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and Szechwan. In the last two provinces, from personal ica 
= — seem to be entirely cultivated for the seeds, which are a 
rticle in n. Chinese rug shops, and are used locally for their 
"gen utilised for cooking and lighting purposes. 
r as I know, the Chinese do not make any linen. 
6. Tui; Ma, a local product of Hupeh, and of no соё! 
importance.—It Аг of the fibres obtained from the bark of young 
trees of Sterculia platanifolia, L. f., by steeping them in water. This 
hemp ” is used for making cordage, апа a specimen of it, procured 
by me, is in the Museum at “Kew 
called hemp, which is in rea ity t the fibre of the pine-apple € 
oth. 
The export called “hemp” from Hainan and Formosa is evidently, 
then, the fibre best distinguished as “ Pine-apple Hemp." 
8. Fan Pu, i.e., * Savage Cloth."—This is, according to the Takow 
eport for 1876, p. 98, а kind of grasscloth worn by the inha- 
bitants of Fo is manufactured by the aborigines, and is finer 
and more expensive than the oe cloth. It is sold in the shops 
of Taiwan-fu ; the better kind sells for as much as 8 dollars for a piece, 
sufficient for making a single ga А 
It is very desirable that эрадан should be obtained regarding the 
plant from which this dear article is produced. Particulars regarding 
its mode of preparation, &c., are also wanted. 
си I different Names of these Textiles in common Use, 
ir Export from the various Treaty P 
We id v» vts information embodied in various Customs 
uos ion 
The “ bia exported from Tientsin is called “ jute " by the 
зы merchants Miet and Ching Ma by the Chinese; and is allowed 
to pass at the rate of 2 mace per picul, other — ys * hemp " payi 
3$ mace. No ports but Tientsin and Shanghai see export “ju 
2. “China Grass,” “ Rhea,” or “ Raw eimi ie, the raw fibre 
roughly stripped from the stem in “ribbons.” Ап export from 
nkow ; pays an ad valorem rate of 5 per cent. 
3. * Hemp Skin," Ma-p'i. An export from Amoy ; pays 5 per cent. 
ad valorem. I cannot say what kind of hemp this is, nor what is the 
plant um which it is derived, and information on this point is very 
desira 
1 н А Hemp." Тһе tariff for “hemp,” ie, 34 mace, is 
