HEMP INDUSTRY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 651, 30 October 1909, Page 8

HEMP INDUSTRY.

;i:A' month's;wobk'eecoeded; .: ; : ; ;;;; /revival -expected. ' '■ Tho September, report of .the grading of hemp and/tow,issued by Mr. C. Clifton who now controls that division, was published yesterday'.:' 'It states'that tho total'bales graded-num-bered -'1563, of; which tho Wellington province contributed 53.06 par cent., The proportions :of:the_'various grades in- this quantity, are shown in.the following percentage figures:— . ':'■ Pino.'.'. Good.F. Pair. - Common ..Rejected. ;; ;5.2:.•;;•'■■: *6.8..':: ;,'■ 41.-4' - ; 6.07. - .35 ;■;■ ""The percentage of..*good fair'" says the report; "has not been so great as might have been anticipated,'but:this is attributed to tho ; unsuitable-weather-causing a loss' of colour :p'oiritsV,7As. compared with the previous month therp.'was an/increase of 2162- hales, but a tfecreaso of G8 bales from tho figures of the corresponding month of last'year. '■: ■" 'Por...the .six: months ended.September ,30, ' the'., number ■ of -bales' graded was • 28,991, ; as •compared' with* 27,240 ■■ for the corresponding .period.of .last year, an increase of 1745 bales. ! A;Tiumber,.of,".mills are re-opening, and a •considerable-increase in. output may.bo expected'froth, now onwards. ,' . . '. ,' ;•" The'local prices for 'good fair.' and -fair' .have'been steadily' advancing since the end of last month. 1 'Fine''is in,good demand forAustralian ; requirements, but'the lower grades -aro.tiot much sought after. It appears anomalous., that- although the Home markets rule prices, practically all this fiho and higherpointed ?,good, fair'' ; grades shipped from .Wei-' '.lington are\ secured' by the Australian' man.'lifaoturers; '' . .': • . ' ,;.' '~;;''The itow.,dealt with during the month amounted to 1140 bales, an. increase of 487 over , the quantity of ■ the- preceding month.'' ..'/The.distribntiorilof the hemp production and ; the. grade .-proportions are shown in the followin jjTflgurcs :•• ■'..-.' ". j . V-J-v}; ; '7 :; :Kne!;.G.P. P.'.-. Coml'Eej'c'dV.Tl.' Auckland ... ,—'•. 211 . 600. .93 2 90G Foxton .....'..' ',-r-: ?"'jjG9 ■■.- 581.-' IB — ' 1169 Wellington...-.■■ 167-7-1266 31t ; 462> ':i4 1923 Kcton. ~..;. . .43 '.— '.- — '137 Duhedin '...' '—■ . 150' - —"-.;■—. 150 Bluff ;..„... ..-■—:«.v'69-- ' 202 '' : 6•• —. *>77

; .;;Totels.'^:;:;■-.238>';,;2i38 ;'. 1893 277, 16' 45G2 \\ which 'came ..' from Auck-land-v<' consisted"-' of 399 '.bales, ' Foxton 59, .Wellington 515,- Picton 54, Dunedin. 30, ! Bluff":43,'. .The'"grading was' as follows:— H o. •l-.quality, No ; ; 2, 349; No. 3, 391; condemned,;3o. :,:-,- ■ ..-' .■ ,;