COCO-NUT PRODUCTS 185 



showing quotations at Havre, September 19, 1913. The 

 prices are stated in francs per hundred kilogrammes. 



Sisal 



. Good Mexican 



Good superior Javan 



Francs. 



74-77 

 87-88 



Abaca 



. Superior 

 Good current 

 Fair current 



168-178 

 145-149 

 76-78 



Mauritius 



. Superior 

 Good 



72-73-50 

 66-68 



Maguey . 



. Manila No. 1 

 Cebu No. 1 



48-50 

 65-70 



Jute 



Calcutta superior 

 Best native 



85-86 

 75-77 



Ramie 



. Fine 

 Good 



120-125 

 100-115 



Coir 



. Superior 

 Good 



54-59 

 44-46 



Kapok 



. Java extra 

 Calcutta 



155-185 

 114-130 



Cotton . 



Sea Island extra fine 

 Upland middling 

 Bengal fine 



380 

 178 

 120 



There has never been as careful a study of the 

 source of coir and of the natural qualities of the husk 

 of the coco-nuts under different conditions as the im- 

 portance of the product would justify. While there 

 are no definite statistics on the subject, there is still no 

 doubt that certain varieties of coco-nut are more 

 valuable than others for the manufacture of fibre, and 

 that there is a proper time for the harvesting of the 

 crop for this purpose, before which and after which the 

 coir is less in quantity, and less valuable weight for 

 weight. What this time is cannot be stated definitely, 

 but may roughly be said to be the beginning of the 

 maturing of the nut. It may be the time at which the 

 nut as a whole is largest, or may be a little later than 

 this, but is certainly considerably before the time when 



