632 U. S. Consul McDougalVs Beport on Oils and Jute at Dundee. 



tons ; decrease, 20 ships of 30,333 tous. This not only speaks of a bad current 

 year, but i)romises very poorly for 1878. 



It is impossible to get the total yards of jute manufactures or the number of 

 jute bags made that are sent from Dundee, the returns of the Harbor Board and 

 Railway companies being so kept that they only show the total of all manufac- 

 tures, including linen and jute manufactures of every kind, and yarns, bags, &c. 

 But the extent and importance of the trade can be judged from the following- 

 tables, compiled by me fi'om the British Board of Trade returns and other official 

 statements. The year 1854 is the first year jute is given as an article of import 

 into the United Kingdom in the above-mentioned returns. Before that time it 

 was included among " Hemp and other like substances." The quantity of jute 

 exported was not given till 18G1. For comparison, I give the quantity of jute 

 im])orted into Dundee, the amounts being the same as in the preceding tables, 

 but only changed into hundredweights to suit these Tables. 



