THE HEMP INDUSTRY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1048, 25 May 1912, Page 4

THE HEMP INDUSTRY.

FOXTON FIOURKS

Foxton was first made a hempgrading port in 190 S, and a grader was then appointed to grade at both Foxtou and Napier. Since tnen the amount of hemp and tow graded locally h-.c greatly increased, and it was found impossible tor the Foxton grader to also attend to the Napier work, and that port has since been visited by a Wellington grader. Foxton’s output has been sufficient to warrant the appointment of an assistant at the local sheds, and for some mouths past more hemp has been graded each month locally than at any other grading centre. During the first year that grading was undertaken at Foxton, 11,320 bales passed through the sheds, and for the year ended March 31st last the number graded was 36,892. The increase in bales of phormium produce iu the three years was uo less than 35,311 bales, the figures being as follows ; —Hemp, year ending 31st March, 1909, 11,320 bales ; 1910, 23,869 bales; 1911, 33,176 bales; 1912, 36,#92 bales. Tow, 1910, 4,919 balss; 1911, 7,829 bales; 1912. 9,457 bales. Stripper-slips, 1912, 282 bales. K.VPURT RP.'M'RNS. The following figures show the export of hemp and low from New Zealand last year, and the destination of the various shipments Hemp—United Kingdom, 14,152 thus ; Victoria, 949 ; New South Wales, 936 ; South Australia, 144 ; Tasmania, 6 ; Cape Colouy, 84 ; France, 3 ; United States of America, East Coast. 1,081 ; United States of America, West Coast, 10; Friendly Islands, 1 ; total, 17,366 tons, valued at ,£300,209. Tow —United Kingdom, 2,440 tons; Victoria. 519; New South Wales, 306 ; Sonin Australia, 10 ; Tasmania, 7 ; France, 1 ; total, 3,283 tons, valued at ,£24,921. APRII, r-RAIJING RETURNS. The total number of bales of hemp graded during the month ot April was 9,169, as compared with 6,478 bales for the corresponding month of last year, an increase of 2,691 bales. For the twelve months ending 30th April, 19x2, the number ot bales graded was 88,875, as compared with 105,478 tor the previous twelve months, the decrease being 17,103 bales. During the same mouth 2,474 bales of cow were dealt with, as compared with 1,590 for the corresponding mouth of last year, an increase ot 884 bales. HUMP. The number of bales of hemp guided at each port was as follows ; —Foxtou 3,947, Wellington 3,638, Auckland 786, Bluff 341, Ficton 224, Dunedin 120, and Napier xx - The number of bales in each grade at the different ports was as uuder : Good Fine. Fair. Fair. Com. Auckland - 205 51S -63 Napier Foxton Wellington 65 2476 1051 27 Ficton 78 27 119 Dunedin 65 55 Bluff At Wellington five bales were rejected and 14 condemnedTOW. The tow graded waS distributed as follows: — oj "2 r O * r-5 ■‘- 1 ~ T 3 v-, "O .£ 2 522 o o UhO too HO O H Auckland IxB 88 27 233 Foxtou 304 614 14 Ficton 35 Dunedin Bluff STK I PPUR 81, IPS. At Wellington 222 bales ot stripper slips, and 2 bales at Bluff, were passed tur shipment. Forty bales were condemned at Wellington. RELIEVED AFTER MANY YEARS. “Chamberlain’s Tablets have been the means of relieving me of indigestion,” writes Mr James Coffey, ex-stationraaster at Mentone, Vie. "I was for many years with the Victorian Railways, but am now retired. in the rush of work there one is apt to neglect oneself, and fly to all sorts ol alleged remedies. In Chamberlain’s Tablets 1 have found the best remedy 1 have ever tried.” - .vlier*.. -.ld. I. ti <8 frit iiloULiA Fo obtain the CENUiiNE SANDER EUCALYPTI EXTRACT, which will procure tor you a remedy of sterling value and protect you from having your health injured by one of the many crude oils and socalled “extracts” which are now palmed off by unscrupulous dealers as "just as good,” and which are, according to authentic medical testimunv, very depressing to the heart. The GENUINE SANDER EXTRAC I is absolutely iiuu-iujurious and brings instantaneous relief m headache, lever, colds, lung and stomach troubles, and its great antiseptic powers protect from future injection. Ulcers, wounds, burns, sprains, are healed without inflammation. SANDER’b EXTRACT is endorsed by tire highest medical -■.uinuiiues, uim is unique 111 its are us aisiiugaxMiuig qualities. Therctoiv, get trie CENIgaE bANDER EXT RAC I --- insist if you nave to —but get it and derive the benefit.