281 
‘* Paper Making Materials,’’ in Colonial Report, Miscellaneous 
Series, No. 58, 1909 (Selected Reports from the Scientific and 
Technical Department, Imperial Institute), pp. 119-128. 
New Sources of Supply for the Manufacture of Paper,’’ by 
Clayton Beadle and Henry P. Stevens, in Journal of the Royal 
Society of Arts, February 14th, 1913, pp. 347-363 
“The Empire’s Resources in Pa aper-Making Materials,” by 
S. Chas. Phillips, in the Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, 
May 2lst, 1915, pp. 613-636. 
FIBRES. 
Cotton (Gossypium spp.). The seed hairs. 
Britisu.—India, East Africa, West ae West Indies, 
Egypt (from 1915) and other Possessions. The imports into the 
United Kingdom were in 1913—71,915,000 Ib. vale £1,931,963, 
and in 1915—566,954,700 Ib. value £17, 482,608. Forricn. — 
Turkey, G E. Africa , Port. E _ Africa, Ke. The imports into 
the Taitid Kingdom were in " 1913—2, 102,384,600 Ib. value 
£68,638 584, and in 1915—2,080,699,500 Ib. ‘value £47,190,041. 
The amount imported from Egypt in 1913 (then under Foreign 
sountries) was 402,669,400 lb. value £17,642,358. ma under 
normal conditions would therefore be the most important source 
from British 7 eseaeotsa and the United States the principal 
Foreign Sour 
.B. Add. oUih ii. p. 11; Add. Ser. ix. part 1. p. 76. 
Kapok (Lricdendron anfractuosum, DC.). The seed hairs. 
Bririsu. India, Ceylon, Togoland. Forrran.—Java, East 
Africa. Value 1913—2d. to 6}d. per lb.; in 1915—Indian 44. to 
6d., Ceylon 5}d., Java 8d. to 83d. spot, 7}d. c.i.f. per Ib. 
K.B. “Add. Ser. ii. p. 27; Add. Ser. 1x. part i. p. 87; 1918, 
p. 236. 
Ak aay or gigantea, Br., and C. procera, Br.). The 
seed hai 
Piecea. tine Value 1915—2id. to 34d. per Ib. 
A.B. Add. Ser. ix. part iii. p. 463. 
Ali is the most important source of Ka _ ok. It is there 
ae oe come into the English he Both Kapok and 
Akund are common in the Colonies of Tropical Asia and Trop. 
Africa and might be readily extended by cultivation. 
Sisal Hemp (Agave rigida, Mill., var. sisalana, Pers.). Leaf 
fibre. 
Britisn.-—India, East Africa, Natal, Bahamas. Forrran.— 
atic. ‘East Africa. Value 1913—Indian, £17 to £27 per 
