THE HEMP MARKET.
REVISED PBICES FOR MANILA, WELLINGTON, January 17.
The Department of Agriculture advises that according to a cable message dated January 10, from the High Commissioner, the War Office notifies that owing to a decline in market values in the Phillipine Islands, and also the reduced transport charges, the Government issue prices of all grades of Manila hemp have been revised. The new prices are:— J £BO, K £79, L £7B, M £7O, others in proportion. These apply to allocations dated on or before November 15. The Hemp Controller states that it was not consideerd necessary at the same time to alter the maximum price of New Zealand, St. Helena, and sisal, which is nfluenced by Manila prices, but it is proposed to cancel the maximum prices and order relating to these in the near future.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3384, 22 January 1919, Page 28
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138THE HEMP MARKET. Otago Witness, Issue 3384, 22 January 1919, Page 28
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