NEW ZEALAND TOBACCO
IS THEEE A MABKET ABBOAD? Considerable interest is still being shown in the cultivation ■of tobacco as a commercial proposition, and a steady increase is noticeable in the area planted in this crop, states the annual report of the Department of Agriculture. It has been amply demonstrated that leaf of high-grade quality for pipe-smoking can be produced in certain localities in the Dominion, notably Nelson, Hawkes Bay, and Auckland. It is estimated there are now some 400 acres under cultivation, the crop being grojvn under contract to tobacco manufacturers. The continued improvement that has taken place in the manufacture of locally-grown tobacco has led to a considerable demand for the New Zealand product. It is proposed .to make arrangements for sending to England samples of New Zealand leaf with a view to ascertaining whether a market is bbtainable there for any surplus not required or capable of being dealt with in the Dominion.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 29, 3 August 1926, Page 8
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