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ginnery. The ginned product is exported from there to 

 Switzerland for the spinning mills. 



Most of the uncleaned Palembang cotton imported into 

 Singapore is immediately shipped to Japan. The cleaned 

 product is used partly as a material for stuffing winter 

 kimonos. 



Uncleaned cotton is also exported from Ampenan and 

 Pabean, in addition to Palembang, and the following 

 quantities (in tons) were exported during 1905 and during 

 1909-1912. 



Ports of shipment 1905 T 99 1910 1911 1912 



Palembang ... ... 4,082 5^825 6,089 4>5' 5>5 2 



Ampermn ... ... 140 831 904 657 686 



Pabean ... ... 247 26 48 107 130 



Total ... 4,469 6,682 7,041 5,374 6,318 



The export of uncleaned cotton from Palembang and 

 Ampenan during the year 1913 amounted to 8,380 

 tons. The shipments were destined for the following 

 countries : 



Coynes of destination ft* % |9 '; % 



Singapore ... ... 4,469 5,942 6,136 4,790 5,472 



Japan ... ... 693 904 584 846 



United Kingdom ... I 



Germany ... ... 47 



Total ... ... 4,469 6,682 7,041 5,374 6,318 



From Palembang 7,903 tons of raw cotton were ex- 

 ported in 1913, against 5,502 tons in 1912; and 375 tons 

 of cleaned cotton, against 523 tons in 1912. 



Some years ago a modern ginnery was established in 

 Palembang, but in proportion to the quantities of raw 

 cotton which were still exported in 1913, this industry 

 proved to be of little importance. 



