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General report by Hector on steps taken to develop phormium industry.

Appendix to Report of Flax Commissioners , 1871 - 1872

I. General correspondence

II. Correspondence and reports of agents in Britain (including report by W.L. Buller on the progress of the flax fibre trade in the English market, both on preparation of raw fibre and conversion into textile fabrics)

III. Reports on phormium cultivations - Botanic Gardens, Wellington (Hector); Experimental Nursery in New Plymouth (Hulke); Government Domain, Christchurch (Armstrong); Phormium plantations, Antigua Street, Christchurch (Canterbury Flax Association)

IV. Statistics of phormium trade

V. Description of Pownall's machine.