The following table shows the trend, since the beginning of the war, of the calorie values of the bulk stocks of the principal foods:- (end-August 1939 = 100) 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 End February - 94 120. 166 140 198 171 " May - 121 128 179 161 200 162(a) " August 100 130 160 165 179 198 " November 77 129 165 157 202 202 (a) forecast III. LEND/LEASE SUPPLIES In the four weeks ended 3rd March arrivals in the U.K. of Lend/Lease supplies of U.S. origin averaged 28 thousand tons per week, as compared with a weekly average of 15 thousand tons in January.