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stalks for the latter purpose, in the Tinnevelly district, often being 

 taken in lieu of wages for extracting the fibre ; the flowers are 

 cooked, as curry, and the seed for feeding buffaloes (Subba Rao, I.e.) ; 

 the seeds are given to cattle, and also the plant, which is found to be 

 very nourishing, causing cows to give a larger supply of milk (Journ. 

 Soc. Arts, xli. 1893, p. 791). The composition of Grotalaria juncea, 

 as a fodder is given by Leather, in Agric. Ledger, No. 7, 1903 p. 165. 



India is the chief and probably the only source of the commercial 

 supply. Watt distinguishes four grades : — 



1. Rajpore or Dugaguddi — Bombay Country Hemp ; it is about 

 4 ft. long and fetches Rs. 16 to Rs. 18 per cwt. 2. Jabbalpur, value 

 Rs. 11 to Rs. 13 per cwt. 3. Phillibit. 4. Bengal. The exports, he 

 states, are chiefly in the most inferior stuff (Comm. Prod. India, p. 435). 



In 1895 London brokers considered that the only difficulty in 

 pushing the trade in Sunn Hemp was the inability to procure a 

 uniform and large enough supply (Morris, Journ. Soc. Arts, xliii. 

 1895, p. 906). 



Up to 1896 the material was only exported to a small extent. A 

 sample 3 ft. long, from Burma examined at the Imperial Institute 

 was at the time (1896) said to be readily saleable on the London 

 market at from £15 to £16 per ton (Tech. Rep. & Sci. Papers, Imp. 

 Inst. 1903, p. 70). 



It is difficult to obtain statistics of the commerce in this class of 

 fibre, owing to the application of the term " Hemp," and some 

 uncertainty attaches to returns from a country where it is well known 

 that several kinds of hemp — quite distinct botanically — are grown. 

 But, assuming as it is generally believed that all " East India Hemp " 

 is derived from the species under consideration, the following figures 

 may be taken as being reliable. 



Hemp — East India — Sunn. 



— 



Dec. loth, 1909. 



Jan. 15th, 1910. 





( 



Slow spot 18*. to 24$. New crop 



1 



Bengal 



1 



quotations far over what buyers 

 will pay. 



V Dull, 19*. to 24s. 



Benares 



{ 



13s. 6d. wanted for shipment, 



Sellers 13s. 6d.; buyers 



buyers stick; at 13*. 



13*. 





\ 



Several old spot lots have been 



1 





cleared out from 6*. 3d. to 11*. 



1 



} No enquiry. 



Allahabad 



{ 



New crop neither offers nor is 





1 



wanted ; quality spoken of as 



1 





. 1 



poor. 



J 



Bombay 



1 



! 



Stocks large and demand limited, 

 new crop for shipment quoted. 



JFlat. 



Jubblepore ... 

 Etarsi & Sewnee 

 Dewghuddy ... 



{ 

 i 



Fine 17s. U.\ No. 1, 15*. 6d.; No. 2, 



16*. U. 

 Fine 19*. 

 Fine 19*. U.\ No. 1,17*. 6d.; No. 2, 



16*. Gd.; No. 3, 15s. 



1 



As last quoted, dressed 

 > kinds in better re- 

 ■ quest, 16*. to 19*. 



Gulburga 





Fine 17*.; No. 1, 16s. 



J 



Calcutta 



{ 



Dressed, in small supply 19s. to 

 20*. 



I Dressed, selling, at 

 < slight improvement 





( 19*. Gd. to 20*. 6d. 



Madras. 









Gopaulpore ... 





20* 



No sales to report. 



i in free supply, but 



Godavery 





17*. to 20* 



< selling steadily, 18*. 

 ( 3d. to 19s. Gd. 



Coconada 



... 



18* 



16s. M. to 17*. Gd. 



Palinara 





No. quotation 



15*. 3d. 



Tows 





12*. (id. to 13* 



Slow, 11*. to 13*. 6d. 



