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Creamery Butter (in Tons): Quantities purchased for Export and Paid for at Differential Prices

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

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Grading Ports. Total. Finest Grade. First Grade. Second Grade. 94 Points and over. 93 to 93J Points. (Basic Price.) 92 to 92£ Points. 90 to 91J Points. 1 Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Auckland 96,741 38,304 41,272 11,158 5,976 31 Dunedin 103 38 39 19 n Gisborne 1,323 "816 419 82 5 1 Lyttelton 1,387 605 660 106 16 Napier 851 210 558 59 24 New Plymouth 7,982 3,107 4,047 515 312 1 Patea 497 84 157 95 156 5 Timaru 296 10 264 17 5 Wanganui 1,949 912 802 191 44 Wellington .. 11,694 5,000 4,734 1,507 437 16 Grand totals— 1946-47 122,823 49,048 52,951 13,769 6,994 61 1945-46 100,290 33,384 45,658 13,039 7,919 290 1944-45 119,807 47,906 52,319 12,810 6,654 118 1943-44 98,648 38,821 43,659 9,666 6,320 182 1942-43 101,696 35,046 47,417 11,464 7,426 343 1941-42 100,432 40,497 40,106 9,507 9,043 1,279 Percentage of qualities— 1946-47 100 39-93 43-12 11-21 5-69 0-05 1945-46 100 33-29 45-52 13-00 7-90 0-29 1944-45 100 39-99 43-67 10-69 5-55 0-10 1943-44 100 39-35 44-26 9-80 6-41 0-18 1942-43 100 34-47 46-63 11-27 7-30 0-33 1941-42 100 40-32 39-93 9-47 9-00 1-28

Grading Ports. Total. First Grade. Second Grade. Tons. Tons. Tons. Auckland 479 172 307 Bluff .. 151 150 1 Dunedin 30 27 3 Lyttelton 26 26 New Plymouth 518 505 13 Patea 765 759 6 Wellington 374 313 61 Grand totals — 1946-47 2,343 1,952 391 1945-46 2,558 2,184 374 1944-45 2,783 2,582 201 1943-44 2,420 2,256 164 1942-43 2,257 2,095 162 1941-42 3,123 2,974 149 Percentage of qualities— 1946-47 100 83-31 16-69 1945-46 100 85-38 14-62 1944-45 100 92-78 7-22 1943-44 100 93-22 6-78 1942-43 100 92-82 7-18 1941-42 100 95-23 4-77 Butter figures calculated at forty boxes s to a ton.