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properties in some respects, and of very superior ones in others, 
and which require only to be known to be very generally appre- 
ciated in Europe. 
JUTE, GUNNY CLOTH, AND GUNNY BAGS EXPORTED FROM CALCUTTA, 
IN THE YEAR 1850-51. 
Exports. Jute. any cei 
To United Kingdom : * (Ms.768,945 |Nos. 69,636 
» France. é ‘ 4 = 13,931 — 
» Hamburgh . Z ‘ ‘ . 128 2,180 
», North America . i . : 9,242 2,290,427 
» Coast of Coromandel . “ ci 598 1,955,150 
» Malabar. . . _ 2,054,075 
» Penang and Singapore. ‘ Z —_ 1,043,600 
» Ceylon ‘ ; ‘ ; _ 357,290 
» New South Wales F a * 54 32,125 
» Trieste ‘ : Fi : 401 _ 
» Java . ‘ . ‘ 7 . _ 242,550 
» Pegu . i 4 i é Ki _— 672,950 
» Mauritius . . é _— 213,980 
», Cape of Good Hope ‘ P j _ 82,750 
» Guam : —_ 15,000 
» Arabian and Persian Gulfs _ 4,000 
Total : - 3 - |Mds. 793,299 | 9,035,713 
Value . | Rs. 1,970,715 | Rs. 2,159,782 
The following statement shows the proportion of Gunnies 
and of Gunny Cloth; and also that a decrease took place in 
the former, and an increase in the latter in the two years 
given : 
Exports from Calcutta. 1849-50. | 1850-51. | 
Gunnies .  . ~~. | 12,961,441 | 8,759,185 
Gunny Cloth . 238,039 276,528 
Total. . «| 13,199,480 | 9,035,713 | 
Value. . .|Rs. 2,683,551] 2,159,782 | 
Besides these there were exported from the Madras Presi- 
dency 58,950 gunny bags; but there is reason to believe that 
these are made of Sunn, or Crotalaria juncea. 
Bombay being in a small island, cannot export any of its own 
growth; but as Gunny cloth is much required for packing 
