II 



Manila cables 10th inst., thus — 

 Receipls this year 

 Shipment to IT. K. 



U. S. 

 " other places 

 Loading to TJ. K. 



418,000 bales, against 500,000 bales last year. 



260,000 

 85,000 

 54,000 

 11,000 

 nil 



72,000 

 168,000 

 44,000 

 14,000 

 17,000 



U. S. 



price £43 3s. f.o.b. 



Spot, landed terms. 

 Prime roping ... 50s. 



Fair current ... 46s. 



Seconds ... 44s. 



Good brown ... 42s. 



Common " ... 4ls. 



Quilot ... 46s. to 60s. 



Lupiz ... 80s. to 1008. 



Imports. 

 London. Liverpool. Total. 

 Jan.-Oct., 1890 bales 105,900 99,000 204,900 



Messrs. Crocker's American Figures 1st Nov. 

 Imported into the United States from January 1st to date (Manila) 



(Europe) 



On the way for the United Stales, by mail, to Sept. 22 



" " " " by cable, to Nov. 3 



Loading at Manila, by cable 



Stock in Importers and Speculators hands in Boston, Oct. 31 

 " « •< « in n 6W York " 



Supply 



Exported to Europe and Canada from January 1st to date 

 Stock on hand January 1st, Importers and Speculators 

 Deliveries since January 1st, New York and Boston 



" past 30 days 

 Deliveries for consumption for years 



Prices current, Oct. 31 per pound 



Futures c.i.f. terms. fair current basis. 

 Distant shipment, sellers 44s. 



buyers 42s. 



Deliveiies. Stock 1st Nov. 



London. Liverpool. Total. London. Liver'l. Total. 

 120,600 98,500 219,100 3,546 795 4,341 





1890. 



1889. 



1888. 



Bales 94,946 



252,677 



202,601 



u 



60,120 



91,525 



81,367 



it 



11,200 



30,348 



42,672 



u 



15,000 



16,000 



59,000 



u 



15,000 



17,0U0 



42,000 



(i 



4,707 



none 



none 



II 



none 



none 



none 



ft 



45,907 



63,348 



143,672 



<< 



4,250 



2,501 



10,530 



«( 



3,450 



500 



6,500 



it 



149,559 



342,201 



279,938 



tt 



26,351 



24,153 



31,482 



M 





390,760 



829,602 



Considerable business both from England and Manila has 

 ket closes very strops." — (Lie Christie's Circular.) 



New Zealand Flax. See Phormium tenax. 



9fal0c. nom ll^allf c.spot lOJc.spot 

 and to arrive and to arrive 

 been done at advancing prices. Mar- 



Piiormium tenax, Forst. 



New Zealand Flax (good.) No. 28. 



Do. (fair current.) No. 29. 

 Native of New Zealand, Norfork Is., Chatham Is., and Auckland Is. 



The Flax Lily of New Zealand has long narrow leaves, 3 to 6 feet long. The branched flower- 

 spike rises from 6 to 16 feet, and the flowers are of an orange colour, {Liliacece.) 



It is under cultivation in the Hill Garden, Cinchona, where it flowered in 1889. Experiments are 

 now being made as to its adaptability for the plains. It grows on inferior ground, but thrives best on 

 rich soil. 



" A strong decoction of the root and leaf-bases is used in surgery for dressing wounds with a view 

 of producing ready and healthy granulation." — (F. A. Monkton.) 



The leaves give a very large percentage of fibre, viz. 15.20 percent., compared with the 3 to 5 per 

 cent, in the Agaves. The gummy matter, however, requires that the fibre should be treated with some 

 such substance as sulphite of soda in order to make it of superior quality. The fibre is naturally white, 

 soft, and of a silky lustre. It is used for making ropes, and the refuse is an excellent paper material. 



New Zealand Flax advanced £5 per ton at the close, but has been still higher, and a large trade 

 has taken place. 



Jan.-Oct., 1890 1889 1888 1890 1888 1889 1887 



Landed ... tons 11121 5559 1826 Stock 1st Nov., tons 5894 1026 365 23 

 Delivered... " 6270 4837 1500 Values, Hemp 21a. to 29s. Tow 6s. 6d. to 7s. 



Direct floating to London 3,200 bales. 



January -October arrivals — America 57,759 bales." 



(Idcjtnd Christie's Circular.) 



Piassava, Bahia. See Attalea funifera. 

 Piassava, Para. See Leopoldinia Piassaba, 

 Quilot. See Musa textilis. 

 Raffia. See Raphia Raffia. 

 Ramie. See Bcehmeria nivta. 



