REPORTS OF STORAGE HOLDINGS. 



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Table 8. — Monthly cold storage holdings of frozen lamb and mutton during 1918, and 

 increase or decrease during each month. 



Month. 



Holdings 



on first 



of month. 



Relative 

 percent- 

 age. 



Increase or decrease 

 during month. 



Janusu^-- 

 February. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 

 October. . 

 November 

 December, 



Pounds. 



7,403,093 



6,315,020 



7,855,181 

 6,348,160 

 4,032,887 

 4,242,760 

 3,493,461 

 4,169,540 

 4,046,377 

 5,241,761 

 8,284,331 

 9,046,250 



Per cent. 

 81.9 

 69.8 

 86.9 

 70.2 

 44.6 

 46.9 

 38.6 

 46.1 

 44.8 

 58.0 

 91.6 

 100.0 



Pounds. 



- 1,088,073 

 + 1,540,161 

 -1,507,021 

 -2,315,273 

 + 209,873 



- 749,299 

 + 676,079 



- 123,163 

 + 1,195,384 

 + 3,042,570 

 + 761,919 

 + 3,398,668 



Per cent. 



-14.7 

 + 24.4 

 -19.2 

 -36.5 

 + 5.2 

 -17.7 

 + 19.4 

 - 3.0 

 + 29.5 

 + 58.0 

 + 9.2 

 + 37.6 



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Fig. 6. — Relative monthly cold storage holdings of frozen lamb eind mutton during 1916, 1917, 

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Table 9 shows the holdings reported monthly during the year and 

 a comparison of the holdings of each month with those of the same 

 date of the previous year. This comparison includes only the hold- 

 ings of those warehouses reporting for both dates. Figure 6 shows 

 the relative holdings of each month for the past three years. This 

 chart is prepared on a percentage basis and it also shows the relative 

 monthly percentage of increase or decrease during those years. It 

 shows that the movement of frozen lamb and mutton to and from 

 storage was rather erratic. 



