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No. 309. Dried Sea-weed Glue. 
This is made indiscriminately from the above two species, and is 
largely used to impart lustre and stiffness to various textile fabrics. 
It is also used for various other purposes, according to which it is 
refined in various degrees. The price of a single sheet (about 5: 
ft. by 3 ft.) of the most refined form is fifty sen. 
N.B.—We very much regret that by a most unfortunate cireumstance one species. 
of Echinodermata, Stichopus Japonicus, which is one of the important fisheries-products 
of Japan was not included in the collection. 
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