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country. In like manner it will be remembered 

 that the Eussian hemp and flax trade was at one 

 time dependent on English capital. Money was 

 annually sent to different parts of Russia, and agents 

 were despatched into the country districts to buy up 

 the quantities which each cultivator had been able to 

 grow, but could not prepare before the winter, and 

 the article was not delivered until six months later. 

 The Earl of Clarendon, in his speech on the Russian 

 War in the House of Lords, in August, 1855, said : 

 " We must consider, too, that the trade with Russia 

 is usually conducted with English capital; that 

 English capital has been indispensable in bringing 

 them to market ; that that has entirely ceased, and 

 that all the industry of the country has, to a great 

 extent, been paralyzed, while the want of markets 

 has deprived the Russian proprietor of all that he 

 had to depend on to meet the expenses to which he 

 is subject." 



31. In like manner in the case of the Calotropis, 

 The <afcfccm system ^ may perhaps be necessary for the 



as applied to this ~ . , . 



subject. Government m the first instance to pro- 



vide the funds for the development of this new indus- 

 try, and as the plant grows on barren waste land 

 hitherto unutilized no tax need first be levied. Ulti- 

 mately a market will have to be found for the new 

 product through the channel suggested in para. 19 ; 

 but I am very sure that so soon as the staple has 

 been established the merchants will be eager enough 

 to step in and relieve the Government from all further 

 responsibility in the matter. 



