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The hemp is easily dyed of blue and pink colors. To dye it blue, 
they still employ, as in the olden times, the leaves of a shrub or twining 
plant, er in Camarines, is named payanguit and-aringuit, ‘the Mars- 
denia akar. {Flora Fiepind. p. 118.) An intelligent description of this 
twinin prone was made to the Politico-Economical Society of Manilla, 
by ae curious and diligent observer, Padre Jose de Mata, of the order 
of San Francisco ; and ; it is he, who, in these our days, bas brought this 
plant to the notice of the European dwellers in the —— ”~ 
leaves of this plant give blue color in abundance. 
~ To:dye the hemp pink, I have heard that in Camarines province a 
boil the bark of the root of the Morinda (Flora Filipina, p. 148) with a 
tittle fime or alum, till the desired color is obtained, and with this they 
proceed todye. But it is better to dye in the same manner as used for 
cotton thread, which is with a solution of wood-ashes and oil of Sesamum. 
(Flora Filipina, p. 507.) Additional note by 'T. M. M., 30 Mar. 1840. 
The hemp of commerce is brought to Manilla handy in native rigged 
boats of fifty to one hundred tons burthen, termed pontines, from Cama- 
tines and Albay provinces, and from: Zebu Island. The price paid to 
the actual producer in the interior of the country, Ido not know; but 
considering that it is a bulky article, the cost of transportation must be 
Meery;. as it is a makes ronal ats oe 
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ed to shafts abanes ib teopiectineges “At the ports of shipment, 
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expenses of screwing, shipping, and two per cent. export duty, amount to | 
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