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Of 2,759,103 bushels of flax seed imported in 1831 into Great 

 Britain, there were brought from 



Russia, ....-_-... 2,210,702 



Prussia, ----- 172,099 



Un ited States, - 106,294 



Italy, - - 105,448 



Egypt, 98,847 



Holland, &c., - 63,738 



The duty was Is. per quarter, or 3 cents per bushel, and the price 

 in December, 1833, varied from 45s. to 54s. per quarter, or $1.35 

 to $1.62 per bushel. It is now admitted free of duty. 



The quantity of linens exported from Ireland to Great Britain and 

 foreign countries in 1825, was 55,113,265 yards. 



Scotlaiid. 



During the year ending May 31, 1831, there were imported into 

 Dundee, 15,010 tons of flax, and 3,082 tons hemp, and there were 

 shipped 



366,8 17 pieces, or 50,000,000 yards Linen. 



85,522 " 3,500,000 " Sail Cloth. 



About-- - 4,000,000 " Bagging. 



In all about 57,500,000 yards. In the year ending May 31, 1833, 

 the imports of flax amounted to 18,777 tons, besides 3,380 tons of 

 hemp. The shipments of linen, sail cloth, &c., have increased in a 

 corresponding ratio, and were valued in the same year, at about 

 jE 1,600,000, or about 7| millions of dollars. 



It appears, therefore, that the shipments of linens from this single 

 port of Dundee are quite as great as those from all Ireland; and while 

 the manufacture has been very slowly progressive in the latter, it has 

 increased in Dundee even more rapidly than the cotton manufacture 

 h-as increased in Manchester. 



The same authority, Mr. McCuUoch, estimates the entire value of 

 the linen manufacture of Great Britain and Ireland at .£7,500,000, or 

 36 millions of dollars. One-third part of this is estimated as the 

 value of raw material, and 25 per cent for profit, superintendence, 

 wear and tear of machinery, coal, &c., leaving ^63, 125,000, or $15,- 



