HEMP AND TOW GRADING RETURNS.
JANUARY, 1913.
Hemp. The total number of bales graded was 12,716, as compared with 7,643 for the corresponding month of last year, an increase of 5,073 bales. For the twelve months ending 31st January, 1913, the number of bales graded was 105,541; as compared with 85,217 for the previous twelve months, the increase being 20,324 bales. Tow. — During the month 4,844 bales were dealt with, as compared with 2,355 for the corresponding month of last year, an -increase of 2,509 bales. For the twelve months ending 31st January, 1913, the number of bales graded was 34,199, as compared with 23,974 for the previous twelve months, the increase being 10,225 bales.
Stripper-slips. — Passed for shipment: Auckland, 29; Foxton, 371; Wellington, 496; Picton, 14; Dunedin, 9; Bluff, 98: total, 1,017. Condemned: Auckland, 48; Foxton, 6; Wellington, 21; Dunedin,!; Bluff, 3 : total, 79.
rd <D 'ft Port. o fl o rd fl a s Rejected. Condemned. ft Total. <D <D & a rd o fl fl 1 S rd fl 02 ; © a fa H5 O O ■ d ‘5 8 8 o fa O o o £ Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Auckland 488 1,578 J 625 . ...... g 86 2,785 Napier Eoxton ’ ■ 2,579 . 20 0 15 2 . 3,817 • Wellington .. 11 488 2,165 1.578 2.579 1,643 625 .200 36 8 15 2 86 2 2,785 3,817 3,857 146 Blenheim 41 105 • • Picton 324 146 28 150 324 Lyttelton Dunedin 455 "5f 114 284 1 455 Bluff 1,332 Blenheim Picton Lyttelton Dunedin Bluff 11741 146 *56 105 28 114 117 1,332 150 284 1,215 1 Totals 254 4,038 7,449 , 861 25 89 12,716 | 861 25 89 12,716 Percentages of totals . 2-0 31-78 58-63... 6-78 0ll 0 7 100 ' Tow. Port. First Grade. Second Grade. Third Grade. Condemned. Total Bales. Bales Bales. Bales. Bales. Auckland142 1,297 Auckland Napier .. • Foxton .. 85 544 326 • 955 Wellington 215 1,161 287 23 1 686 Blenheim 29 10 39 Picton .. 23 45 109 177 Lyttelton 35 35 Dunedin 51 69 120 Bluff .. Bales. 85 215 29 23 35 Bales 391 544 1,161 10 45 51 205 Bales. 764 326 287 109 69 313 Bales. 142 23 17 Bales. 1,297 955 1 686 39 177 35 120 535 1 Totals 387 2,407 1,868 182 ' 4,844
Hemp and Tow graded throughout the Dominion during the Month of January, 1913. Hemp.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume VI, Issue 2, 15 February 1913, Page 262
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