"ALMOST LIFELESS."
} IN HEMPCIRCLES.K ,;_The". figures 1 of :;the;-Chief;: : (Mr. i.C;. J..:Fultbn) r in : -his. monthly -report-, show-a considerable-,decline in the of,;.hemp '.produced tin; New during January—a decline , that' is- in- keeping;with the', depression -of';the. market; ■'-,■-.-'f he" hemp; graded, for;.the-month was:" bales as' compared' with. .12,086 'bales.ftr;the; ; corres- ; ponding ;'p,eri6d , :ofl9oßi/.a , decrease"of 5763; ;Dales;-'or.nearly;.;OT"'per.';cerit'.!' ; .'.'-'.'-..v. ; '. , : , :.■'. -,v .. For..the; twelve a months ■.vending^-January' 31, 1909, .the, gVadirigs;; amounted ;to :83,606 bales l "a , decrea'se'!fßr"th'e v tSeh v '6 ! ,'ns(Snths of '55,414; bales; :, ;: i: <V;;,.;/-'.; sy^,*- : ;..' ':?, ,■ .-.-.«■-;;.■■>;• .?: ;Thß:ieGhief.HfEibr«i.-]&.nert;.BTepojrtsi: that; ■ "millers iaro-veryidespondent" , at'the', present outlookj 7 , and-■,a ; good .many !will ; close- dowii if.;;ar further,;;falivin -price:- 'occurs'.' 'Advicies: from'Mariila indicate-;that the enormous''putput,forl9oß will-,bo : equalledjifnot espeeded;, by this .y.carls production',' 'and; -.in. thevface of; such: competition, the New' Zealiind -hemp industry;must remain..aimpst..lifeless.; , .:The'only'hope'lies'in the'cost ductiqri, or in devising improved methods ,of ■milling.' , ;^.:;.;^;:^,^, , .:^:;'.-^;;'-'.;."'^'-':■":■;;■:■-.;.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 427, 9 February 1909, Page 2
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136"ALMOST LIFELESS." Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 427, 9 February 1909, Page 2
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