FLAX FIBRE 



1905 



1906 . 



1907 . 



1908 . 

 1909 . 



* 

 54 io 

 56 io 



56 io 

 5i o 



57 o 



1910 

 1911 

 1912 



1913 

 1914 



s. 



70 o 



68 10 



65 o 



57 10 



72 o 



The following prices per ton were quoted in Dundee 

 for Russian flax at the beginning of each of the years 

 mentioned : 



1905 . 



1906 . 



1907 . 



1908 . 



1909 



1905 . 



1906 . 



1907 . 



1908 . 



1909 . 



Petrograd Bejetsky 



33 o 

 40 io 

 37 io 

 36 io 

 35 o 



1910 

 1911 

 1912 



1913 

 1914 



Riga Livonian Crowns 



*. 



24 10 

 27 10 



25 10 



20 O 

 22 10 



I9IO 

 I9II 

 1912 



1913 

 I9H 



s. 



40 o 



47 o 



40 o 



45 o 



39 10 



*. 



26 15 



32 15 



27 o 

 32 o 

 24 10 



HEMP 



Common or true hemp is derived from the stems 

 of Cannabis sativa, a plant of the natural order 

 Moraceae, which grows wild in Central Asia, and is 

 cultivated in many parts of the temperate and 

 tropical regions of both hemispheres. The seeds of 

 the plant contain about 30 per cent, of a useful oil. 

 In hot countries the stalks, leaves and flowers produce 

 a resinous juice, possessing properties which render 

 it one of the most characteristic narcotics of Eastern 

 lands. The drug is known under various forms, 

 such as " charas," the resin itself ; " ganja," the 

 dried flowering tops of cultivated female plants ; 



