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for flax, hemp, linen, or other vegetable productions, it could not 

 be fixed on wools or animal matter. Dr. Holroyd, of Sydney, some 

 time since, imported a ton of it for a friend near Bathurst. It is 

 of great importance that chemical science should be applied to 

 devise some means of fixing this valuable dye on wool. As the 

 tree is so common, the bark could be had in any quantity at about 

 3 10s. a ton ; and our tweed manufacturers are in great want of 

 a black dye for their check and other cloths. 



The principal heavy woods used for dyeing are fustic, logwood, 

 Nicaragua wood, barwood, camwood, red, Sanders wood, Brazil 

 wood, and sappan wood. All the dyewoods are nearly 2 per ton 

 higher than last year. 



Common Spanish fustic which in September, 1852, was only 

 3 10s. per ton, now fetches 6 10s. in the Liverpool market ; 

 and there is a great demand for all kinds of dyewoods. Tampico 

 and Puerto Cabello fustic are now worth 6 10s. to 7 the ton, 

 Cuba ditto, 9 10s. to 10. 



Sappan wood is 4 higher than last year ; barwood has risen 

 cent per cent ; logwoods are 2 per ton higher. 



The following were the prices of the different dyewoods in the 

 Liverpool market, on the 1st September, 1853, per ton : - 



s. d. s. d. 



FUSTIC, common Spanish ................ 5 10 to 6 10 



Tampico ............................ 6100 7 00 



Puerto Cabello ..................... 6100 7100 



Cuba .............................. 8 00 9100 



LOGWOOD, Jamaica ................... 5 00 5 50 



St. Domingo ........................ 5 50 5100 



Campeachy, direct .................. 7 12 6 8 00 



Indirect and Tobasco ..... ........... 6100 7 00 



NICARAGUA WOOD. 



Rio de la Hache, solid ................ 9 00 11100 



small ................ 6 00 6100 



Lima .............................. 12 00 14100 



BARWOOD, Angola .................. \ 7 ftn 



Gaboon ......... ) 7 



CAMWOOD ............................ 25 00 30 10 



RED SANDERS WOOD ................. 5150 6100 



SAPPAN WOOD ................. . ...... 10 00 15 



RED SA.NDEBS WOOD (Pterocarpus s#wtafo'mjs),w~hichishard and 

 of a bright garnet red color, is employed to dye a lasting reddish 

 brown on wool. It only yields its color to ether or alcohol. The 

 tree, which is a lofty one, is common about Madras and other 

 parts of India ; it is also indigenous to Ceylon, Timor, and other 

 Eastern islands. The exports of this wood from Madras in one 

 year ha^e been nearly 2,000 tons. 



The imports of red Sanders wood from Calcutta and Bombay 

 chiefly into London are to the extent of 700 or 800 tons a year, 

 worth 6 to 9 per ton. 



Of FUSTIC we import from 1,500 to 2,000 tons annually. We 

 derive our supplies from Brazil, Tampico, Puerto Cabello, Cuba, 

 and Jamaica. The best is obtained from Cuba ; for while the 



