U. S Consul McBougaWs Beport on Oils and Jute at Dundee. 631 



Total quantity of jute imported into Dundee. 



18G1 



1862 



1863 



1864 



1865 



1886 



1887 



1888 



1869 



1870 



1871 



1872 



1873 



1874 



1875 



1876 



1877 (from 1st January to 31st October, 1877) 





Fh 



Tom. 

 468 

 402 



6,997 

 12, 173 

 11,425 



4,507 

 10, 156 



5,437 

 27, 844 

 30, 537 

 66, 872 

 91,276 

 102, 133 

 81, 746 

 92, 844 

 95, 715 

 72, 120 



fees 



Tons. 

 17, 456 

 19, 423 

 25, 276 

 23, 371 

 43, 912 

 28, 784 

 36, 546 



35, 069 



36, 347 

 43, 341 

 27, 736 

 32, 390 

 37, 790 

 33, 190 

 20, 067 

 21, 824 

 15, 921 



This statement shows that the jute imported into Dundee reached the maxi- 

 mum in 1873. It also shows that the quantity brought direct from Calcutta is 

 considerably under the amount brought in 1873, in the years 1874, 1875, and 187G. 



The total arrivals of vessels from Calcutta at Dundee from the 1st January 

 to 1st October, of this year (1877), were 44 ships, bringing G0,171 tons jute, equal 

 to 401,802 bales. The arrivals during the same period in 1876 were 57 ships, bring- 

 ing 78,921 tons jute, equal to 527,040 bales, exhibiting a falling off on the nine 

 months' arrivals of 13 ships, bringing 18,750 tons jute, equal to 125,244 bales. 

 Nor is there any prospect of the decrease being made up during the three mouths 

 of the year still to run. From latest advices, I find that there are at sea bound to 

 Dundee 3 jute vessels of 4,311 tons, and loading or chartered at Calcutta 23 of 

 31,324 tons. The whole of the vessels at sea are likely to arrive before December 

 31. Of the ships chartered or loading, 3 steamships of 3,847 register tons and 

 5,995 tons gross, will also in all probability arrive before the close of the year. 

 The total probable arrivals direct from Calcutta for 1877 may, therefore, be set 

 down at 50 ships of 68,329 tons register. 



Taking the vessels arrived, sailed, and chartered, and comi^aiing them with 

 last year, they stand thus : 1876, 90 ships of 126,139 tons ; 1877, 70 ships of 95,806 



