HEMP AND TOW
GRADING REPORT FOR APRIL PORT AND DOMINION STATISTICS Tlie following returns show the quantities of hemp, tow, stripper tow, and stripper slips graded at the ports of the Dominion during the month of April, 1929 :— Hemp. Auckland : Good-fair, 177 bales; highfair. 495 bales; low-fair, 797 bales, commended, 204 bales, rejected, 31 bales; total, 1704 bales. Wellington : Good-fair, 17 bales ; highfair, 839 bales; low-fair, 1590 bales; commended, 203 bales, rejected, 298 bales; total, 2947 bales. Foxton: Good-fair, 20 bales; high-fair, 960 bales; low-fair, 328 bales; commended, 12 bales, rejected, 54 bales; total, 1374 bales. Picton : Good-fair, 79 bales; high-fair, 40 bales ; low-fair, 20 bales; commended, 1 bale; total, 140 bales. Blenheim: Good-fair, 22 bales; highfair, 15 bales; low-fair, 8 bales; total, 45 bales. Dunedin: Good-fair, 112. bales; highfair, 97 bales; low-fair, 16 bales; rejected, 2 bales; total, 228 bales. Port Chalmers: High-fair, 55 bales; low-fair, 48 bales; commended, 3 bales; total, 106 bales. Bluff.—Good-fair, 5 bales; high-fair, 511 bales; low-fair, 553 bales; commended, 55 bales; rejected, 14 bales; total, 1138 bales. Dominion figures for this month (last year’s for the same month in parentheses) are as follow: — Good-fair, 432 (447) bales: high-fair, 3012 (2406) bales; low fair, 33C0 (2474) bales; commended, 478 (537) bales: rejected, 400 (161) bales; condemned, 0 (25) bales; total, 7682 (6050) bales. Increase, 1632 bales. Tow. Auckland.| —Grade 1, 57 bales; Grade IT, 285 bales; Grade 111, 197 bales; condemned, 29 bales; total, 568 bales. Wellington.—Grade I, 16 bales; Grade 11, 479 bales; Grade 111, 131 bales; condemned, 42 bales; total, 668 bales. Foxton. —Grade I, 48 bales; Grade 11, 230 bales; Grade 111 30 bales; total, 308 bales. Picton.—Grade I, 34 bales. Bluff.—Grade 11, 251 bales; Grade 111, 208 bales; total, 459 bales. Dominion Figures.—Grade I, 155 (157) bales: Grade 11, 1245 (938) bales; Grade 111, 566 (541) bales; condemned, 71 (55) bales; total, 2037 (1691) bales; increase, 346 bales. Stripper Tow. Auckland.—Grade 11, 17 bales; Grade 111, 8 bales; condemned, 2 bales; total, 27 bales. Wellington.—Grade 11, 144 bales. Dominion Figures.—Grade 11, 161 bales; Grade 111, 8 bales; condemned, 2 bales; total, 171 bales. No figures last year. Increase, 171 bales. Stripper Slips. Auckland.—Grade ITT, 3 bales. Bluff.—Grade 111, 172 bales; condemneC, 23 bales; total, 195 bales. Dominion Figures.—Grade 11, 0 (60) bales; Grade 111, 175 (104) bales; condemned, 23 (14) bales; total, 198 (178) bales. Increase, 20 bales.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 186, 4 May 1929, Page 14
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397HEMP AND TOW Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 186, 4 May 1929, Page 14
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