THE HEMP INDUSTRY

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4462, 7 June 1930, Page 3

THE HEMP INDUSTRY

GRADING STATISTICS FOR 192!)-1930. The following shows the number of bales of hemp graded in New Zealand during Ihe year 3929-30: Ports G.F. ILF. L.K. C. Auckland 2105 7108 1098 1288 Wellington 590 9/ i(> 8/ <4 313-1 Foxtn"ii 232 8259 3-155 080 Piet on -170 152 331 23

Blenliuim 22 35 8 Dunedin 038 1070 20.1 Pi. Chalmers 31 130 373 5 Bluff 32 28-10 -102-1 3 391 Lyl I ell on Wnikuku - Four baies al Auckland were graded superior. Ten bales al Auckland, one at Wellington “ml 2*l at Piet. ill wen- graded line. Four hundred and lifiy-six bales al Auckland, 1003 at Wellington, 510 al Fuxlon, two al Pieton, lo at Dunedin, three at PI. Chalmers, an-1 25-1 al the BlulT were rejected. Three bales at Auckland, 18 al Wellington, live at Foxlmi and two at the Bluff were condemned. The number of bales in each

grade was as follows, Ihe number I .»r the corresponding year 1928/29, being given in parenthesis: —Superior I (nil), line 111 (100), good lair -lIS.S (-18-10), high fair 297-1-1 (25820), low fair 22321 (1971-1), common 05-19 (5-4-13), rejected 2939 (25-18), condemned 28 (85), a total of 05833 bales as against 58022 bales graded the previous year, an increase of 7191 hales. The number of bales graded at

each purl with the numbers lor the corresponding year in parenthesis was: —Auckland 15732 I 15300), Wellington 23941 119888), I'oxton 13177 (19780), Piclon 1310 (755), Blenheim -15 (531), Dunedin 1935 (13,8), Pt. Chalmers 351. (12-14), Bin'll 9143 (9347), Lyttelton 112 (147), Wiailcuku 37 (120). TOW The following' shows the grading uf tow for I lie years 1028 2!) and 1029-30 : Ports Isl 2nd .3rd J i)2S-2() Auckland 9Sf> 2440 1219 Wellington 427 3023 992 Fox to n 521 1582 -I I Pietoii 275 20 -1nieiiliciiii 30 90 Pt. Chalmers I’luff Dunedin Lyttelton 0 02 20 Wnikuku Two hundred and sixty-one bales at Auckland, 390 at Wellington, S 3 a I Foxton, 22 at PL Chalmers, 13 al ihe BlulT, seven at Lyttelton, were condemned. The number of bales graded at each port was: —Auckland 4905, Wellington 4832, Fox ton 2233, Pieton 305, Blenheim 132, Pt. Chalmers 100, Bluff 4011, Dunedin 3, Lyttelton 95, WViiktikit 858. Port's Isl 2nd 3rd ! 029-3(1 Auckland 581 3335 1280 Wellington 102 1024 1010 t'oxtoii 310 2031 328 Piclon 151 I 1! I Blenheim - Pt. Chalmers BlulT —■ 1790 2154 Dunedin Lyttelton Wnikuku —> (fO2 Two hundred aml thirty-live, bales al Auckland, 293 al Wellington, 1.4 at Foxfon and 25 al the BlulT were condemned.

'flie number of bales graded at i aeli purl was:—Auckland 51-10, Wellington 0349 Fox lon 328!), Pic 11 . n 270, Blenheim nil, Pt. Chalmers 3, Bluff 3978, Dunedin 325, Lyilelimi 1 I, Wnikuku 002. STRIPPER TOW. The following is a statement showing the grading of stripper low im lln- year 1929-30, the numbers ini- the year 1928-29 being given in parenthesis:— Fifty-five (357), bales al Wellington, and nil (1.0) were graded Ist grade at Foxton, iveuly-live (71) bales al Auckland, 8.1.3 (l-l-l) at Wellington, and 280 1 30-1) al Foxton were graded 2nd ■.. lade. Eight (28) bales at Auckland, 89 (nil) at Wellington, and nil i till at Foxton, were graded 3rd grade. Two (-1) bnles at Auckland. and two (nil) at Wellington v ere condemned. STRIPPER SLIPS.

The following* is a slaleinen! .■dinwing llie grading uf stripper slips for llie year 1929-30, (lie numbers for the year 1928-29 being given in parenthesis: —Five (nil) bales a I the BlulT were graded Ist

grade. Nil (25) bales al Auckland, nil (1281 at Wellington, 30 (nil) at Dunedin, 342 (39) at the Bluff were graded 2nd grade. Four (08) bales al A norland, nil (19) al Wellington, 112 (nil) al Dunedin and 997 (998) at the BlulT were

-railed 3rd grade. One (17) bales al Auckland, nil ( 13) at Wellington

and 1 fid CD) at the Bluff were condemned.