IMPORTS OF FERTILISERS.
FIGURES-FOR/A YEAR/ The following is a summary' of tlio kinds, quantities, ami values of various kinds of fertilisers imported into New Zenland during the year ended llarch 31, 1913:- , Weight. Value. Year. Year. Year. Year. ■1912-13. 1911-12. 1912-13.1911-12. Description. Tons Tons. £ . £ . Bonednst- 9,281 10,799 60,050 69,032 Br&ken bones 133 — 766 — Bono char 527 . 275 869 922 Blood manure 20 175 130 1,050 .Bone phos- . phate 31 240 109 . 817 Blood and bone 1,735 635 10,344 3,924 . Basic slag". 20,133- 16,227 66,389 53.C67 Kuperplioei phate 32,964 32,567 120,303 119,597 Phosphate, n.o.e 393 690 1,459 2,587 Guano and rock • phosphate ... 25,033 22,050 65,084 61,622 Bernard's phosphate 502 —, 1,598 - Sulphate of pot- , a*h 847 796 .10,432 9,772 Muriate of potash 23 20 277 234 Nitrate of potash 20 — 241' _ Kainit 2,467 2,187 8,339 t 7,255 1 Potash salts... " 905 ■ 916 5,554 5 235 Phonolite 6 — 25 Gypsum 4,163 5,494 ' 6,687 ' 7 604 Sulphato of ammonia, 439 304 ' 6,962 4,505 . Nitrate of soda 364 258 4,164 2,725 ■ Nitrolim (cajcium cyanamide)... 146 ■60 1,560 626 Sulphate if iron 25 63 • 122 217 Potato-fertiliser 150 225. . 865 1 168 Turnip-fertiliser 75 270 350 1140 Turnip and grass • ' fertiliser ... ICO — ' 520 i. • Hape-fertiliser 75 — 360 — Insecticide fertiliser 30 — 167 ' _ Non-odorous fertiliser ; 5 73 ; _ Jadoo ; 2 — 15 _ Castor meal... 7 — , 437 . — • W0,601 ' £374,257
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1790, 1 July 1913, Page 8
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218IMPORTS OF FERTILISERS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1790, 1 July 1913, Page 8
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