FLAX MOVEMENT IN IRELAND, 



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NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 80tH„ 





1863. 



1864, 



Increase. 



Decrease. 



Alkali, Soda 



£666,393 



' £685,914 



£19,521 





Apparel and Slops 



1,935,433 



1,800,641 



— 



£134,792 



Arms, Ammunition, &c. 



1,189,890 



737,742 





452,148 



Beer and Ale 



1,283,112 



1,213,346 



_ 



1,766 



Coals . 



2,767,875 



3,100,212 



332,337 





Cotton yarn . 



5,463,251 



7,277,892 



1,814,641 



— ■ ■ 



Cotton manufactures 



27,192,014 



35,647,480 



8,455,466 





Earthenware, &c. . 



983,048 



1,062,054 



79,006 





Glass of all kinds . 



554,643 



558,094 



3,451 





Haberdashery, &c . 



3,131,136 



3,793,407 



662,271 





Hardwares and cutlery . 



2,669,495 



3,081,369 



411,874 



— 



Leather manufactures 



1,360,926 



1,475,700 



114,774 





Linen yarn . , 



1,773,682 



2,386,849 



613,167 



— 



Linen manufactures 



4,554,203 



6,123,218 



1,469,015 



— 



Machinery . 



3,030,603 



3,363,053 



332,450 



— 



Iron and. steel 



9,676,206 



10,933,400 



717,194 



— . 



Copper and brass , 



3,071,939 



2,677,081 



— 



394,858 



Lead . 



608,822 



605,102 



— 



3,720 



-Lin • • * . 



361,745 



Q*?n nee 



o7y,yDo 



18,221 





Tin plates 



973,897 



1,033,133 



59,236 





Oil seed 



716,214 



916,424 



200,210 





Silk manufactures . 



1,088,468 



1,156,593 



68,125 





Woollen yarn . . 



3,702,226 



4,213,834 



511,608 





Woollen manufactures . 



10,973,219 



14,914,744 



4,041,525 





All other articles . 



14,564,273 



14,736,913 



172,640 





Totals . 



£104,294,713 



123,404,161 



20,096,732 



987,284 



987,284 



Increase in 1864 £19,109,448 



Having left unnoticed the Standard* s views on the 

 saving of Flax-seed, and 6 Max as the most impoverishing 

 crop sown/ I refer the reader to Sir Eobert Kane's practical 

 experiments, as noticed in this work, to upset such theoretical 

 assertions, and I must beg the reader's attention to the returns 

 that I have procured, to show the progress of Flax this year, 

 1864, over that of last, a matter that must please every 

 man who wishes to see Ireland prosper. 



