HEMP AND TOW GRADING RETURNS.
FEBRUARY, 1913.
Hemp.— The total number of bales graded was 16,082, as compared with 9,291 for the corresponding month of last year, an increase of 6,791 bales. For the twelve months ending 28th February, 1913, the number of bales graded was 112,332, as compared with 85,611 for the previous twelve months, the increase being 26,721 bales. Tow.- —During the month 5,710 bales were dealt with, as compared with 2,737 for the corresponding month of last year, an increase of 2,973 bales. For the twelve months ending 28th February, 1913, the number of bales graded was 36,172, as compared with 23,235 for the previous twelve months, the increase being 12,937 bales.'
Stripper-slips.— Passed for shipment: Auckland, 76 ; Foxton, 509; Wellington, 707; Picton, 26; Lyttelton, • 16; Bluff, 127 total, 1,461. Condemned: Auckland, 14; Foxton, 76; Wellington, 36 ; Bluff, 11—total, 137.
Hemp. ' Port. Superior. Fine. Good-fair. Fair. ' Common. Common. Rejected. • ConRejected. demned. • ConTotal. demned. Total. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Auckland 544 2,739 280 22 27 3,612 Napier Foxton 1,129 3,232 211 7 4,579 Wellington .. 161 2,694 2,111 122 7 5,095 Blenheim “ .. 34 90 76 200 Picton 140 40 188 368 Lyttelton - .. 14 14 Dunedin 40 276 229 6 7 612 Bluff Bales. 34 Bales. ’161 90 140 ’*40 Bales. 544 1,129 2,694 76 •40 14 276 295 Bales. .2,739 3,232 2,111 188 '229 1,279 | 28 Bales. ' 280 ’211 122. '*67 28 1,602 Bales. 22 7 7 Bales. 27 Bales. 3,612 4,579 5,095 200 368 14 612 1,602 Totals 34 431 5,068 9,778 I 708 708 36 36 27 27 16,082 16,082 Percentages 0-21 2-68 31-52 60-80 4-40 0-22 017 100 of totals 0-21 2-68 31-52 60-80 4'40 0-22 0 17 100 1 Tow. Port. First Grade. Second Grade. Third Grade. Condemned. Total. ■ Second Grade. Third Grade. Condemned. Total. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Auckland Napier .. 43 637 975 128 1,783 Foxton .. 83 539 375 14 1,611 Wellington 317 978 285 28 1.608 Blenheim 34 54 88 Picton . .. 23 66 41 130 Lyttelton 118 118 Dunedin 122 120 242 Bluff .. Bales. •43. .83 317 34 23 Bales. 637 539 978 54 66 118 122 262 Bales. 975 375 . 285. 41 120 .433 Bales. 128 14 28 35 Bales. 1,783 -1,611 1.608 88 130 118 242 730 Totals 500 2,776 2,229 205 5,710
Hemp, Tow, and Stripper-slips graded throughout the Dominion during the Month of February, 1913.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume VI, Issue 3, 15 March 1913, Page 360
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