FLAX COMMISSIONERS.

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G—.No. 4.

43-70. Hackled ; length, 5 feet; colour, reddish ; moderately harsh, but has been rubbed ; divides freely but breaks short. Average strength, 70. 44-70. Scutched. Average strength, 78. 45-70. Second cutting. Average strength, 59. 46-70. 47-70. Fermented. Average strength, 72. 48-70. Steamed. Average strength, 84. 49-70. Hand dressed. Average strength, 92. 50-70. Natives, Wainui. Hand-dressed. 51-70. Nelson Brothers, Napier.

CLASS ll.—d. Samples sent for Exhibition. 1. Richmond Flax Company, Matata, Bay of Plenty. Stripped in Gibbon's machine ; washed ; passed through india-rubber rollers ; again washed ; bleached in sulphur fumes three hours; sun dried and scutched; cost about £20 delivered in Auckland. 2. Richmond Flax Company, Matata, Bay of Plenty. Stripped in Gibbon's machine; washed; bleached in sulphur fumes two hours ; dried in the sun six or eight hours and scutched; cost about £20 delivered in Auckland. 3. Richmond Flax Company, Matata, Bay of Plenty. Washed, sulphured, and scutched. 4. Richmond Flax Company, Matata, Bay of Plenty. Washed, sulphured, and scutched. 5. Logan & Sinclair, Kaituna, Marlborough. Specially prepared. Average strength, 78. 6. Logan & Sinclair, Kaituna, Marlborough. Specially prepared. Average strength, 89. 7. Souness, Dunedin. 8. Benn & Walker, Canterbury. Twice stripped; specially prepared. 9. Joshua Cuff, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay. 10. Urunui Mills. Machine-dressed ; cultivated flax. 11. Blueskin Mills, Dunedin. 12. Keleher, Waiuku. 13. Sinclair, Kaukapakapa. 14. W. Reid, Tamahere Mills, Cambridge. 15. Albert Potter, Henderson's Mill, Auckland. Toung flax. 16. Collins, Tuakau. 17. Constable, Waiuku. Ngarowaka, a Tihore; cultivated, two years planted; mill-dressed. Average strength, 61. 18. Constable, Waiuku. Okaoka, a Tihore; cultivated, two years planted; milldressed. Average strength, 76. 19. Constable, Waiuku. Bataroa, a Tihore ; cultivated, two years planted ; milldressed. Average strength, 83. 20. F. Harrison, Pakipaki, Hawke's Bay. 21. Campbell, Ashburton Mills, Dunedin. 22. Joshua Cuff, Whakaki, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay. 23. Nelson Brothers, Napier. Sample bale from the mill. 24. Hathaway, Wairau. Twice through Anderson's machine and dried in the shade 25. J. S. Macfarlane, Auckland. Hank from bale. 26. Hathaway, Wairau. Average of good dressed. 27. J. Journeaux, Canterbury. First-class ; leaf nine months old; retted. 28. J. Journeaux, Canterbury. Second-class; leaf twelve months old; retted. 29. J. Journeaux, Canterbury. Third-class; full-grown leaf; retted. Average strength, 68. 30. Natives, Urunui; cultivated flax. Presented by Mr. Hulke. 31. A. P. Seymour, Wairau. 32. Ashley Gorge Mills, Canterbury. 33. Ashley Gorge Mills, Canterbury. 34. Dugald, Queen's Redoubt, Waikato. 35. John Lawrie & Sons, Karaka, Auckland. 36. G. Twidle, Pukekohe.