Committee Reports > List of Committees > Dáil > 1970 > Committee of Public Accounts > Interim and Final Report - Appropriation Accounts 1967 - 1968
Summary of Returns, 1965 to 1968.
Area
Year
Number of houses planted
Average weight of tomatoes produced per house
Average gross value of tomatoes per grower i.e. after deduction of marketing expenses
Average gross price per lb., i.e. after deduction of marketing expenses
Average amount of operating costs per grower
Average amount of loan repayment and interest per grower
* Average net value of tomatoes per grower
cwt.
£
s.
d.
Connemara
1965
64
13½
78
19
9
1
0½
29
14
5
3
15
45
10
(Houses without
1966
60
16
99
6
1¼
31
2
11
65
4
heating systems)
1967
51
102
7
3½
25
13
70
1968
50
18¾
119
1½
85
28
12½
77
39
17
(Houses with
12¾
74
0
36
18
22
10½
75
26
40
8
15¾
63
Donegal
35
71
11¼
32
37
41
15½
109
69
17½
101
58
23
179
4¾
20
126
56
22¼
190
6¼
136
53
21¼
201
8¼
30
146
47
152
3¼
105
* This figure does not take into account the glasshouse maintenance expenses of growers or the cost of fuel provided by them for the heating systems.