IO2 CORDAGE FIBRES 



Siretz. The "classed" fibre, which is becoming scarcer 

 every year, and which is in reality re-scutched Siretz, com- 

 prises Fabrichng and Otbornoy ist and 2nd Crown. Siretz 

 flax, which forms the bulk of what is exported from St. 

 Petersburg, may be divided into non-classed and superior 

 fibre. Superior Siretz comprises Groesovitz, Kostroma, 

 Vologda, and Jaroslav, and is frequently classed as Polochno, 

 Fabrichng, and Otbornoy ist and 2nd Crown. Siretz of 

 medium quality is not classed at all, and is made up of 

 Bejetsky, Ouglitch, Kashin, and Krasniholm. Common or 

 inferior Siretz comprises Jwashkofsky, Rjeff, Yaropol, and 

 Systchewka, and is classed as Otbornoy ist and 2nd Crown. 



For all "classed" flax the price is made for average ist 

 Crown, and varies according to the composition of the lots. 



At Konigsberg, part of the flax is classed on the present 

 Riga method and part by the old classment, which is : 



FWPCM = fine white picked Crown Marienburg. 



FGCPM = fine grey picked Crown Marienburg. 



VVPCM = white picked Crown Marienburg. 



LPCM = light picked Crown Marienburg. 



FPCM = fine picked Crown Marienburg. 



PCM = picked Crown Marienburg. 



Pi = picked No. i. 



P2 = picked No. 2. 



The " rise " in price for the various marks varies with 

 different years. Take Riga, for instance, with K as base, at 

 18 per ton. The "rise " in pounds per ton for the several 

 marks is : H = i, P = 3, S = 4, G = 3, W = 4, and Z = 10. 



The principal centres of consumption for Russian flaxes 

 are : In Scotland : Dundee, Arbroath, and Kirkcaldy. In 

 England : Bridport, Crewkerne and Cockermouth. Ireland : 

 Belfast and Newry. France : Lille and Armentieres. Ger- 

 many : Bielefeld. Austria : Trautenau. Belgium : Ghent 

 and Roulers. 



