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appears to be increasing, although the drought of 1889 
largely affected the supply. Thus, while in 1880 it was 
MANILA HEMP (Musa textilis ), 
returned at a value of £1,040,000, the total value of 
that exported in 1890 was £2,150,000, and even this 
large figure was' less than the estimated value of ship- 
