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MacDonald machines by communicating with the Midland Spinning 

 Company, Tower Chambers, London, E.C. 



Leading French Continental Ramie Spinners are quoting for ramie 

 yarns spun on the metric system, or 1,000 metres of simple spinning 

 to the kilogramme (91bs. 2 ozs.) as under, in frames per kilogramme 

 (one franc equals 9id. in English Currency):— 



Singles. Doubles. 

 Weft. Warp. Twisting Twisting Twisting 



Flat and round tight to 100 extra tight 



Mos. 



Quality. 





to 



7^ 





to 125 



1U 



T "R 

 U.SD. 



no yu 



CO l.ZD 



O.OO 



Q Q1 



o.9o 



1 i 



Jli.xl. 





Q 7^ 



o.Ou 



o.yo 



4.01 



1 







3 79 



3 93 







13 



» > 



3.77 



3.83 



3.97 



4.03 



4.11 



14 



> i 



3.81 



3.88 



4.01 



4.08 



4.15 



15 



J> 



3.85 



3.92 



4.05 



4.13 



4.21 



20 





4.15 



4.25 



4.35 



4.45 



4.55 



25 



E.F. 



4.45 



4.57 



4.70 



4.83 



4.95 



30 





4.75 



4.90 



5.05 



5.20 



5.35 



31 



la 



4.83 



4.98 



5.14 



5.30 



5.45 



32 



* > 



4.91 



5.07 



5.23 



5.39 



5.55 



33 



> » 



5.00 



5.16 



5.33 



5.50 



5.66 



34 





5.09 



5.26 



5.43 



5.60 



5.77 



35 





5.19 



5.36 



5.53 



5.70 



5.88 



40 



> » 



5.75 



5.95 



6.15 



6.35 



6.55 



45 



> > 



6.47 



6.69 



6.92 



7.13 



7.35 



50 



I* 



7.31 



7.56 



7.81 



8.06 



8.31 



55 



Extra 



8.21 



8.48 



8.76 



9.01 



9.29 



60 



it 



9.20 



9.50 



9.80 



10.10 



10.40 



65 



ii 



10.21 



10.53 



10.86 



11.18 



11.50 



70 



ii 



11.30 



11.65 



12.00 



12.35 



12.70 



New Patents. 



For yarns of the above class, the chief market exists in spinning 

 combined with linen warp yarns, and into various descriptions of pure 

 ramie cloths to compete against linen goods. 



For yarns spun on the worsted scale, Messrs. Foster and Com- 

 pany, Ramie Spinners, of the Water Lane, Selby, Yorkshire, quote as 

 under : — 



l/12s Bleached Ramie Yarn F2 Quality ... 2/0h lb. 



1/168 „ „ „ ... 2/1 ii 



l/20s „ „ „ ... 2/li „ 



l/24s „ „ „ ... 2/2 



l/32s „ „ „ ... 2/2i „ 



l/36s „ „ ,, ... 2 3i „ 



