IMPORTS, ETC., OF HEMP FROM INDIA. 3839 
in other parts of India, The expenses of transit from distant 
parts will, no doubt, be diminished when larger quantities are 
operated upon and the arrangements are made by mercantile 
men, All such transactions in the Hills would be facilitated 
if it were found possible to make the road from the Kemaon 
Hills into the plains practicable for light carts, as this has been 
done with the Sikh hills to some extent, but these are there less 
precipitous. That there is nothing chimerical in the expectation 
of greatly increased quantities of fibre being imported, even from 
so distant a country as India, is evident from what has already 
taken place. If this has been possible with the cheaper it 
cannot be impracticable with the better. Though the infor- 
mation is not very certain, we find from the published reports 
that Hemp was exported from India to the following extent : 
HEMP IMPORTED FROM INDIA, AND SOLD IN ENGLAND. 
Cwt. Cwt. 
1803 . 4820 1807 i . 4738 
1804 a - 8335 1808 ‘ « 4023 
1805 : . 3399 1809 r » 1543 
1806 * » 6421 1810 a 2555 
In 1850-51, Imported into Bombay, of Ganza (Hemp-herb), 514 cwt. from Concan ; 
and Exported to the United Kingdom 15,896.lb.—=Rs. 5796. 
How greatly and rapidly the increase of fibrous materials has 
gone on within the last few years from India is evident from the 
following table of the imports from Russia and the British 
territories in India, from 1847 to 1851; while in the year 1831, 
506,808 cwt. were imported from Russia, and only 9472 ewt. 
from the Hast Indies. 
Quantities of Hemp Imported into the United Kingdom from— 
1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 
Russia a * 544,844 540,207 641,548 614,535 672,342 
Br. Ter. in East Indies 185,788 258,239 360,362 399,345 590,923 
As soon as Hemp is brought down in the spring, or in the course of the 
summer, it is selected and made up into bundles by sworn selectors (bruckers), 
who are said to act with impartiality and exactness; and tickets are affixed 
to every bundle as selected, &c. 
Hemp at Petersburgh is assorted into clean Hemp, or firsts; outshot 
Hemp, or seconds; halt-cleaned Hemp, or thirds; and Hemp Codilla, Riga 
Hemp is distinguished as rein (or clean), outshot, and pass Hemp. 
Particular care is taken to ship Hemp and Flax in fine, dry weather. If 
either get wet, they are apt to heat, and to be totally spoiled. For this 
reason every vessel taking in Hemp and Flax is furnished with mats to pre- 
vent their getting damp. 
