U. S Consul McBouguWs Re])ort on Oils and Jute at Dundee. 625 



power, and number of persons emx)loyed. It will be observed that most of these 

 are in Dundee and district : 



Jiite Factories in 18G2 in the under-noted countries. 



The majority of the workers in jute factories are females, some boys; and a 

 few men to act as overseers, managers, and mechaidcs are also employed. 



The remarkable progress the trade made from 1838 to 1860 is exhibited by 

 the following note of the imports of jute in three years into Dundee. It will be 

 noticed that in 1855, the year after the outbreak of the Russian war, the increase 

 is extraordinary, and that the subsequent years show also a steady increase. 

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