HEMP GRADED DURING MARCH

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14971, 19 April 1912, Page 9

HEMP GRADED DURING MARCH

THE DEMAND FOR TOW, The following is tho return showing that quantities of hemp and tow graded at Dominion ports during March. The {total number of bales of hemp graded was 9343,) as compared with 9270 bales for the cor-' responding month of last year, ", an increase of 73 bales. For tho twelve months ending 31st March tho number of bales graded was 85,684 against 113.523 for the previous twelve months, the decrease being 27,844-. bales. During tho month 2687 ; bales of. tow were dealt with, as compared with 2480 for March, 1911, an increase of 207 bales. ' " ; " ;; ' '.' ' '= : " ! "' The following are detailed returns for hemp :Auckland : Good fair 155, fair 479, . common 153, rejected 1; total 788. Foxton : Good fair 2046, fair 2212, common 75, rejected 21; total 4354. Wellington: Fine 144, good fair 2087. fair 1319, common 28; total 3578. Pieton : Fine 70, good fair 6, fair 59; total 135. Lyttelton: Fine 51. -■'■'Dunedin : Fine 71, good lair 10, fair 32 total 113. Bluff : Good fair 25, fair 278, common 2l; total 324. Totals - Fine 366. good fair 4329, fair 4379, common. 277. rejected 22; grand total '■ 9343 bales. The figures for tow are Auckland : i Second 92, third 81, condemned 40; total 21?. Foxton: First 254, second 602,, third 91; total 947. Wellington ;• First* 480, second 578, third 68, condemned 89 total- 12151 Pieton : First 20, second,2l, third 54; total 95. Lyttelton: First 30, second 16; total 46. Dunedin : Second 14 bales. Bluff : Second 45, third 96, condemned 7; total 148. Totals: First 784, second 1368, third 590, condemned 136; grand total, 2678. It is gratifying to note that tho export of stripper slips has assumed dimensions that necessitate spe? dale-numeration. 192 bales were paused for shipment at Foxton; 11.9 were passed at Wellington, and 32 were condemned, tho being 345 bales. A considerable quantity of this by-product does not, of course, pass through tho grading shed but is taken by local rope factories.