MISCELLANEOUS ECOXOMIC PRODUCTS 



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The yield, however, is variously estimated. SIK DANIEL MORRIS' 

 estimate is 60 Ib. of fibre from 1,000 leaves, thirty-three leaves 

 per plant, 650 plants to the acre ; total yield, 1,200 Ib. fibre per 

 acre per annum. It has been found in Java that a return which 

 falls below 650 Ib. per acre is not remunerative under cultivation. 



SACK OK BARK-CLOTH TREE. AntitlriS illHOXUl. 



Showing (left) suit of bark cloth and (right side) sheet of same. 



The price of the fibre Huctuates from about -25 to -30 per 

 ton, according to quality. 



Sunn (or San) Hemp; " Hana," S. (Crotalaria jiincen. 

 Leguminosae), An erect annual, 4 to 5 ft. high, with bright 

 yellow Howers, indigenous to tropical Asia generally and 

 commonly occurring in the dry region of Ceylon. It is cultivated 

 practically all over India, and to a small extent also in the 



