HEMP FOR EXPORT.
_ . ' --*■ - mm — BIG INCREASE IN MAY. : I < ; | The Agricultural Department's . return *, ■ showing the quantities of hemp, tow, and * > stripper slips graded at the ports of the • Dominion during the month of May, 1913, |j states that the total number of bales of hemp graded was 17,107, as compared with 9931 for the corresponding month of last •: i year, an increase of 7176 bales. For the . 12 months ending May 31, 1913, the num- , V* ber of bales graded was. 137,169, as compared with 90,529 for the previous 12 months, the increase being 46,640 bales.- J f. /v During the month 5128 bales of tow were ;- dealt with, as compared with 2814 for the *J|f corresponding month of .' last year, an in- 'K? crease of 2314 bales. For the 12 months ending May 31, 1913, the number of bales |w, graded was 47,003, as compared with 24,855j for. the previous 12 months, the increase - "uS being 22,148 bales. ';' T \ \"• *M
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15326, 12 June 1913, Page 8
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161HEMP FOR EXPORT. New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15326, 12 June 1913, Page 8
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