HEMP AND TOW GRADING RETURNS.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume VI, Issue 6, 16 June 1913, Page 693

HEMP AND TOW GRADING RETURNS.

MAY. . Hemp.— The total number of bales graded was 17,107, as compared with 9,931 for the corresponding month of last year, an increase of 7,176 bales. For the twelve months, ending 31st May, 1913, the number of bales graded was ; 137.169, as compared with 90,529 for the previous twelve months, the increase being 46,640 bales. Tow.— During the month 5,128 bales were dealt with, as compared with 2,814 for the corresponding month of last year, an increase of 2,314 bales. For the twelve months ending 31st May, 1913, the number of bales graded was 47,003, as compared with 24,855 for the previous twelve months, the increase being 22,148 bales. Hemp, Tow, and Stripper-slips graded throughout the Dominion during the Month or May, 1913.

Stripper-slips. Passed for export: Auckland, 23 ; Foxton, 248; Wellington, 433 ; Picton, 44; Lyttelton, 12; Dunedin, 37; Bluff, Btotal, 805. Condemned: Auckland, 3; Wellington, 30; Dunedin, 7; Bluff, 10—total, 50.

Port. Superior. Fine. Good-fair. Fair. Common. Rejected. Condemned. Total. Bales. Bales. Bales. . Bales. Bales. Bales. - Bales. Bales. Auckland 666 2,212 903 114 27 3,922 Napier • •. Foxton 1,569 3,865 220 5,654 Wellington . . 1,913 2,454 236 67 12 4,682 Blenheim 71 ' 208 279 • • 279 Picton 175 105 125 13 418 Lyttelton 52 4 . • 52 Dunedin 261 52 Dunedin 21 21 194 194. 502 502 261 978 Bluff 125 ■ 821 156 20 1,122 ' Totals 319 . 4,780 9,979 1,789 201 39 17,107 Percentages of totals 87 ' 27-94 58-33 , 10-46 1-17 23

Hemp.

Port. First Grade. Second : Grade. ; ■ Third Grade. Condemned. Total. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Auckland Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. 26 377 744 281 1,428 Napier .. ’ • i- '' Foxton .. . .. 214 603 379 1,196 Wellington 178 1,026 207 56 1.467 Blenheim . .. 38 ; f 38 Picton .. 167 29 13 209 Lyttelton ... 13 76 89 Dunedin . . . 80 70 35 185 Bluff .. •• 92 339 85 516 Totals i .. 636 ‘ 283 | 1,752 457 5,128

Tow.