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A —MISCELLANEOUS VEGETABLE FIBRES. — STATISTICS OF IMPORTATION INTO 



THE UNITED KINGDOM, YEAR 1885. 



FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



f Dressed fibre 

 Flax. < and straw 



( Tow and waste 



I Dressed or un- ) 

 Hemp, -j dressed . | 

 I Tow and waste 



Russia. 



Belgium. 





Total. 



1,884,399 



687,498 





2,854,064 



205,452 



94,903 





338,470 



Italy. 



Russia. 



Germany. 





377,124 



346,367 



312,389 



1,040,003 



18,524 



33,162 



42,974 



95,858 



* Hemp substitutes 

 t Unenumerated fibres 



Philippine I. U.S. America. 



X Jute 



r 



664,565 



U. S. America. 

 51,520 



France. 

 . 1.792 



Germany. 

 Linen and cotton rags 207,909 



Tripoli. 



S <{ Esparto . . 307,081 



Norway. 

 Other materials. Half j ^ 

 ^ stuff and wood pulp j ' 



Russia. 



Cordage and twine cable yarn 64,548 



49,835 



Mexico . 

 20,420 



Belgium. 

 1,177 



Belgium. 

 84,569 



Algeria. 

 418,880 



Belgium. 

 73,903 



France. 

 64,007 



Total 



778,611 

 86,951 

 5,063 

 460,936 

 1,149,415 



631,199 



£7,446,570 

 188,058 

 £7,634,628 



( Dressed fibre 

 Flax. X and straw 



( Tow and waste 



BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 



Australia. 

 } 1,734 



East Indies 



29 



Total. 



1,734 

 29 



f Dressed or un- 

 Hemp. -j dresssed 



( Tow and waste 



* Hemp substitutes 



t Unenumerated fibres 



} - 



East indies. 

 . 71,004 



East Indies. 

 . 16,291 



Straits Settlements. 

 119,969 



Mauritius. 



6,342 

 East Indies. 



t Jute 



f Channel I. 



6 jj I Linen and cotton rags 4,289 

 a 



S ■{ Esparto 



Bombay. 

 1,285 



P4 



East Indies. 



Other materials. Half \ „ 

 ^ stuff and wood pulp J ' 



East Indies. 

 Cordage and twine cable yarn 197,576 



Madras. 

 2,305 

 Australasia. 

 765 



291,310 

 23,370 



Bengal. 



3,232,139 3,235,733 

 5,992 



9,271 



Ceylon. 

 63,163 



Total 



£3,577,439 

 262,334 



£3,839.773 



Notes. — In this table the imports are specified only from the two or three more important countries in which the particular 

 fibre is produced. The totals are the aggregate importation from all foreign countries or British possessions respectively. 



The returns from which these statistics are compiled, are complicated by two circumstances — (1) " Trivial" names used to 

 designate certain fibres, e.g. the term Hemp applied to Manilla, Sisal, and the like ; and (2) " Indirect Importation," i.e. returns 

 of trades in fibre with countries other than those in which they are produced. However, these complications, it is easy to see by 

 inspection of the complete returns, do not really obscure the main lines of trade which lie directly with the producing countries. 



* Included under Hemp, but the countries whence imported indicate Manilla, Sisal, and the like. 



t Described as applicable to same uses as Flax or Hemp. 



X In addition to the raw fibre there is an importation of yarn to the value of £297,326, of which f is from France, 



