HEMP AND TOW GRADING RETURNS.
FEBRUARY
Hemp. The total number of bales graded was 14,408, as compared with 8,477 for the corresponding month of last year, an increase of 5,931 bales. For the twelve months ending 29th February, 1916, the number of bales graded was 130,633, as compared with 88,069 for the previous twelve months, an increase of 42,564 bales. , . — During the month 4,363 bales were dealt with, as compared with 2,174 for .the corresponding month of last year, an increase of 2,1 89 bales. . For the twelve months ending 29th February, 1916, the number of bales graded was 36,492, as compared with 25,666 for the previous twelve months, an increase of 10,826 bales; Stripper-slips. — number of bales graded was 828; as compared with 271 for the corresponding month of last year, an increase of 557 bales. For the twelve months ending 29th February, 1916, the number of bales graded was 5,330, as compared with 1,357 for the previous twelve months, an increase of 3,973 bales.
Stripper - slips. Auckland: Second grade, 14. Foxton: First grade, 41 > second grade, 361; condemned, 33. Wellington: First grade, 45; second grade, 253; condemned, 11. Blenheim: Second grade, 6. Dunedin: Second grade, 24. Bluff: Second grade, 29; condemned, 11.
Port. Superior. Fine. Goodfair. Fair. Common. Rejected. Condemned. Total. High Point. Low Point. Auckland Napier . Wairoa Foxton Wellington ' ’ .. Picton . . ... Blenheim Lyttelton Dunedin Bluff . Totals ' Percentages of totals Bales. Bales. 34 Bales. 220 ,191 697 118 172 165 Bales. 974 1.595 2,776 19 3? 32 58 962 Bales. 893 823 I ,768 •• 153 Bales. 223 251 183 I Bales. 73 13 ' 14 Bales. Bales. .2,383 4,873 5,438 171 32 231 I ,280 34 3-563 6,416 3.637 658 TOO 14,408 0-23 2473 44’53 25’24 4’57 0'70 ■ ■ Tow. ■' 1 . > Port. 1 First Grade. 1 1 Second 1 First Grade. Grade. "I bird Grade. Condemned.• «• Total. 1 Second Grade. Third Grade. Condemned. Total. < ' z ■' ) Auckland' Napier .. Foxton .. Wellington Picton . . Blenheim Lyttelton Dunedin Bluff ... Totals Bales. 527 214 ‘ 44 22 Bales. 276 443 611 26 360 66 ■ 184 Bales. 552 167 33 1 . 267 Bales. 159 75 39 Bales. : 987. . 1,137 I -231 70 22 360 66 ' 490 807 1,966 . 1,317 73. 4.-363
HEMP, TOW, and STRIPPER-SLIPS GRADED THROUGHT THE DOMINION DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 1916. Hemp.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XII, Issue 3, 20 March 1916, Page 252
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377HEMP AND TOW GRADING RETURNS. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XII, Issue 3, 20 March 1916, Page 252
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