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Cotton Import in the United Kingdom during the 31 weeks 

 ended Aug. 4th, 1910. The Board of Trade Journal. London, 

 No. 715, 1910. 



The number of bales of cotton imported into the United King- 

 dom during the week ended 4th August 1910, was 16978 and the 

 number imported during the thirty-one weeks ended 4th August 

 was i 516 954 (including 6000 bales British West Indian, 5418 bales 

 British West African, 9091 bales British East African, and 24 bales 

 foreign East African). 



H. HIGGINS. Absorption of moisture in cotton. (Journal of 

 Soc. of Chem. Indus., Vol. XXVIII, No. 4) ; Moniteur Scientif., 

 Paris, Avril 1910, p. 252. 



Experiments carried out on a great scale by the author confirm 

 the following observations: 



1) That cotton tissues that have been completely dried do not 

 absorb even if exposed for a considerable length of time to the 

 air the quantity of moisture that they contained originally after 

 having been simply dried in the air. 



2) That the drying of cotton impedes the absorption of colour- 

 ing matters and of humidity. 



3) That the absorption of moisture is influenced to a great 

 extent by the substances used as dressing. 



4) That there appears to be an analogy between the absorp- 

 tion, on the part of textile fibres, of atmospheric moisture and that 

 of colouring matters in solutions. 



Old and New Styles of Baling American Cotton. New bales 

 on view in Manchester. Monthly Consular and Trade Re- 

 ports. Washington, August 1909, n. 347, p. 72. 



'* In transmitting an illustrated clipping from the Manchester 

 Guardian, showing the old and new styles of American cotton 

 baling, Consul Church Howe reports as follows: 



It is estimated that the old style of baling costs the cotton trade 

 nearly $15 ooo ooo (77 250 ooo frs.)per annum. A Louisiana packer, 

 who has adopted the compressing and baling of cotton and sent the 

 consignment illustrated, has created a most favorable impression in 

 trade circles in Manchester. It would seem then that the visit of the 

 European spinners to the Atlanta conference in 1906 has resulted 

 in much good being done for the cotton trade in general. 



