HEMP AND TOW GRADING RETURNS.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume II, Issue 2, 15 February 1911, Page 110

HEMP AND TOW GRADING RETURNS.

JANUARY, 1911.

Hemp. The total number of bales of hemp graded by the Department •during January was 9,899, as against 12,296 for the corresponding month of the previous year—a decrease of 2,397 bales. For the twelve months ended 31st January, 1911, the number of bales graded was 124,417, as against 93,035 for the previous twelve months—■an increase of 31,382 bales.

Tow. During the month 3,256 bales were dealt with, as against 4,184 for the previous montha decrease of 928 bales.

Hemp. Port. Superior. Fine. Good Fair. Fair. Common. Rejected. Condemned. Total. Bales. Bales Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Auckland A 760 848 8 3 1,701 Napier 238 238 Foxton 85 2,979 218 3 21 3,311 Wellington .. 97 1,891 1,508 33 9 3,538 Blenheim 114 13 127 Picton 41 134 175 Lyttelton 75 75 Dunedin 209 78 287 Bluff 51 392 I 447 Totals 417 6,275 3,044 133 30 9,899 Percentages 4-21 63-39 30 75 1-35 0-3 100 of total Tow. Port. First Grade. Second Grade. Third Grade. Condemned. Total. Bales.' Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Auckland 374 195 103 672 Napier .. 60 60 Foxton .. 59 554 136 749 Wellington 362 664 132 21 1,179 Blenheim 86 86 Picton .. 83 92 175 Lyttelton 95 95 Dunedin 22 22 Bluff .. 33 150 35 218 Totals 745 1,647 705 159 3,256

Hemp and Tow graded throughout the Dominion during January, 1911.

Month. Mutton, Carcases. Lamb, Carcases. Beef, Quarters. Batter, Boxes. Cheese. Crates. Wool, Bales. Wheat, Sacks. Oats, Sacks. Babbits, Crates. Hemp, Bales. Tow, Bales. Kam igum, Cases, Sundry. October, 1910 49,010 103,746 800 10,531 60,014 9,159 3,189 94,815 23,330 36,947 3,632 1,232 3,089 56 carcases pork. „ 1909 49,600 4,049 57,221 13,716 3,995 41,079 24,847 1,105 631 7,882 November, 1910 62,926 56,467 29,877 5,554 105,759 27,749 55,551 76,591 331 28,646 6,850 2,300 4,339 911 carcases pork. „ 1909 40,973 11,073 99,951 33,019 49,480 21,955 26,448 4,151 734 4,383 December, 1910 82,405 157,172 13,155 182,051 67,162 59,080 9,716 4,524 109 5,363 686 carcases pork. 1909 90,245 86,345 29,199 164,314 68,867 72,056 2,613 2,128 7,389 1,618 8,742 January, 1911 175,337 287,120 13,568 90,405 46,375 127,199 16 399 15,234 3,302 7,094 590 carcases pork. „ 1910 86,491 252,193 22,527 87,934 39,717 122,399 2,391 15,839 1,634 11,305 4,704 5,682 February, 1910 196,093 414,408 23,798 97,766 62,192 102,182 4,724 8,600 4,223 2,314 4,827 1,719 carcases pork. „ 1909 237,681 300,018 24,214 81,232 38,410 66,494 439 9,921 4,383 985 7,982 March, 1910 222,058 413,179 22,134 77,319 42,029 64,266 2,899 3,636 9,152 2,490 2,959 798 carcases pork. „ 1909 215,793 406, 982 22,031 43,235 31,271 85,994 5,421 16,858 4,955 1,447 8,107 April, 1910 209,120 559,166 29,355 46,524 44,032 32,920 21,855 1,934 12 10,179 2,951 4,250 627 carcases pork. ,, 1909 281, 412 525, 211 19,511 21,783 29,164 27,468 15,051 16,975 5,910 786 580 May, 1910 310,196 622,232 38,276 9,588 28,384 25,123 81,052 3,010 10,017 2,346 3,150 1,293 carcases pork. „ 1909 261,886 675,070 39,961 4,307 17,508 39,259 135,346 139,297 3,500 6,171 972 2,473 June, 1910 299,596 555,777 60,286 485 17,963 21,260 13,707 8,988 6,180 2,684 7,104 658 carcases pork. „ 1909 108,094 302,721 29,029 6 12,406 12,157 88,974 223,563 3,500 1,768 790 3,762 July, 1910 249,906 334,753 71,160 595 12,816 20,604 1,106 8,649 6,695 1,437 8,272 2,448 carcases pork. „ 1909 164,437 231, 053 31,929 1,479 3,650 22,471 77,909 170,701 5,473 4,429 633 10,260 August, 1910 94,468 97,899 16,440 634 5,381 33,970 273 22,629 1,378 720 6,793 362 carcases pork. ,, 1909 63, 21 9 117,316 41,029 3,601 1,721 6,575 27,207 234,998 9,149 2,348 1,286 887 September, 1910 104,925 26,416 8,420 22,644 41 6,539 40,876 3,863 7,721 2,680 597 1,682 255 carcases pork. „ 1909 70,815 73,827 22,272 974 6,575 1,010 62,372 40,006 1,352 484 10,325

SHIPMENT OF UNDERMENTIONED PRODUCE FROM NEW ZEALAND NEW UNITED KINGDOM. Compiled From Manifests Of Vessels Sailed During Respective Months of The Current And Preceding Seasons.