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Coir — See Cocos nucifera. Corchokus capsularis, Linn., and Corchorus olitorius, Linn. 



Jute (good), No. 14. 



Jute (native markj, No. 15. 



Natives of Southern Asia. 



This plant is an annual growing to a height of 10 or 12 feet. (Tiliacecc ) It requires good, loamy 

 soil and a hot, damp climate. A crop is obtained in 4 or 5 months from time of sowing. In India, 

 jute often alternates with rice and sugar cane. "'Under favourable circumstances 2,000 to 7,000lbs. 

 may be obtained from an acre, according to quality of soil. It is best grown on temporarily flooded 

 ground, as otherwise it proves an exhaustive crop." (Mueller.) The fibre is extracted by steeping from 

 5 to 8 day 8. 



" Jute Indian moving off rather better on spot but at low rates ; arrival after free selling at lis. 

 for M double triangle is firmer, and a slight advance now demanded. 

 Spot values — 

 Prime 

 Good 

 Medium 

 Common 

 Rejections ... 

 Cuttings 



Imported. Delivered, Stock 31st Oct., 1890. 



London. London. London." 



Jan.-Oct., 1890 ... tons 101,200 99,500 14,000 



( Ide and Christie's Circular ). 



Crotalaria juncea, Linn. 



Sunn Hemp. No. 12. 



Bombay Hemp. No. 13. 



Native of India. Malay Is., and Australia. 



An annual shrubby plant, belonging to the Pea Family, (Leguminosce,) of erect habit, growing 

 sometimes as high as 10 feet, with bright yellow flowers. 



It is naturalised in Jamaica, but is not anything like as common as Crotalaria retusa, which is cul- 

 tivated for fibre in Madras. 



The soil must be rich and friable. To obtain stems without branches for fibre, the seed is sown close. 

 The plant is sometimes grown for fodder, especially for milch cows, and then seed is sown at greater 

 intervals. * The plants are ready for harvesting in 4 or 5 months. If a soft fibre is wanted, the plants 

 are pulled in flower ; if a strong fibre is desired the plants are left until the seeds are almost ripe. Ret- 

 ting is necessary and takes 3 days. The stems are then bent so as break the wood, and they are a beaten 

 on the surface of the water, until the fibre comes away. It is hung up to dry, and finally combed out. 

 The fibre is used for cordage, coarse cloth, and the waste fibre for paper. 



"East India — Sunn steady; 5s. to 12s. ordinary, 10s. to 15s. 6d. good. Bombay unchanged — 8s. 

 to 17s. 



London East India Hemp Statistics. 



1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 

 On hand 31st Oct. ... 1076 2076 1743 1638 tons. 



Delivered, January-Oct. ... 2717 3124 1736 1533 



Imported do. ... 3210 4125 1910 1811." 



(Ide 8f Christie's Circular.) 



Curled Fibre. See Chamcerops humilis. 



DlCTYOSPERMA ALBUM, W. & D. (?). 



Madagascar Piassava, No. 7. 



There appears to be some doubts about the palm which yields this fibre. The one which is as- 

 cribed as the source of the fibre is cultivated in the Jamaica Botanic Gardens. It "is a handsome palm 

 with pinnate leaves. 



There is no price given in Messrs. Ide & Christie's Circular. 



Esparto. See &tipa tenacissima. 



Flax. See Linton usitatissimum. 



Flax, New Zealand. See Pliormium tena.r. 



Furcrcea gigantea, Vent. 



Mauritius Hemp, No. 24. 



Native of Central America. 



This plant is very much like the one known in Jamaica as silk grass, but it is larger and has a 

 distinct stem. 



It probably \ields some of the fibre exported from Yucatan as Sisal Hemp, but it is not the true 

 plant, and the price of the fibre is not as high. It, wus introduced many years ago into Mauritius, 

 where it rapidly spread. When a demand arose for fibre there was an immense quantity in Mauritius 

 ready at hand, and there was no expense incurred in planting. 



" Mauritius Hemp firm, but little prime quantity to be had. A large turn over has oocurred in 

 fair ordinary quantity. 



Good White.. "....28s. to 30s. Fair 27s. Common. 23s. to 25b. 



Stock 1st Nov., 1890 1205 tons." 



(Ide and Christie' t Circular.) 



