HEMP MARKET

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4488, 7 August 1930, Page 2

HEMP MARKET

JULY GRADING RETURNS. The grad in f;- returns for hemp, tow, stripper low and stripper slips for the month of July have been issued by the Department of Agriculture as follows: — Ports o.l''. lI.F. L.F. C. Auckland 1.21 304 204 30 Wellington Foxton Pie i on 54 0 12 Dunedin 52 131 2o 1 Bluff Fix bales at Auckland, 135 at Wellington, and 17 a I I lie Bluff were rejected. One bale at Wel - linglon was condemned. The number of bales in each grade was as follows, the number for the eorrosiponding' period «n£ lasi year being given in parenthesis:—Good fair 227 (200), high

fair 027 (1112), low fair 883

(885), common 115 (274), rejected LSS (03), condemned 1 (nil),‘a. mini of 2311 bales as against 2873 bales graded the same period last sear, a decrease of 502 bales. The number of hales graded at eneh port was: —-Auckland 734, Wellington 881, Foxton 210, Pieton 72, Dunedin 200, Bluff 100. The following shows the detailed particulars of the low graded : —- Ports Isl 2nd 3rd Auckland 40 142 20 Wellington 20 10l Foxton Pie ton 32 Bluff Ten hales at Auckland, 11 at Wellington wore condemned. The following shows the number of hales in each grade, the number for the corresponding' period of lasi year (being given in imrcntliesis:—lst grade 02 (115), 2nd grade 133 (401), 3rd grade 02 (IPSJ, condemned 21 (20), a total of 008 bales as against SOo bales graded the same period lasi sear, a decrease of 1.02 bales. The number of bales graded at t.ach port was: —Auckland 212, Wellington 182. Foxton 82. Pieton 32, Bluff 100.

Stripper Tow : —There was no stripper tow graded for the moil It of July.

•Stripper Slips: —Eleven bales at tho Bluff were, graded 3rd grade and one hale was condemned. The lot a I number graded was 12 hales as against 58 bales graded the period last year, a decrease of 40 bales.