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JUTE 



of industry. This very cheap raw material is employed there, either pure or mixed, 

 to make ordinary brown cloth, but more especially sacking, packing-cloth, and carpets. 

 The jute yarns used for carpets are of the richest and most varied colours, and are 

 sometimes used in conjunction with cocoa-nut fibre. Even the Brussels and velvet-pile 

 carpets are imitated with success in appearance, but not in durability. Dundee and 

 its surrounding neighbourhood are the principal seats of this fast-increasing manufac- 

 ture. The number of spindles acting on jute in Dundee is considerably above 50,000. 

 A very beautiful cloth for binding books is made from jute. 



The bulk of the raw jute exported is sent to France. About 30,000 cwts. are 

 annually returned in the shape of jute-yarn. 



The amount of British-made jute-yarn and manufactures exported was as fol- 

 lows during the last five years : 



Yarns Manufactures 



Ibs. yds. 



1869 .... 8,041,000 50,127,000 



1870 .... 12,669,000 57,920,000 



1871 .... 13,710,000 62,310,000 



1872 .... 12,715,000 84,452,000 



1873 . . . . 12,275,000 96,539,000 



This is exclusive of jute bags and sacks, which are not separately classified in the 

 trade returns. 



The following Parliamentary return of the jute Exports in 1872 shows the countries 

 to which our manufactures were sent : 



