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Meal. — The Chinefe no longer import fuch large 

 quantities of meal as formerly, fmce they have em- 

 ployed the Mongols to cultivate the lands lying near 

 the river Orchon ''S See. &:c. 



Lift of the moft valuable commodities procured 



from China. 



RAW AND MANUFACTURED SILK. import:. 



The exportation of raw filk. is prohibited in China 

 under pain of death : large quantities however are 

 fmuggled every year into Kiachta, but not fufficicnt to 

 anfwer the demands of the Ruffian merchants. 



A pood of the beft fort is eftimated at 1 50 roubles ; 

 of the worft fort at 75 



The manufa6tured filks are of various forts, fafhions, 

 and prices, viz. fattins, taffaties, damafks, and gauzes, 

 fcanes of filk died of all colours, ribbands, &:c. &c. 



RAW AND MANUFACTURED COTTON. 

 Raw cotton is imported in very large quantities ; 

 a great part of this commodity is employed in packing 

 up the china ware, and by thefe means is conveyed into- 



* S, R. G. III. p. 495 — 571. Pallas Rell'e, P. III. p. 136 — 144, 



the 



