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Final Purchase and Sale Account, 1945-46 Season's Killings Dr. £ £ Cr. £ £ Stock on hand and loadings not departed at 31st Sales : Shipments to United Kingdom after 31st July, 1946 .. .. .. .. 7,046,162 July, 1946 Less preserved meat transferred to 1946-47 Lamb .. .. .. .. .. 5,262,906 Purchase and Sale Account .. .. 60,869 Wether mutton .. .. .. .. 491,769 Less pig-meat withdrawn from stock for local use 173,645 Ewe mutton .. .. .. .. 1,009,764 6,811,648 Beef and veal .. .. .. .. 886,707 Purchases after 31st July, 1946— Boner bull beef . . .. .. .. 76,476 Lamb .. .. .. .. .. 28,030 Boner cow beef .. .. .. .. 317,449 Wether mutton .. .. .. ... 1,882 Pig-meat .. .. .. .. 92,985 Ewe mutton .. .. .. .. 23,348 Offals .. .. .. .. .. 207,472 Beef and veal .. .. .. .. 65,318 8,345,528 Boner bull beef .. .. .. .. 3,638 Boner cow beef .. .. .. .. 11,587 Pig-meat .. .. .. .. 14,239 Offals .. .. .. .. .. 9,482 157,524 Allowance for administration and general expenses (f per cent. on sales, £6,487,823) .. .. .. .. .. 24,329 Transfer to Meat Industry Stabilization Account (being net proceeds of increases in sale-prices of Meat after 15th December, 1942) .. 1,857, 705 Less amount of increases in purchase-prices of Meat after Ist October, 1944 .. .. 970,308 887,397 Surplus on transactions after 31st July, 1946, carried to Meat Pool Account .. .. .. .. .. 464,630 £8,345,528 £8,345,528

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