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SECTION IV. 



THE PEINCIPAL VEGETABLE DYE-STUFFS 

 OF COMMERCE. 



Indigo. — One of tlie most important vegetable blue dye-stufifs made 

 is indigo. The various kinds which enter into Eui'opean commerce 

 are, from India : Bengal, Tirhout, Oude, Kirpah, Bimlipatam, Madras, 

 and Kurrachee. From the Eastern Archipelago, Manila, and Java. 



From South America: Guatemalan, Mexican, New Granada, and 

 Caracas. 



The total imports of indigo into the United Kingdom have been as 

 follows for a series of years : 





Cwts. 





Cwts. 





Cwts. 



1840 .. 



.. 65,209 



1853 .. 



.. 66,409 



1865 .. 



.. 66,506 



1841 .. 



.. 70,487 



1854 .. 



.. 70,173 



1866 .. 



.. 74,256 



1842 .. 



.. 83,823 



1855 



.. 59,760 



1867 .. 



.. 71,995 



1843 .. 



.. 58,285 



1856 .. 



.. 81,314 



1868 .. 



.. 75,874 



1844 .. 



97,960 



1857 



.. 68,243 



1869 .. 



.. 86,721 



1845 .. 



.. 90,424 



1858 .. 



.. 66,198 



1870 .. 



.. 79,255 



1846 .. 



.. 71,013 



1859 .. 



.. 63,237 



1871 .. 



.. 106,307 



1847 .. 



.. 74,410 



1860 .. 



.. 77,321 



1872 .. 



.. 87,320 



1848 \. 



.. 59,127 



1861 .. 



.. 83,109 



1873 



.. 87,233 



1849 .. 



.. 81,332 



1862 



.. 69,589 



1874 .. 



.. 85,707 



1850 .. 



.. 70,482 



1863 .. 



.. 85,395 



1875 .. 



.. 59,608 



1851 .. 



.. 89,944 



1864 .. 



.. 76,214 



1876 .. 



.. 88,680 



1852 .. 



.. 83,565 









The great bulk of these imports are re- shipped to the Continent. 

 The average quantity retained for use in Great Britain being from 

 15,000 to 20,000 cwts. 



The imports and exports of indigo for the United Kingdom are 

 shown in the annexed returns for quinquennial periods : 



Year. 



Imports. 



Exports. 



1840 

 1845 

 1850 

 1855 

 1860 

 1865 

 1870 

 1875 



cwts. 

 65,029 

 90,424 

 70,428 

 59,760 

 77,321 

 66,506 

 79,255 



cwts. 

 40,959 

 50,380 

 54,108 

 64,167 

 59,366 

 66,547 

 46,279 

 56,800 



