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:NrAXUFACTURES OF RUSSIA. 



As may be seen from the data given, the increase in the import of raw wool 

 and yarns conlirms the statement already made, that sheep farming and wool spinning' 

 in Eussia do not develop in the same degree as the weaving of woollen textures^ 

 in consequence of wliich recourse must be had to foreign markets to make up the 

 insufficient suppl}^ of materials. As regards the wool-weaving industry the same 

 statistics show that from the middle of tlie seventh decade foreign stuffs began in a 

 great measure to be replaced by tliose of Eussian manufacture, and at present the 

 production almost suffices for home requirements. 



In valuing the import into Eussia of wool and woollen goods it is interesting 

 to become acquainted with statistics of the Eussian export trade. Common and merino 

 wools, combings, cloth cuttings, goat hair, woollen yarns and goods are exported from 

 Eussia. The principal object in the foreign trade is raw wool, the export of which from 

 1869 to 1891 is explained in diagram. Fig. 3, showing: A. exports over European 

 frontiers of common Eussian avooI ; B, unscoured merino; C, scoured merino. Ex- 

 ports were made also over Asiatic frontiers, but in considerably smaller quantities i 

 during the years 1860 to 1890 about 190,000 pouds, to the value of 1,273,000 roubles.. 

 were exported annually, Avhich consisted solely of common wool. 



Fig. 3. 



Fig. -3. Diagram showing exports over European frontiers: A, common Eussian 

 wool ; B, unscoured merino ; and C, scoured merino ; on the left, in hundreds of thou- 

 sands of pouds, and on the right, in thousands of tons. 



On examining these diagrams the following conclusion is reached. The export 

 of wool undergoes considerable fluctuation; that of common wool increases, and merino 

 on the contrary decreases, especially of scoured merino. Comparing the diagram of 

 export of wool with that of import, D, various wool, E, various, excepting combed, 

 and F, combed in the sliver, it must be acknowledged that the exports con- 



