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87. Ashley Gorge Mills, Canterbury. Hank from bale sold to Lennon & Co., rope-spinners. Hackled for rope-spinning. 88. Ensor, Canterbury. Hackled and soaked in warm water. 89. Stonyer & Co., Canterbury. Prepared aud sold in London in 1869 for £36. 90. Stonyer & Co., Canterbury. Hank from the mill. Twice stripped and scutched. Water-power. Anderson's stripping machine. Seven and a-half tons of green leaf to one of fibre. Cost of manufacture, about £16 per ton. 91. Stonyer & Co., Canterbury. Twice stripped. Not scutched. 92. Stonyer & Co., Canterbury. Sample from the bale which took the first prize of the Canterbury Flax Association, 1870. 93. Stonyer & Co., Canterbury. Sample from the bale which took the second prize at the Canterbury Flaa Association, 1870. 94. Stonyer's Mill, Canterbury. Per Major Gray. Average strength, 65. 95. Reed, Waihola, Otago. Hank from export bale. 96. Blueskin Mills, Dunedin. Hank from the mill. Steam-power. Kincaid and McQueen's stripping machines. Six and a-half to seven tons of green leaf to one of fibre. Cost of green leaf, 18s. per ton. Cost of fibre, delivered in Dunedin, £16 10s. per ton. 97. Bell, Blueskin, Otago. Hank from export bale. 98. Souness, Dunedin. Hank from the mill. Kincaid and McQueen's stripping machines. 99. Fraser, Dunedin. Hank from export bale. 100. Miller, Dunedin. Hank from export bale. 101. M'Gill, Molyneux. Hank from export bale. 102. Sample of first quality exported f'or American market by Messrs. Bates, Size & Co., Dunedin. 103. Sample of second quality exported for American market by Messrs. Bates, Size & Co Dunedin. 104. J. M. Menzies, Southland. Ordinary unscutched. Sample from manufacturer. 105. J. M. Menzies, Southland. Ordinary scutched. Sample from manufacturer.

Exhibited by the Canterbury Flax Association. 107. Isaac Wilson, Rangiora. 108. Benn & Walker. Agricultural Show, 1870. First quality ; twice through the stripper; not hackled. 109. Benn & Walker. Agricultural Show, 1870. First quality; twice through the stripper ; not hackled. 110. Benn & Walker. Agricultural Show, IS7O. Second quality ; once through the stripper; not hackled. 111. Benn & Walker. Through Price's stripper ; water-scutched; bleached on the ground. 112. Benn & Walker. Through Price's stripper; water-scutched j bleached on poles. 113. Styx Mills. £22 a ton. 114. Styx Mills, Not hackled. 115. Richardson & Co. Ashley Gorge. 116. Richardson & Co. Ashley Gorge. 117. Richardson & Co. Ashley Gorge. 118. Exhibited at the show by Loughnan & Co. 119. Stonyer & Co., Ohoka Mills. Twice through the stripper; soaked one hour ; scutched and hackled. 120. Stonyer & Co., Ohoka Mills. 121. Booth. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. Rough hackled by Lennon & Co. 129. 130. Eckersly & Co. Flaxton. 131. Merton. Dumerque's Mill, Cust Valley. V