CONCLUDING REMARKS ON FLAX CULTURE. 231 
In the imports of Flax, the terms Codilla and Tow are very often used as 
synonymous, but Codilla forms the first workings in the dressing of Flax, 
and is longer than Tow ; it is more or less dirty, and in consequence sometimes 
cheaper than Tow. The fixed charges on twelve-head Flax at St Petersburg, 
are 73 roub. 63 cop.; on_nine-head Flax, 80roub. 50 cop.; and on six-head 
Flax, 91roub: 61cop. The charges on Flax in England, taking the price 
at £45 per ton, are £6 13s. 8d. (v. M‘Culloch’s ‘Com. Dict.’) 
Since the foregoing parts of this article have been printed, 
the Author has received a letter from Lahore, dated 21st Oct., 
1854, stating that they were led to believe, from various letters, 
that the production of Flax in the Punjab this year would be 
“considerable, aud that we may look forward to a yield of 
from 200 to 300 tons of Flax, besides a large quantity of seed.” 
Dr. Jameson, to whom one of the Flax experiments has been 
assigned (v. p. 190), and whose opinion, from his extensive 
experience in the culture of Tea and knowledge of the 
country, is particularly valuable, wrote to the Author from the 
Himalayas, 6th Nov., 1854, to the following effect: “For 
some years I have been cultivating Flax on a small scale, from 
seed procured from Russia, and its fibre has been pronounced 
by parties in Calcutta, of a very superior description. I have 
already made arrangements to grow it more extensively this 
season, in two or three different situations. There is nothing 
to prevent this country supplying both Flax and Hemp on 
a vast scale. It possesses immense advantages in abundance 
of land and cheap labour. In the Punjab thousands of acres 
are available; and from the means of producing both Hemp 
and Flax cheap, this part of India will always be able to com- 
pete with other countries.” 
CONCLUSION. 
The account of Flax has extended to a much greater length 
than is perhaps suited to the nature of the work. This is 
owing, partly to our having taken the opportunity of treating 
rather fully of the different points connected with the culture 
and preparation of this fibre, and partly to our having treated 
in detail of the attempts which have been already made to 
cultivate Flax in India. This. we have done, in order to 
ascertain, if possible, the causes of failure, or rather of the want 
of commercial success; while the examination of the various 
questions connected with the analyses of soils, of the Flax and 
