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facilities. There has been a steady increase during the 

 last three years, and there is every prospect that this 

 tract will ultimately produce jute on a considerable scale. 

 Experimental jute has been grown with success in 

 most parts of India, and big crops have been produced 

 in the irrigated tracts of the Punjab, the Central Pro- 

 vinces, and Madras. In all these places, however, the 



DIAGRAM IV. PRICES (IN RUPEES) OF RAW AND MANUFACTURED JUTE IN 

 THE PERIOD 1901-1914. 



References : 



A = Jute | C.C. | raw per bale of 400 Ib. 



B = Jute ordinary per bale of 400 Ib. 



C = Gunnies, No. 2 Twill, 44 in. X 26^ in., per 100. 



D = Hessian cloth, io oz., 40 in., per 100 yds. 



i H U H H M 3 U U 1 H M 



1901 I9C2 1503 /904- 1905 /SOS ISO7 1908 1909 I9IO 1911 



1912 1913 /9/4- 



circumstances are more difficult for jute than in Bengal, 

 and it is hardly likely that, as things are at present, jute 

 cultivation would be taken up on any large scale outside 

 Bengal, Bihar, and Assam. 



(3) In these circumstances the question of jute sub- 

 stitutes is one of considerable interest. There would be 

 no object, of course, in introducing such a substitute 

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