FIBRES 



575 



KAPOK. 



1909 1910 



From Java and Madura ... ... 7,965 8,377 



From the other islands of the Archi- 586 809 

 pelago 



1911 

 9,906 

 569 



1912 



10,295 



1,160 



Total ... ... 8,551 9,186 10,475 n>455 



COTTON (UNCLEANED). 



1909 *9, 10 1911 IQI2 



From Java and Madura ... ... 698 969 1,072 3,686 



From the other islands of the Archi- 6,652 7,041 5,374 6,318 

 pelago 



Total 



7,380 8,010 6,446 10,004 



COTTON (GINNED). 

 1909 



From Java and Madura ... ... 345 



From the other islands of the Archi- 65 

 pelago 



Total 



410 



1910 



56 

 118 



174 



IQIl 



201 

 231 



432 



1912 

 60 9 

 523 



OTHER FIBRES (EXCEPT RATTAN CANES). 



From Java and Madura 

 From the other islands of ihe Archi- 

 pelago 



Total 



1909 



835 

 8 



1910 

 1,817 



54 



3.784 

 149 



1912 



7,335 

 64 



843 1,871 3,933 7,399 



The export of rattan canes, which come entirely from 

 the islands of the Archipelago adjacent to Java and 

 Madura, during the same period showed a value of 

 (in dollars) : 



1909 

 71,247 



1910 

 50,032 



7911 

 56,826 



1912 

 60,582 



KAPOK. 



Distribution and Cultivation in the Motherland East 

 Indies. The kapok tree, belonging to the family of the 

 Bombacacese, is to be found throughout the Netherland 

 East Indies, but principally in Java, which is responsible 

 for about seven-eighths of the total export of kapok from 

 the whole Archipelago. 



Java kapok, which is superior to the product from 

 elsewhere, is obtained from the fruits of Ceiba pen- 

 tandra, L. (Eriodendron anfractuosum, DC.). Kapok 

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