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do in Calcutta. In India, however, unskilled labourers get 

 very little. It is said that to produce a finished piece of jute 

 cloth in India seven persons are required to do as much 

 work as three at home. However, the class of work turned 

 out is not the same. 



Some of the Indian jute factories are immense. There 

 is an establishment at Barnagpoor, near Calcutta, which 

 employs more than 4,500 workmen, and manufactures 

 annually more than 30,000,000 Ib. of jute. 



