1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 102 119 166 144 End-March End-June 134 146 180 151(a) End-September 82 132 164 162 End-December 84 131 173 150 -2- INDEX OF BULK STOCKS OF PRINCIPAL FOODS, BASED ON CALORIE VALUES (End-August 1939 = 100) (a) Forecast. III. LEND/LEASE SUPPLIES. Arrivals of Lend-Lease supplies of U.S. origin to the U.K. increased further in March to 112 thousand net tons. Sailing, however, fell from 143 thousand net tons in February to 116 thousand net tons in March. The quantity of Lend/Lease supplies of foodstuffs which have been shipped from the United States to the United Kingdom now exceeds 3 million net tons.