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TILE MODERN HISTORY OF SILK. 



and jealous regulations are removed, which now 

 prevent the free application of European capital 

 and skill to the culture and preparation of Indian 

 silk. 



The following is an official account of the quan- 

 tities of raw and thrown silk imported into Great 

 Britain in the year ending the 5th January 1824 ; 



CountricH fi-imi wlu-ncc 

 Iiui>cn'tvil. 



Haw Silk. 



Tlirowu 

 Silk. 



Total. 



Geimany, . . . 



35,Giii) 







Holland, . . . 



1 







Flanders, . . . 



1,171 







France, .... 



396,3554 



1 





Portugal, . . • 



179 







Spain, .... 

 Gibraltar, . . . 



1,300 J 

 5,784i 







Itiily 



196,787i 



359,640J 





Malta, .... 



381 







Turkey, . . . 



203,059 







W. E. Britisl,, . 



44 







Ditto Foreign, . 









Bengal, .... 



1,218,6615 







China and Persia, . 



Lbs. 



932,717 







'2,452,130 



,359,641 J 



2,811,7711| 



During the same year, the exports amounted to 

 only fifty -three thousand six hundred pounds weight, 

 of which forty thousand were to Ireland. The 

 imports of silk into Britain during the year ending 

 5th January 1825, amounted to three millions, 

 three hundred and eighty-two thousand, three 



