HOP-GROWING IN TASMANIA.

Waikato Times, Volume II, Issue 100, 19 December 1872, Page 2

HOP-GROWING IN TASMANIA.

The Cornwall Chronicle' gives the- following statistics of "the hops exported from Tasmania : — » In 1857 the - total value of Tasmanian hops exported was only 1306Z, while the quantity of foreign hops imported was valued at 6960 Z. In 1660 the value of the quantity eiportee '-had ki'creased-to 3565Z, while the import fell to 225 W. it 1866' 50001, aniin JLB6I -3375 i, w«e the respective values o the hbp»:-«atported, -white'^%ji 0 P s . im P Wm, rfegpiectively,-2259i/and,TalSfflPtt amounted to 6695Zj andi tie. imports to ,475&. In 186/ tt export" of hops, increased' "ftJ the Custom-honsereturns,.at.l3.73GZ, or neariV c of the trevious y«iar/ -which wa? ,the largest of the «e«« pwhieli ft ended, R value of the foreigff fiopa fim was W*t. In'lß6B the quantity of creased toJW/9Wlb», worth 14,300; .and ur tity wortß- 14,400?. In I*7o 365,489 b worth 26,2802, were exported'; and, in 1871,. worth only owing to a decline in price from Is o<_ to Hid per lb, Dtmng the- present year, from January to October, both months inclusive, 673,462 lbs of hops, valued f at 38,0452, have bfeen exported,. and there are still remaining some 90i000 lbs ready for. shipment, worth at the same rate* 50842, giving £ total of 763,462 lbs as the exportable quan- I . tity of hops grown during the past season,, the totpl value of | Tvliich. ■ ;