TJ 8. Consul McDougalVs Beport on Oils and Jute at Dundee. G35 

 Quantity and value of Jute manufactures exported from the United Kingdom. 



Year. 



18G1 



1862 

 1863 

 1864 

 1865 

 1866 

 1867 

 1868 

 1869 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 

 1873 

 1874 

 1875 

 1876 



Yarn. 



Quantity. 



Pounds. 



7, 047, 217 



6, 615, 882 



7,391,327 



5, 497, 603 



4, 944, 230 



7,761,391 



7, 520, 911 



8, 108, 101 



8,041,082 



12, 669, 948 



13, 710, 957 



12, 715, 989 



12, 263, 805 



15, 724, 988 



15, 942, 61S 



16, 709. 239 



Declared 

 value. 



£85,126 

 96, 152 

 154,618 

 114, .503 

 82,141 

 128, 704 

 117,028 

 126, 045 

 126, 691 

 196, 465 

 262, 057 

 261,239 

 206, .521 

 245, 784 

 225, 836 

 226, 813 



Manufactures. 



Quantity. 



Yards. 



6, 519, 253 



6, 959, 189 



11,034,412 



13,910,717 



15, 400, 459 



19, 394, 926 



26, 745, 187 



43, 081, 332 



50, 127, 853 



51,920,808 



62, 310, 463 



84, 452, 457 



95, 935, 108 



112,810,415 



101,105,579 



120, 813, 966 



Declared 

 value. 



Bags, 



Quantity, 



£127,031 



133, 149 



243, 379 



356, 764 



311,540 



361,857 



455, 396 



706, 966 



742, 801 



789, 657 



1, 026, 759 



1, 486, 484 



1,590,850 



1,679,766 



1,404,997 



1, 5.58, 256 



Dozens. 



642, 848 



802, 095 



894. 43(i 



971,871 



1, 137, 862 



1,290,677 



1,675,321 



2, 144, ;:93 



2, 375, 865 



2, 477, 334 

 2, 897, 676 



3, 685, 092 

 4, 430, 418 

 4, 700, 759 

 3, 680, 073 



4, 020, 211 



Declared 

 value. 



£307,583 



388, 724 



555, 2S2 



749, 422 



696, 291 



681,445 



751,369 



860, 543 



946, 378 



913, 642 



1, 206, 621 



1,627,026 



1, 913, 153 



],7!'- 0,002 



1,264,308 



1,211,728 



By far the largest proportion of these exports are manufactnred in Dundee 

 and district, and it must be remembered that these figures do not include the 

 home-trade consumption, which is very large indeed. 



The next table gives an estimate of the jute consumption in manufticture in 

 Dundee alone in the years named : 



Tons. 



In 1836 300 



In 1846 • 1), 200 



In 1856 31, 000 



In 1866 50,000 



In 1873 139, 793 



The great expansion of the jute trade has benefited the varied interests of 

 this town, the harbor finances being considerably augmented within the last ten 

 years by the direct importation of jute duiing that period. The increased rev- 

 enue thus derived has placed the Harbor-Commissioners in a position to expend a 

 large amount of money in making the docks and the entrance thereto suitable 

 for the entry of the largest vessels into this port, and in building warehouses 

 and providing every facility for the discharge of the jute cargoes; in fact, every- 

 thing has been done to encourage this direct trade with India. The statement 

 below furnishes evidence that the improvements on the harbor and the am]>le 



