PART II. 



The suitability of the fibre-yielding plants of India 

 introductory, for the manufacture of textile fabrics and 

 paper has so repeatedly formed the subject of inquiry, 

 that I can say little that is new on the matter. In 

 the collision of many opinions, however, truth must 

 ultimately be established, and the wider and more 

 thorough the investigation, the more rapidly and 

 certainly will the truth be reached. 



2. One of the principal reasons why the fibres of 

 SeSe^leS! India have not come into universal favor 

 is that their importance has not been seriously real- 

 ized, and that their introduction has not been urged 

 with sufficient emphasis. Until the question is dealt 

 with in an earnest and practical manner no success- 

 ful results can be looked for. It is not enough to 

 forward, for the opinion of Chambers of Commerce 

 and Brokers, small samples of such new materials as 

 from time to time attract the attention of intelligent 

 observers. Such steps seldom lead to any practical 

 results, and the matter is too often lost sight of, until 

 at some future time the subject is revived by an 

 enterprising enquirer. It is because of the deep 

 interest I take in the opening out of the fibre trade 



