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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6263, 26 September 1891, Page 2

A London hemp broker, writing on the subject of New Zealand hemp, by the last mail, draws the attention of bankers, merchants, and shippers to the aerious check likely to accrue to this trade unless the highly objectionable practice of dumping Mew Zealand hemp be discontinued. The dumping (or extra pressure) put on the bales by shipowners or shippers of New Zealand hemp ia a matter of serious moment. Unlike wool (with its elastic nature) hemp, once dumped, becomes hard and matted, and the system of dumping adopted in the former article without hurt is totally unsuitable, and to some extent, prejudicial to hemp. Many cases have arisen in which bales dumped (or compressed) by shipowners or their agents have been so seriously affected that the binders or bauds of fcemp — as delivered originally at the shipping port — have been so loosened that the Bill of Lading marks and identities have not only been lost or destroyed, but a considerable expense has also been incurred for re-tightening. A further aud greater grievance to shippers is to be found in the fact that parcels of various markß are promiscuously dumped together, without any regard to the specific obligations and convenants, under the usual Bills of Lading clause "that balea are to be delivered in the like good order and condition." Each and every mark should be kept intact; whereas at present, without i regard to consequences the marks of various j consignees are mixed together at the will i and caprice of the dumpers under the same j Bill of Lading, and apparently without any ! thought of after expenses or consequence.