THE HEMP INDUSTRY.
GRADING RETURNS. • During the year ended March 31st, 1919, 130,773 bales of hemp were graded at the various ports in the Dominion, as compared with 162,818 for. (he year previous, a decrease of 20,045 hides. The quantities of each grade were as follows, the previous year’s totals being given in parenthesis: Pine, 571 (580); good fair, 12,150 (12,185); high fair, 72,970 (79,7-12); fair, 14,105 (50,385); common, 0,270 (11,520); rejected, 590 (1,750); condemned, 105 (350). The following shows, the percentages of the output of each grade, the previous year being given in parenthesis:—Pine, 0.41 (0.35); good fair, 8.p2 (7.00); high fair 53.32^(48.92)fair, 32,23 (31.71); common, 4.01 (7.07); rejected, 0.43 (1.07); condemned 0.08 (0.21),.
The number of bales in each grade at (ho various ports was: — Auckland. —Pine 1, good fair 3,085, high fair 12,925, fair 10,518, common 2,704, rejected 105, condemned 57. Total, 29,395. Napier.—Good fair 090, high fair 010, fair 195, common 3. Total, 1,498. Foxton.—Good fair 2,722, high fair 21,820, fair 7,404, common 825, rejected 259, condemned 15. Total, 33,045. Wellington.—Pine 174, good fair 4,245, high fair 31,30(5, fair 14.715, common 1,242; rejected 157. condemned 0. Total, 51,875. Lyttelton.—Pine 9(5, good fair 1.14, high fair 15.' Total, 225. Picton. —Fine 300, good fair 345, high fair 37. Total, 682. Dunedin and Bluff.—Good fair 949, high fair (5,257, fair 11,243, common 1,502, rejected’ 75, condemned 27. Total, 20,053. The following are the percentages of the various grades at the differept ports:—Auckland, good fair 10.50, high fair 44, fair 35.00, common 9.20, rejected 0.35, condemned 0.19. Foxton, good fair 8.23, high fair 66, fair 22, common 2.50, rejected 0.78, condemned 0.45. Wellington. —Fine 0.33, good fair. 8.20; high fair 00.30, fair 29.40, .common 2.40, rejected 0,30, condemned‘o.ol. . Napier.—Good • fair 4(5.13, high fair 40,90, fair 13, common 0.20. Picton. —Fine 44, good fair 50.50, high fair 5.50, Lyttelton.—Pine 42.70, good fair 50.70, high fair C.CO. Dunedin and Bluff.—Good fair 4.70, high fair 31.28, fair 50.20; common 7.50, rejected 0.37, condemned 0.17,
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2047, 28 October 1919, Page 2
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332THE HEMP INDUSTRY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2047, 28 October 1919, Page 2
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