FLAX.
The following extract from the New Zealand Gazette has something like a demonstration about it. What may be the result, as our cotemporary observes, is yet a matter oi speculation ; but there is proof of a good example which the people of Auckland would do well to follow. We were aff only the other day very busy about Flax> but it seems all in a moment to have become a neglected scheme. Export of Phormium Tsnax from Pout Nic-.ol-aow, from lat April to Slat December, 1843.
' Used in port for wha'e lines Si otb.-v cordage 15 T0!#........ 105 tons.. The whole of-the above, we believe, we* dre by natives, at the uniform price of £ls por What it wtli sett for in England is m yet a m«' of speculation, as tbo “Clydeside'' did not j.».-
in London till tht sth of September, just as the “ Himalaya” was about to sail, The next arrival, however, (supposing that proper diligence be used), will put us ia possession of its market value in London. •'* ' ' ;"
In ifee O'ydeside,,,. Tons .. 3 to London. — listers ...., „ .. 5 to Hobart Town. — Lady Leigh .. .. 25 to Sydney. — Nelson 3 to London. Victoria * t$ to London. — Joseph Albino .. 6 to Adelaide*' • — Tv lie ; to Loudon* Indemnity.,.. to London. 90 ion#.
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Auckland Times, Volume 2, Issue 58, 20 February 1844, Page 3
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