HEMP AND TOW

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 266, 6 August 1929, Page 12

HEMP AND TOW

RETURNS FOR JULY The following returns are forwarded by the Department of Agriculture, showing the quantities in bales of hemp, tow, stripper tow, and stripper slips graded at the ports of the Dominion during the month of July, 1929. Hemp. Auckland: Good fair. 160; high fair, 400; low fair, 232; commended, 100; rejected, 25; total, 917. Wellington: Good fair, 9; high fair, 617; low fair, 365; commended, 52; rejected, 21; total, 1067. Foxton: High fair, 230; low fair. <2; commended, S; rejected, 28; total, 338. Picton: Good fair, IS; high fair, 8; low fair, 8; total, 34. Dunedin: Good fair, 22; high fair, 5; total, 27. Port Chalmers: Low fair, 25; rejected. 3; total, 28. , . Bluff: High fair, 147; low fair. 179; commended, 114; rejected. 16; total, 456. Lyttelton: High fair, 5; low fair, 1; total, 6. , . .. Dominion figures (last year s for the same month in parentheses) : Good fair, 209 (167) ; high fair, 1412 (910) ; low fair, 885 (585) ; commended. 274 (165) ; rejected. 93 (55) ; total, 2873 (1882). Increase, 991. Tow. Auckland: Grade I, 102; grade 11, 15S-; grade HI, 73; condemned, 12; total, 345. „ , Wellington: Grade I, 13: grade 11, 197; grade 111, 27; condemned, 11; total, 254. Foxton: Grade 11, 56; grade 111, 6; total, 62. , Picton: Grade 11, 16; total, 16. Bluff: Grade 11, 32; grade 111, S 0; total, 121. Lyttelton : Grade 11. 2; total. — Dominion figures: Grade I. 115 (63); grade 11, 461 (237); grade 111. 195 (125); condemned, 29 (18); total, SOO (443) ; increase, 357. Stripper Tow. Wellington: Grade 11. 44; total, 44. Dominion figures: 44 (nil). Stripper Slips. Bluff: Grade HI, 42; condemned, 16; Dominion figures: Grade 111, 42 (33) ; condemned, 16 (2) ; total, 58 (40). In-

crease, 18.