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growing there, on river banks and alluvial bottom?, so thickly that it is difficult 

 to tell "whether grass, rushes, or flax predominate. It is believed that proper 

 cultivation "will produce there as fine an article as is grown in Belgium. In 

 India a promising beginning has been made, and an Indian flax company has 

 been organized in Belfost, Ireland. A fibre "worth $300 per ton has already- 

 been obtained in northern India. 



HOME STATISTICS. 



Statement of imports of fiax mamfactures. 



The following statement embraces most of the flax products imported in 1863 : 



Linens, 35,526.380 yards $6,348,823 



Thread and twine 1,154,876 



Drills and Damasks 118,193 



Thread lace and insertions 54,933 



Other manufactures of flax 365,601 



Unmanufactured flax 427,907 



Flaxseed, 1,268,554 bushels 1,712,408 



10,182,741 



The following are the imports of unmanufactured flax since 1858 ; 



