Fibres* 



300 



[October, 1909, 



1908, to January^ 



months from April, 

 1909, was:— 



British India , 523,423,304 



All India 546,510,101 



British India, therefore, produced in 

 the ten months 96 26 lbs. per spindle, 

 equal to 115 51 lbs. per annum, or a 

 monthly average of 9*63 lbs. The pro- 

 duction of yarn in British India in the 

 five months from May to September, 

 1908, which was the busiest period in 

 1905, was 47-64 lbs. per spindle, which is 

 equal to an annual production of 114"34 

 lbs. per spindle, against 138*25 lbs, in 1905, 

 or a monthly average of 9*53 lbs. against 

 11 '6 lbs. in 1905, which was regarded in 

 the latter year as probably the normal 

 maximum output. The output in British 

 India in the months of July and August, 

 1908, was 8*89 lbs. and 9 47 lbs, per spindle, 

 respectively. The average production 

 of yarn per spindle in all India in the 

 five months from May to September, 

 1908, was 9*51 lbs., or equal to a yearly 

 total of 114 12 lbs. per spindle. The state- 

 ment below shows at a glance the aver- 

 age production per spindle in British 

 India from the date of our last article 

 on this subject: — 



Average production per spindle in 

 British India. 



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19U5-06 655,618,831 5,006,916 13V9i 9471 



1916-07 63i', 553,315 5,230,020 120-56 87'2 



1907-08 613,772,076 5,437,198 112-88 81-65 



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6-7 172-96 



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It will be observed that this statement 

 illustrates not only the total production 

 in British India, but the total number 

 of spindles, average production per 

 spindle, ratio of actual production to 

 capacity, the market value of mill 

 snares, the dividend paid on the ordinary 

 shares, and the percentage of value of 

 the total sea-borne trade in each year, 

 the average of the five yeats ending 

 1894-95 being taken as 100. 



By way of contrast we may now add 

 that the number of looms on June 30 th, 

 1908, the latest date up to which infor- 

 mation is available, was as under : — 



British India 63,955 



Native States ... ... 2,549 



All India ... ... 66,504 



The production of woven goods in lbs. 

 during the ten months from April, 1908, 

 to January, 1909, was :— 



British India 155,247.802 



All India 162,100,522 



British India therefore produced in 

 the ten months 2,427 lbs. per loom, equal 

 to 2,913 lbs. per annum or 243 lbs. per 

 mensem. The production of woven 

 goods in British India in the five months 

 from May to September, 1908, was 1,162 

 lbs. per loom, which is equal to an 

 annual production of 2,789 lbs. per loom, 

 or a monthly average of 232 lbs. In July 

 and August, 1908, the output of woven 

 goods in British India was 178 lbs. and 

 238 lbs. per loom, respectively. The 

 average monthly production of woven 

 goods per loom in all India in the five 

 months from May to September, 1908, 

 was 233 lbs. or equal to a yearly total of 

 2,796 lbs. per loom. 



The statement below illustrates more 

 clearly the average production per loom 

 in British India ;— 



Average Production per Loom in 

 British India. 



Years. 



Total produc- 

 tion in British 

 India. 



Total number of 

 looms in British 

 India. 



Average produc- 

 tion per loom. 



Ratio ofiactiial 

 production to 

 capacity. 



1895-96 



Figures in 



complete. 







1896-97 



81,415,058 



34,277 



2,375 



79-69 



1897-98 



88,026,427 



34,047 



2,685 



86-74 



1898-93 



98,658,289 



31,761 



2,838 



95-23 



1899-1900 .. 



95,320,358 



35,820 



2,661 



89-29 



1900-01 



96,844,590 



36,962 



2,593 



87-00 



1901-02 



115,966,159 



38,613 



3,001 



100-7 



1902-03 



117,284,632 



40,149 



2,921 



98-01 



1903-04 



131,876,227 



41,7 .'9 



3,160 



106-03 



1904-05 



152,741,830 



43,740 



3,492 



117-17 



1905-06 



156,600,276 



48.550 



3,226 



108-25 



1906-07 



159,001,465 



54,291 



2,929 



98-28 



1907-08 



181,269,219 



62,251 



2,912 



95-71 



1908-09 (ten 



155,247,8U2 



63,955 



2.913(a) 



97-75 



months) 









(a) Equated to twelve months. 



It may be explained that in column 



5 the standard maximum capacity of a 

 loom has been arrived at from the 

 monthly average production of the ten 

 months ending January last, which is 

 2,980*2 per loom annually ; but columns 



6 and 7, as in the spindle statement 

 previously given above, have not been 

 worked out, as both spinning and 

 weaving mills are included in the corres- 

 ponding columns of that statement. 



CULTIVATION OF EGYPTIAN 

 COTTON IN SIND. 



(From the Bulletin oj the Imperial 

 Institute, Vol. VI., No. 4, 1908.) 



During recent years an attempt has 

 been made by the Bombay Government 

 to establish the cultivation of Egyptain 

 cotton in the province of Sind and the 

 valley of the Indus. The climatic condi- 



