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 fine cordage, the fibres in most general use art Ha-hiHeria, 



Trade In Ropes and Cordage. The factories and rope-works that Trad. 

 give employment to less than 25 persons are n<> official tutu- 



tics. In 1901 there were 11 rope-works that gave employment in all to 

 2,538 persons; the y.-ur following, tin; figures were 12 rope-works ami 

 2,8U employe's ; in 1903, U rope-works with 2,535 employees ; 

 1904, 19 \\orks \Mtli J/J54 employees. Of these rope-works 12 wer 

 il and 6 in Madras, one being recorded in Burma. 



imports. Th.- rope and cordage brought to India in 1876-7 were valued lapart* 

 at Rs. 2,60,781 ; in 1886-7 at Rs. 3,L'L'. '.'!<> ; in 1896-7 at Rs. 4,34,724; 



Miring the five years 1902-7 wete, in 1902-3, Rs. 6,29,703 ; in 19" 

 Rs. 5,90,380 ; in 1904-5, Rs. 6,32,651 ; in 1905-6, Rs. 6,75,798 ; and in 

 1906-7, Rs. 6,87,048. These do not, however, include jute rope and t\\ 

 the imports of which seem to be increasing. In 1900-1 : value- 1 



at Rs. 17,722 ; in 1903-4 at Rs. 30,620 ; in 1904-5 at Rs. 26,434 ; in 1905-6 

 at Rs. 41,271 ; and 1906-7, Rs. 37,927. The bulk of these imports 

 come from the United Kingdom, the next most important country of 

 supply being China (Hongkong), and following that, the United States of 

 America. The receiving provinces are Bombay and Burma, which usually 

 take (in equal proportions) five-sixths of the supply, the next most 

 important province being Bengal. 



Exports. India also exports rope and cordage, the supplies in 1876-7 Export*. 

 having been valued at Rs. 2,65,603 ; in 1886-7 at Rs. 2,93,191 ; 1896-7 

 at Rs. 5,30,959 ; and during the five years 1902-7 the exports were 

 1902-3, Rs. 6,96,087; 1903-4, Rs. 6,18,109 ; 1904-5, Rs.5,67,' 

 1905-6, Rs. 6,48,909 ; and 1906-7, Rs. 7,03,779. Of these exports by 

 far the largest quantity goes to the Straits Settlements, followed by th- 

 United Kingdom, Cape Colony, Arabia, Persia, Siani and Turkey-in-Asia. 

 Of the exporting provinces, Bengal comes first, having supplied in 1906-7 

 one-half of the total exports, the next province of importance being Madras. 



ROSA, Linn. : Fl. Br. Ind., ii., 363-8 ; Gamble, Man. Ind. limbs., D.E.P., 

 1902, 318-9 ; ROSACES. A genus of erect or climbing shrubs, comprising vi., pt. L, 

 about thirty distinct species with numerous cultivated sub-species an. I 

 varieties. All are known by .the vernacular generic name <julab, and indeed 

 such other vernacular names as do exist are used indiscriminately for the 

 various species. In spite of this fact, India has many both wild and 

 Cultivated roses. Rashid-ud-Din, in the 14th century, spoke of Gujarat, 

 where the inhabitants were rich and happy and possessed no less than 

 seventy different kinds of roses. Baber (Memoirs, 1519, 341) tells us that 

 he never lost an opportunity of planting roses (1526). The Emperor 

 Jahangir (Memoirs (Price, transl), 1605, 14) speaks of Hindustan as 

 possessing every sort of rose, particularly the musk and damask. 1 

 therefore, a curious circumstance that Fryer (New Ace. E. Ind. and Pert., 

 1675, 104) should have spoken of Surat as a place where roses would grow 

 if they would but cultivate them. The most important Indian roses 

 economically are the following, in alphabetical sequence : 



R. centlfolla, Linn. The Hundred- leaved or Cabbage Roe, yulab, goldp. 

 troja, paninir, mawar, etc. A native of the Caucasus and Assyria, but cultivated 

 in India from ancient times. This is said to be the chief rose cultivated in Pewiti 

 for the manufacture of attar and rose-water, but in India the next specie* is the 

 one most used for that purpose. 



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