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CLASS II. MACHINE DEESSED FLAX. NOETHEEN DlSTEICT. A. — Ordinary Machine-dressed. 1. Joseph Thompson, Queen's Eedoubt, Waikato. Hank from bale sold bj auction at Auckland. Average strength, 83. 2. Bates & Dunn, Waikato. Hank from bale sold by auction at Auckland. Average strength, 80. 3. Drumgool, Tuakau. Hank from bale exported to Sydney. Price paid in Auckland, 1871, £15 to £17 per ton. Average strength, 79. 4. Holmes & Crisp. Hank from bale sold by auction at Auckland, 1871. Average strength, 79. 5. Thompson Brothers, Waikato. Hank from bale sold by auction at Auckland, 1871. Average strength, 75. 6. Thompson Brothers, Waikato. Same as No. 7, but hackled. 7. Thompson Brothers, Waikato. Hank from bale sold to Mr. Neil Lloyd foi rope-spinning. Price £20. 8. D. Burnside, Drury. Hank from bale sold by auction at Auckland. Average strength, 74. 9. Webster, Hokianga. Hank from the mill. Average strength, 60. 10. G. Twidle, Pukekohe, Auckland. Wet-scutched. Hank from bale sold by auction in Auckland for £21, in May, 1871. 11. GK Twidle, Pukekohe, Auckland. H ank from bale sold by auction in Auckland for £16, in November, 1870. Average strength, 64. 12. T. Macffarlane, Auckland, Dry-scutched. Hank procured at the mill. Actual cost, £16 per ton, delivered in Auckland. Water power. 20s. to 25s. per ton paid for the green leaf. 13. T. Macffarlane, Auckland. Same as No. 12, but wet-scutched. Hank procured at the mill. Average strength, 64. 14. Hamlin, Waiuku. Hank procured at the mill. Stripped with Price's machine. Average strength, 73. 15. J. Wallace, Wairoa. Hank from bale sold by auction at Auckland for £21, in February, 1871. Average strength, 75. 16. J. Jenkins, Point Bussell. Hank from bale sold by auction in Auckland. Average strength, 73. 17. Mellsop, Waiuku. Hank from the mill. Made from 18 months old flax. Stripped with Price's machine, improved by Dugald. £20 a ton in Auckland would give a fair profit. Average strength, 71. 18. Thompson, Waikato. Hank from bale sold by auction at Auckland, for £16 10s., in November, 1870. Average strength, 70. 19. Bell, Ngaruawahia. Hank from bale sold by auction at Auckland, for £20. Average strength, 69. 20. Walker & Douglas, Waikato. Hank from bale sold by auction at Auckland, in November, 1870. Average strength, 67. 21. Eichmond Flax Company, Whakatane, Bay of Plenty. Prepared from One. Average strength, 64. 22. Eichmond Flax Company, Whakatane, Bay of Blenty. Scutched with great care, at a cost of £10 per ton. Eight or nine tons of leaf required for one of fibre. Cost not less than £30 a ton. Hank from bale sent to England by Commissioners per " Queen Bee." Average strength, 80. 23. Eichmond Flax Company, Whakatane, Bay of Plenty. Same as No. 22, but not so much scutched. Six tons of leaf required for one of fibre. Cost about £24 per ton. Hank from bale exported to London in " Queen Bee," 1871. Average strength, 60. 24. Scherff, Waikato. Hank from bale sold by auction at Auckland for £21. Average strength, 64. 25. Miss Cox, Mauku. Hank from bale sold by auction at Auckland, 1871. Stripped with Price's machine. Average strength, 63. 26. J. Dickey, Auckland. Hank from bale sold by auction at Auckland, 1871. Average strength, 65. 27. Walter Eunciman. Hank from bale sold by auction at Auckland, 1871* Average strength, 80.