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Oil-cake. — The large importations of oil- seeds here during the last 

 lew years, have led to a great increase in the manufacture of oil-cake, 

 now so largely used both for feeding cattle and for manure, and of 

 which considerable quantities are exported from Marseilles. The 

 following are about the quantities of oil cake manufactured here from 

 the various kinds of oleaginous seeds imported : — 



Sesamum . . 



Arachis . . . 



Linseed . . 



Cotton Seed . 

 Cocoa Nut 



Palm Nut . . 



Turnip Seed . 



214,599 metrical quintals 



119,221 „ 



168,742 „ 



53,672 „ 



3,825 „ 



26,704 „ 



85,924 „ 



Soap. — About 5,000 tons of soap were exported last year from this 

 port, forming rather more than half of the general exportation of soap 

 from France. 



Silk. — The silk trade during 1861 was exceedingly depressed at Mar- 

 seilles. The importations of silk at this port were seriously affected by 

 the low freights offered by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Naviga- 

 tion Company for conveying silk to England, and by the superior com- 

 mercial facilities offered to purchasers in that country. The great stag- 

 nation of the silk manufacture at Lyons and St. Etienne, owing to the 

 very limited demand for silk goods from America, likewise caused 

 much unsteadiness in the trade here, and prices fell considerably. Even 

 the deficiency of the crop in France has not had the effect of keeping up 

 prices. 



Table showing Importations op Silk, from 1859 to 1861. 





1859. 



1860. 



1861. 



China .... 



7,540 



7,132 



7,970 



Bengal . . . 



1,250 



308 



682 



Broussa . . . 



840 



790 



922 



Syria .... 



360 



463 



578 



Salonica . . . 



157 



186 



156 



Asia Minor . . 



426 



510 



283 



Persia .... 



6,018 



7,106 



5,052 



Divers . . . 



562 



1,049 



1,412 



Total Bales . 



17,153 



17,544 



17,855 



About 540,000 kilogrammes of cocoons were imported here last year, 

 against 812,000 in 1860. Greece, Turkey in Europe, and Asia Minor, 

 furnished during the six years ending in 1861, about 4,500,000 kilo- 

 grammes of cocoons, worth about 90,000,000 francs. 



