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(i) TOBACCO-GBOWINCI STATISTICS Comparison between the records of the years of the Board's operation is made possible by the following table :

The above production figures represent the weight of leaf purchased from growers before redrying. Flue-cured leaf accounted for 96-2 per cent, and air-dried leaf for 3*B per cent, of the 1947-48 crop.

Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given printing (1,128 copies), £B2.

By Authority: E. E. Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.—l 949.

Price 2«.]

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Season. Number of Growers. Contract Acreage. Amended Contract Acreage.* Production. 1935-36 499 1,969 lb. 1,197,161 1936-37 508 2,770 ■j1,609,49a 1937-38 442 2,563 -j2,067,827 1938-39 342 2,225 t 1,423,610 1939-40 339 2,570 t 2,217,040 1940-41 381 2,963 t 3,143,355 1941-42 381 3,063 2,875 2,721,539 1942-43 360 2,960 2,907 3,185,183 1943-44 414 3,106 3,066 3,083,094 1944-45 487 3,383 3,303 3,286,067 1945-46 553 3,577 3,405 4,080,135 1946-47 628 3,934 3,805 4,706,723 1947-48 661 4,361 4,322 4,770,827 * Anie nded after planting operations completed. t Not available.