FLAX GRADING RETURNS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 937, 2 April 1930, Page 11

FLAX GRADING RETURNS

FIGURES FOR YEAR 1929-30 e : Returns of flax graded at the port of e Auckland during the year ended March | 31 show an increase of 734 bales over ' I the figures for the 1928-29 year. a Following are the returns for the '• year ending on March 31, the figures .1 for the preceding year being given in parentheses: s Hemp.—Superfine, 4 bales ( —); . fine, 10 (2); good fair, 2,165 (2,456); *’ high fair, 7,108 (4,989); fair, 4,69 S (5,707); common, 1,288 (1,748); rejected, 459 (458); total, 15,732 bales (15,360). Tow. —No. 1. SSI bales (955)); No. 2, 3.335 (2,440); No. 3, 1,289 (1,219); condemned, 235 (261); total, 5,440 bales (4,905). 3 Stripper Tow. —No. 2, 25 bales (71); i No. 3. 8 (28); condemned, 2 (4); total- - 35 bales UO3). f Stripper Slips.—No. 2, 3, 4 (6S); condemned, 1 (17); total, 5 t bales (110). The figures for March are as follow, the figures for the corresponding ’ period last year being given in parentheses: — Hemp.—Fine. 3 ( —) ; good fair, 323 (555); high fair, 1,129 (544); fair. 624 (325); common. 55 (117); rejected. 97 (60); total, 2,231 bales (1.604). Tow. —No. 1, 39 bales (252); No. 2, - 506 (15S) ; No. 3. 162 (125); condemned, e 24 (31): total, 731 (566). s Stripper Tow.—No. 2, M ;; AUSTRALIA’S CUSTOMS FIGURES o I CANBERRA, Tuesday. 5 I The Customs revenue in the Comt I monwealth for March rose to an d ! unprecedented figure, namely, - ! £4,729,000. This is £1,419,000 more o than for the corresponding month of last year. That imports should have increased y in this remarkable manner at a time e of great financial stringency is : the d subject of much comment. The; exd planation is largely provided by the n fear of importers that further tariff s. increases are pending. s I The increase also reflects the e frenzied rush to remove goods from ! bond. j The postal revenue for March shows ’ i a huge increase. i