THE HEMP INDUSTRY.
DECEMBER GRADING RETURNS
The following returns for the grading of hemp, tow and stripperslips for the month of November has been issued by the Department of Agriculture:— Hemp.—The total number of bales graded was 7,193, as compared with 8,732 for the corresponding period of last year ,a decrease of 1,539 bales. Tow. —During the month 1,832 bales were graded, as compared with 1,978 for the corresponding period of last year, a decrease of 146 bales. The detailed particulars of the grading of hemp at each port was as follows: —
Ports. Fine. Fair. Fair. Fair. Cm.
Dunedin Lyttelton Twenty-nine bales at Auckland, 28 bales at Foxton, and 106 bales at Wellington were rejected. No bales were condemned. The following shows the number of bales in each grade, the number for the.corresponding period of last year being given in parentheses: — Fine 58 (51), good fair 1,617 (1,477), high fair 4,154 (3,379), fair 1,067 (3,386), common 134 (330), rejected 163 (109), condemned nil (nil). The number of bales graded at each port was as follows: —Auckland 1,385, Foxton 1,323, Wellington 3,412, Blenheim 176, Picton 96, Wairoa 208, Bluff 334, Dunedin 16S, Lyttelton 89. The following are the details of the tow graded:—
Two bales at Auckland, 19 bales at Wellington, and 67 bales at the Bluff were condemned. The number of bales in each grade was as follows, the number for the corresponding period of last year being given in parentheses: — First Grade 840 (473), 2nd grade 775 (1,292), 3rd grade 129 (108), condemned 88 (33). The number of bales graded at each port was as follows: —Auckland 327, Foxton 370, Wellington 699, Blenheim 53, Picton 45, Wairoa 48, Bluff 248, Dunedin 12, Lyttelton 30. Stripper-slips. —Seventy-two bales from Wellington were graded No. 1 grade.
Auckland -— 119 512 680 45 Foxton — 134 1112 27 22 Wiell’gtn. — 668 2235 346 57 Blenheim — 120 56 2 — Picton 58 38 — — — Wairon — 202 6 — — Bluff — 23S 74 12 10
Ports. 1st. 2nd 3rd. Auckland — 214 Ill Foxton 171 193 6 Wellington 519 161 — Blenheim 45 8 — Picton 45 — — Wairoa 48 — — Bluff — 169 12 Dunedin — 12 — Lyttelton 12 18 —
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2380, 17 January 1922, Page 4
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354THE HEMP INDUSTRY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2380, 17 January 1922, Page 4
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