HEMP AND TOW RETURNS.
A '.return showing the quantities (in ■bidesJTof hemp, tow, stripper tow, and stripped, slips, graded in the Dominion cluting'the-month of February, is supplied by the Department of Agriculture. The figures are as follow (the figures for the ' fame^month last year being given.in parentlieEesJ^r— • -.."'"''. Hemp. Superfine 37 J (69),. good'fair 1039 (865), high fair 3765 (3310), low fair 2084 (39461, commended 562 (1229), rejected 335 (464), condemned 1(0); total; 7823 (9889). ' Tow. Ist grade 470 (311), 2nd grade 1294 (1334), 3rd grade 573 (1086), condemned 161 (80); total 2498 (2811). '■"•" -Stripper Tow. Ist grade 72 (36), 2nd grade 180 (18), 3rd grade 11 (0), condemned 0 (0);. total, 203 (54). ! Stripper Slips. lsi'-graile Q (38),. 2nd. grade 1 (37), 3rd grade 149 (179), condemned 1 (6); total, 151 (258). The quantities dealt with at the, various ports were as follow: — Hemp. Auckland, 1848; Wellington, 2955; Foxton, 1G28; Picton, 91; Dunedin, 54; Port Chalmers, 100; Bluff, 1057; Lyttclton, 49; Waikuku, 41. . ■ Tow. Auckland, 023; Wellington, 737; Foxton, 385; Picton, 42; Port Chalmers. 10; Bluff, 503; Dunedin, —; Waikuku, 198. Stripper Tow. Auckland, 25; Wellington, 72; Foxton, 166. Stripper Slips. AuukLml, ;);. Wellington, 1; Bluff, 147.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 54, 7 March 1929, Page 14
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195HEMP AND TOW RETURNS. Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 54, 7 March 1929, Page 14
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