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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 21 July 1891, Page 2

I I • * j, -„; hlihsj I We are not re£ponsil?e fpr.|he i or opinions of corregponaents. , '/' ■ ■ • •:■ • '■■; ■ ,i\ -.y-itYAI a\ (to *he< editob of the ijaNMtAXUßsjwJurf,) i Sir :-^-Th'e v following ektractfrifitoin i a : letter dated ' 80th • ; Marieh, 1 891; • which I hay received itom one'-of r the largest brokers in New "York noiay be'dfintere3t ta^iempimjllers :-|- --; The quality of New 1 Zealand ii/njp „ . reqrtired^in thjsniftrket is 'ftr ; brjght \ coloured article, clean an & tree 1 from i strawy it will atoayS^ giyenja-. jnre- .', ference, and of course commands a i highe? price.; The reputati,on jof the i hemp in general -the l! poor quality of the! first and people ha,ve^ hot yeT got over , theif pvejudice, but the present shipi ments are much oleane^ and bri^ht^r : in colour, and in time will r%ain'its ,; good name. It would be a good I I ,idea!iflthe afticle :could K ,be >g^ded by number* ,an,d the grades"kept 'iip : ; to a'-fetanduft I; thinly it, would ij work well in tune. -It would depend ; on the difference in quajity as to the I pric6 that would be jObtain^ri 1 The following; are the sainelbrokexs qupja* ations for New Zealand hemp on the i above date. The demand ha? .fallen j off 'oo^tt^y/^^zbNtt^'/^nall ; supplies in auctioh " were mostly j bougtifcim- Quptatjlons axe. 10s to ! 20s p4t ton lower, (oi tha^fcrtni^. ! Paul Wellington, - #32 Is?} to, . £28 ' and good £23 10s to p>f ton." i How do pricei agr«^:»witb those : told ;the nqVwf^mjnqF/I think.-r-t am £c; - W v <^. ( ,; Foxton, 20th July, )&$.., ' v/.