-operative Milk Producers' Association, Ltd. 1,590 Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay Raw Milk Producers' Co-operative, Ltd. 3,000 Dannevirke Maharahara Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd. 675 Palmerston North .. Manawatu Co-operative Milk Producers' Co., Ltd. 2,405 Stratford Stratford Co-operative Milk Supply Association, Ltd. 405 New Plymouth New Plymouth Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Milk Supply Association. Ltd. 1,516 Eltham Eltham Milk Producers' Association 110 Wanganui Wanganui Co-operative Milk Supply, Ltd. 1,616 Raetihi Raetihi Milk Producers' Association 230 Nelson Nelson Co-operative Milk Producers' Association, Ltd. 1,595 Westport Westport United Dairies, Ltd. 400 Ohristchurch Christchurch Metropolitan Milk Suppliers' Co-operative Association, Ltd. 2,700 Canterbury Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Milk Supply Co., Ltd. .. 10,400 Timaru The South Canterbury Co-operative Milk Supply Co., Ltd. 1,900 Oamaru North Otago Milk Producers' Association 466 Dunedin Town Milk (Dunedin), Ltd. 1,650 Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Milk Supply Co., Ltd. 5,000 Invercargill Southland Wholesale Milk Producers' Association 2,450 Mount Maunganui Mount Maunganui Milk Producers' Association 88 Hawera Hawera Co-operative Milk Supply Association, Ltd. 270 Waimate South Canterbury Co-operative 200 Ashburton Ashburton T.M.P. 286 Waipukurau Waipukurau Milk Producers 120 Blenheim Blenheim Milk Producers 320 33 associations = 73,329 gallons.