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MAXUrACTUEES OF RUSSIA. 



The first paragraph contains very different sorts of textile fabrics, such as lin- 

 i-ns. batist, table linen, handkerchiefs, towels, stnff's for npholstering, mattresses and 

 carpets, either of tlax, hemp and jute, or mixed with cotton, and also dyed, printed 

 ;md woven in colours, and some knitted and plaited goods. The mean yearly import 

 during the period from 1883 to 1886 was 13.3 per cent of that of the period from 

 1877 to 1882, and during the next five years it was 58.8 per cent of that from 1882 

 to 1886. On comparing the mean values another result is obtained, and the correspond- 

 ing decrease is expressed by the per cents 58.8 and 62.5 respectively. This clearly 

 demonstrates that lately only very high class goods have been imported, which could 

 only have been manufactured at home from imported flax or j^arn and from various 

 twilled and flowered stuffs and the like, and sold as fashionable and expensive articles 

 to the wealthier classes of society. 



During the second half of the present century coarse jute goods, especially sacks, 

 were much sold on the European markets, and afterwards appeared here. This had 

 the effect of decreasing the demand for the corresponding linen and hempen goods 

 and led to a brisk import of jute sacks and packing cloth; for this reason the gen- 



