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Tow (Bales).

Stripper-slips (Bales).

Percentages of the various Grades of Hemp at each Grading-port.

Percentages of the various Grades of Tow at each Grading-port.

Grading-ports. First Grade. \ I Second Grade. | Third Grade. I Condemned, j Total Auckland Foxton Wellingtern Bluff 73 890 4,702 2,124 872 4.305 353 3,435 209 662 89 121 314 6 148 I 4 85 61 1 9 3,130 5,549 8,355 751 121 505 527 365 455 • • Dunedin Lyttelton Blenheim Picton Napier 185 375 280 455 Totals, 1919-20 .. 6,960 11,194 1,533 71 19,758 Percentage 35-5 57-5 7-5 57-5 0-35 Totals, 1918-19 .. 6,669 10,869 3,930 485 21,553 Percentage 30 50 18 2 Te jtal decrease in 1919-20, 1,795 bales.

Grading-ports. First Grade. Second Grade. 75 57 Condemned. Total. i 75 57 Wellington . . Foxton Total 132 132 132 1919 599 599 Decrea .so in 1919-20, 467 bales.

Grading-ports. 8 fc ! Fine. ' Qi ! 3 CO Goodfair. Highfair. LowFair. Common. Rejected. Condemned. I 54-20 64-20 53-50 45-00 43-50 3-29 1-40 l 24-70 23-40 27-00 44-55 31-50 1-07 Auckland Foxton Wellington Bluff Dunedin Blenheim Picton Napier Lyttelton .... 0-23 .. .. 0-06 .. ... 0-25 .. .. 0-32 | 68-20 .. .. 16-00 1,8-00 9-60 17-00 5-18 18-50 93-50 30-30 100-00 58-00 2-80 2-09 1-60 5-10 6-50 1-56 0-07 0-90 0-26 0-20 0-24 26-00

Grading-ports. Auckland Foxton Wellington Bluff Dunedin Blenheim Picton Lyttelton Napier First Grade. 2-3 16-0 56-3 711 76-7 36-6 100-0 I Second Grade. 67-8 77-7 41-1 88-3 100-0 28-1 23-3 62-3 Third Grade. 27-5 6-3 2-3 11-7 0-8 1-1 I Condemned. 1-5 0-1