HEMP & TOW GRADING.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1824, 9 August 1913, Page 15

HEMP & TOW GRADING.

INCREASING FIGURES. . A return compiled by tho Department of Agriculture showing the quantities of liemp and tow graded atjtho ports of the Dominion during the month of July, gives the total number of - bales of hemp as 9487, as compared with- 4021 for tho corresponding month of last year, an increase of 48G6 bales. For the twelvo months onding July 31, 1913, the, number of bales graded was 150,527, as compared with 01,972 for the provious twelve months, the increase being 58,555. The tow graded during the month was 3201 bales, as compared with 154!) for the corresponding month of last year, an increase of 1712 bales. For the twelve months ending July 31, 1913, the number of bales graded was 52,2G5, as. compared with 25,377 for the previous twelve months, tho increase being. 2G,888 bales. Dotails of !he' hemp graded are:— Good- CornFine. Fair. Fair. mon. Total. Auckland — ?30 1332 213 1897 Napier ... 20 fil 3-1 — 115 Foxton ... —' 337 2244 38 262G Wellington — 900. 206G 6G 3038 Blenheim 40 137 — — 183 Picton ... (il ;40 222 17 . 440 Lyttelton 30 — — — go Dunedin — 156 575 32 726 Bluff — 137 271 24 ' 432 Totals ■ 157 _ 2118 G744 390 9487 Of 37 bales rejected, Auckland contributed 11, Foxton 7, Wellington G, and Dunedin 13. In all, 11 bales were condemned, overy ono coming from Auckland.