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The South American Journal says that “ the bulk of the DEN 
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since which period it began to attract greater attention, and in 
1878 the figure almost dod], The penes cod the export of 
— in each year from 1878 to 1 : 
1878, 1,166,504 dols. ; 1879, 1,287, "n dimiy ; 1880, 7,495,467 dols. ; 
* 1881, 2, 284, 389 ae ; 1882, 2, 672, 107 dols. ; 1883, 3,311,663 dols. ; 
1885, 3, ‘988, 791 dols.; 1886, 2,929,116 dols. ; 
T 1887, 3, ‘901, 628 ae; 1888, 8, 229,460 dols. ; 1889, 6, 872, 593 dols.” 
It is mentioned as a curious circumstance that the market price of 
the fibre in New York increased almost pari passu with the increase of 
From Messrs. Crocker’s American Statistics (quoted in Messrs. Ide 
and Christie’s Monthly Circular, dated 15th January 1892) we find 
that the total importations of Sisal hemp into the United States during 
the years 1889-1891 were as follows :—1889, 237,736 bales; 1890, 
230,800 bales; 1891, 286,700 bales. Of these latter we find 10,006 
Messrs. Ide and Christie, were 20,296 bales. It is evident from this 
that the English market in regard to Sisal hemp is comparatively 
small. 
As regards Manila hemp the result is very much the same, although 
nthe first instance the bulk of the shipments are received in the 
United Kingdom. For instance, during the year 1891 there pret 
received in the United Kingdom a total of 448,000 bales of Manila 
mp. these there were re-shipped to the United Fg sh 
bales, leaving 272,081 bales for consumption on this 
receipts of Manila coy im in the United States for 1891 “(direct Fe vid 
Europe) were 316,697 b 
ing the combined, gister p of Sisal and Manila hemps 
A nei vtri! as “white hemps "), we find the relative quantities 
taken vt of the Atlantic to be exe prep i as Su :— 
FLORIDA. 
It is well known that plants of Sisal hemp were introduced to Florida 
from Yucatan, by Dr. Perrine in the years 1836 and 1837. It is to 
this introduction that Florida bere the adjoining Keys owe their present 
e i 
gations (No. 3, 1891) issued br “the United States Department of Agri- 
interesting fac 
we quote labios 
* Mrs. Walker informs me dk the first introduction of the plant from 
Yucatan occurred in the years 1836 and 1837, a few plants having been 
sent to the Royal Botanical Gardens of Cuba at the same time. Of the 
plants brought to Florida, part were taken to Indian Key and the others 
were planted upon “ the Indian hunting ground," on the borders of 
Biscayne Bay. It is also stated that when these plants had multiplied 
to some extent the officers at Fort Dallas, at the mouth of the Miami 
