HEMP INDUSTRY.
T : t 9W. \Auckland / correspondent ' Writes l Judging by the figures.whichare;supplied'.'bj; ;3 erador ttio l?" ' 'K-?> ..Government i paaer,., the hemp industry, m whichi 'thii KJVf? 8 Plays a- most important? partvin'"tha ' I Dominion trade,.» in a • most iatisfacto™ • q rt ntity S- drcs sed fla* thai passed through the grading storp* ; rlm-inrr tons y The W r S^ 7,7 baleS, 8500 : i. v . e estimated aggregate valim *£ i which is. £220,000.: Some' 2000 tois of tW ,i at £12,000, have also been handled in Si'f \ th f- t ? tal:^'alil ® out- : ' put is not far .short of a .quarter' of a milof I 'the' D lntf' :This , r °P r ?. sent s about' a .third \rj 1 -hemp; exported from tZ Ze 'T and tho fi gwes a ?e; much £ - excess of the ,average , output.',-During. ' TrJhnct '? s M 3 l 7 bales passed through Mr.i Johnston s .hands—a ; somewhat substantial ' decrease, as compared;.with',-the, correspond-*' :g™th A of : 1906i.'wheOi23„ bales ,S: forn ard.. An oxceUent market was bfferW; at that time, output-for.jlast: month, 1005 S ' 33 . 2 > 11 0 s - ®ore, than for De.'.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 89, 8 January 1908, Page 2
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185HEMP INDUSTRY. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 89, 8 January 1908, Page 2
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