ADVICE TO NEW ZEALAND HEMP (PHORMIUM) SHIPPERS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 21 January 1890, Page 2

ADVICE TO NEW ZEALAND HEMP (PHORMIUM) SHIPPERS.

The following suggestions, received through, the A.«ent-Genaral for Now Zealand* h*ve been published in the last gazette.- ' ' ■ ' " 27, Lendenhall Street, , „ .. ...... London. 2Gth Oct. WB9. Baring been employed largely a» a broker for a period of «pm^ forty-year* in the sal* ;and. purchase of textile fibres from India' rand, rtha colonies* and anxious, to see ett increased development of the trade .of thU : country in New Zealand hemp the writer hopes he may be excused, in tb« intereitt of shippers %nd nil concerned, to dirrct attention to the various suggestions annexed, feeling certain that their adoption will: be likely in the futura to maintain, anff further .yet improve, the iavouvable option gaining ground as' to the valun or thu Irticle 1 both here and abroad ':-i- " '' 1. That, as far as possible^ the "colour lje uniform, and of a palish'yellow. ' 2, That* y^here two or more colours «xi»t. they should, as far as possible, be separated '■ into secondary mftrks. » • „ 3. That' no ' runners oy hard strikers (improperly-decorticated fibre") should be left in the heads or layers. 4. That the seed or crop end should be soften«d ; the tow and hard particles being carefully removed. o. That the baits generally shipped at present are too heavy aud bulky, and the

heads too large. Square pressedpaoke d bales of 2£cvrt to 2£cwt each are much pre* ferred to large bale*, and the heads should not sxceed 2£lb to 3Jlb weight each. (>. That fine and good-oolouved hemp ahould ba protected by a oloth or canvas wrapper. 7. That the hemp be carefully retted or steeped in nene but clean water, a running sjjeamJuing jnflitj^dTisable. .The .defeoUof colour visible in many parcels of fibre shipped clearly indicate a want of proper care in its respect, and that ditcoloured or stagnant water has been too frequently used in the steeping process. -'■ "SrThlrtnleither inbaling nor fri dumping should iron bands or iron wire be used, ■Bince either . % chip's sweat ai by sea damage the fibre ii liable through oxidation to discolour, and materially to effect the saleable value of this article. . > ». That the bales be bound wife Ne|<. Zealand or other hemp ropes, boiHOiwith iron bands or wire rope of any d*wription. 10. That, to % piev^ flßanbeg of fire through spontaneous combustion, the hemp be thoroughly /well dried hefore packing or bailing. ' , : : 11. That; in order .to do foil jtistice *s between oat district 6f%rowth and another, each district of growth, if possible, should be auperadifed to the other shipper*' distinctive marks. C. Spublikg, Hemp and Fibre Broker. H.B;— The firtft foui* «f the above »uggectiopa appeared in. the writer's eirculfcis of the 21st February and Bth March last, whilst the remainder are those arising from a full consideration and careful inspection of moit of the parcels which have bpen received in this market during the past eight months.