HEMP AND TOW GRADING RETURNS.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 3, Issue 5, 15 November 1911, Page 439

HEMP AND TOW GRADING RETURNS.

OCTOBER, 1911.

Hemp. — The total number of bales -’graded was 7,349, as compared with 8,870 for the corresponding month .of last year, a . decrease of 1,521 bales. For the- twelve months' ending 31st October the number graded was 96,806, as compared with 127,589 for the previous 1 twelve months, a decrease of 30,783 bales. ;

Tow.— During the month 1,985 bales were dealt with, as compared with 2,772 for the corresponding month of last year, a : decrease of 78 bales. ■ r • ’ • ! . ■ • '' ’ • '

Hemp and Tow graded throughout the Dominion during the Month of October, 1911.

Port. Superior. Fine. Good-fair. ’5 Common. pq Rejected. - G a ■ £ • a Common. Rejected. •v CD a a <D ; c ; C !. 0 • Total. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Auckland 81 562 7 r 650 Napier / .. .1 /B29 Foxton ‘ f l. 100 ■1,826 . 67 11 * 3,333 ■ 3,333 Wellington . . . 36 1,622 1,373 . 11 ' ■- 6 1 ' 3,049 Blenheim • • C \ ■' " c ‘ ■ Picton Lyttelton 84 84 I • • • . • 84 Dunedin 15 15 • • 15 Bluff 58 ’ 158 ' 0 218 • 218 Totals 220 3,587 3,437 87 17 1 7,349 Percentages of total -' 3 48-82 46-73 1-19 0-24 •02 100 48-82 46-73 1-19 0-24 02 . J00 c ’. ■

Hemp.

Port. First Grade. Second Grade. Third Grade. Condemned.. Total. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Auckland . Bales. Bales. . -Bales. • - Bales. Bales. Napier ... Foxton .. .. 515 345 41 901 Wellington . .. 482 302 64 57 905 Blenheim .. 482 3Q2 . 64 . . 57. 905 Picton .. Lyttelton . . 90 45 135 Dunedin 90 45 3 • • . / 4 135 3 Bluff .. x .. 40 1 41 Totals- .. 1,087 . 732 108 58 1,985

Tow.