Sept. 1, 1865.] 
THE TECHNOLOGIST. 
THE FIBRES OF COMMERCE. 
87 
1855. 1860. 1864. 
lbs. lbs. lbs. 
99,300,446 300,000,000 437,737,330 
8,904,508 7,000,000 8,513,673 
145,541,088 180,227,488 342,493,200 
205,344,720 336,000,000 408,000,000 
890,159,872 1,140,510,112 893,304,720 
8,960,000 9,884,112 
Let us next glance at the immense extent of the carrying trade and 
traffic in fibrous substances. The annual quantity of these articles pro- 
duced here, or imported and manufactured and transported over the 
kingdom, exceeds in weight one million and three quarter tons, and 
amounts in value to fully 213,000,OOOZ., judging by a revision of the 
figures given in Poole's " Statistics of British Commerce." 
Quantities and Value of the Principal Fibrous Articles and 
Textiles. 
Weight To us. 
Value. 
Bagging ... . 
10,600 
£320,000 
Canvas . 
6,500 
546,000 
Coir, &c. 
6,000 
162,000 
Cordage ... 
50,000 
2,000,000 
Cotton (wool) 
621,954 
34,839,935 
„ manufactured . 
270,000 
52,000,000 
Flax 
183,000 
10,920,000 
Hemp, &c. . 
152,898 
2,644,937 
Lace .... 
1,500 
3,680,000 
Linen . 
90,000 
18,000,000 
Palm leaves 
630 
1 9,000 
Piassava fibre' 
150 
2,000 
Rags, &c. 
70,000 
1,500,000 
Silk (raw) . 
5,000 
11,000,000 
„ manufactured . , 
5,000 
16,000,000 
Wool . . . 
200,000 
22,500,000 
Woollen cloth 
60,000 
34,000,000 
1,733,232 
210,133,872 
ich may properly be added tl 
le following other fibrous subst 
Tons. 
Value. 
Baskets 
9,130 
£210,000 
Bass mats and bass ropes 
3,250 
78,000 
Bonnets and straw 
104 
135,000 
Brooms and brushes 
26,200 
2,180,000 
Bulrushes 
700 
7,000 
Mats and matting 
15,000 
150,000 
Straw and grass for platting 
750 
6,000 
55,134 
2,766,000 
