HEMP AND TOW GRADING RETURNS.
APRIL.
Hemp.— The total number of bales graded was 13,809, as compared with 9,633 for the corresponding month of last year, an increase of 4,176 bales. For the twelve months ending 30th April, 1916, the number of bales graded was, 142,058, as compared with 82,477 for the previous twelve months, an increase of 59,581 bales. Tow. During the month 3,512 bales were dealt with, as compared with 2,740 for the corresponding month of last year, an increase of 772 bales. For the twelve months ending 30th April,. 1916, the number of bales graded was 39,660, as compared with 23,338 for the previous twelve months, an increase of 16,322 bales. Stripper-slips. — The number of bales graded was 532, as compared with 153 for the corresponding month of last year, an increase of 379 bales. For the twelve months ending 30th April, 1916, the number of bales graded was 6,254, as compared with 1,394 for the previous twelve months, an increase of 4,860 bales.
HEMP, TOW, AND STRIPPER-SLIPS GRADED THROUGHOUT THE DOMINION DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL, 1916. . . .
Stripper - slips.— Auckland: Second grade, 2; condemned, 22. Foxton: Second grade, 227; condemned, 10. Wellington : First grade, 94 ; second grade, 108; condemned, 8. Blenheim: Second grade, 23. Dunedin: Second grade, 20; condemned, 4. Bluff: Second grade, 14.
Port. Superior. Fine. Goodfair. Fair. Common. Rejected. Condemned. Total. High Point. Low Point. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Auckland 171 597 1 ,264 581 109: 2,722 Napier 85 85 Foxton I ,683 1 ,382 I ,033 229 32 2 4,361 Wellington 45 936 2,314 I ,219 184 25 4,723 Picton 48 79 127 Blenheim 201 15 63 279 Lyttelton Dunedin 23 151 26 7 207 Bluff . . 195 796 311 3 I ,305 Totals 93 3,373 5,255 3,916 1 ,004 166 2 13 ,809 Percentages of totals o-68 2 4’43 38’06 28-36 7'27 1'20
Hemp.
Port. First Grade. Second Grade. | Third Grade. Condemned. Total. Auckland Bales. Bales. 259 Bales. 790 Bales. I 5 I Bales. I ,200 Napier .. 7 .7 Foxton .. 175 ■ 373 74 622 Wellington 137 508 296 IO 951 Picton .. 14 13 27 Blenheim 4 151 155 Lyttelton Dunedin 73 4 77 Bluff .. 48 378. 47 473 Totals 330 1.432 1 .542 208 3.512
Tow.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XII, Issue 5, 20 May 1916, Page 420
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378HEMP AND TOW GRADING RETURNS. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XII, Issue 5, 20 May 1916, Page 420
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