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 which the jute trade oi the rovince has made during these y-tour m. .

A ﬁbre closely resemth into is produced to some extent in the Madras It is general~ ly known as B' patnm jute. and is derived from the plant Hibiscus ice-3115i"; Recently it Ihtu rea- l' [m oil. or near 5' to those obtzl‘ned {or ordinary yute. It kﬁlimued that. lorhlhe current

car, e ma reac 150,000 or y $ of 33:00 lbs. each. A egg—winch, at the highest estimate ' not exceed 20.000 bales ' aha raised in the

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Kottapam jute. Beatles being used for the c.5th jute plant Emits“! in numerous other Jute leaves and ts are Sold for

by Hindus _ There is no need to enter to mac“. detail into the thatiao and Har- methods otcnltivat- m and harvesting jute. It trill an e to say that the rlent seems to be ramble 0! cu tivation on alnwst any kind 0! soil. although on laterite and velly soils it does not ﬂourish. 8: alluvial soils it gives a good return. but is most titre on a rich loam. Success ul cultivation: dennnds a damp climate. without extensive rain. and at high temper- ature. particularl in the early part at the season. qtnlities most popular with spinners are which are on high lands. Imclying and dour lands. or em. bankments. prod-nee the coarserand interior kinda of ﬁbre. Sowings commence about the middle ct Enchant! extendtotheendot April. The reaping oi the crop depends oi eoum upon the time of sowing. General! . reaping begins une. and extends

THE CYCIOPEDIA OF INDIA.

lollowing notes on a visit to

haramgunge :—

” Plaat cut from time d loitering until when (wit form. Sometime- growin smote“ iowater. mm: limo-t in dry land. In the {critter cue. ho a dive down with a aichlo and cut it

and build up the mm“? on the Mllgrvwrngondry dliacut or! carried to water tor rotting. The coatdcut ' cmtumwdthoaamoitt either cone. or in the [corner the cutting Inhea more time. whilst in the latter extra lahour ia apart in carrying the pliant to . thorn ten or Wick":

hold oltho ﬁbre ag'mm.” a; th

posing t to tigers

mun atom. it in ted from the .3...“

d “- bﬁthe writer :3 m I IV“ 0 n on; to dry. mm“ it “yahoo I «63 wanlnn' g. eminently when very lim‘wﬂveryTtthater occur-“n1 Ila: & m are 00' '1 but to rot under the “Imi- the prone. of letting. nln'toat enti. The any that stagnant water la the beat and that rotting takes Egon-rm quicklylttit. As amnttm- of . they have. to use whuwor water "is. wholo'gntufar mﬁ'ﬁJTW largo If". the bald await-3! by running water.“ From what has written in tilt: up:. W M8"? n. tab it is evident that the modern industry may be considered. roughly speaking. at beginning with the nineteenth century. tram which the tihreis extracted had been known in the country from the timeol the Mahabharata. But prior to the nineteenth cen they were not very eﬂensirdy cu tivated in any oi the Bengal districts. At the same time it must be under- stood that belore the adVent ol

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pewtnt. Indeed it is believed that a lairly large quantity oi the ﬁbre was produced in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. both (or borne consumption and tor coverings tor exported articles. Then was also some demand {or the manutac- ture of cordnge. But there was no export of the raw material. The earliest mention at the export trade ocean in the records oi the East India Company. From these it appears that in 1793 no lms than too tonsol Ntwerc sent to England. The ﬁbre was thought Well of. a Committee of the Court at Directors estimating that 1.000 tons at it could I? sold annua.l£.s;t from to 60 1' ton. ' ents status designed tlnn were olpc'durse merely ex merits. It was not until 1828.29 that the ﬁbre appears in the ofﬁcial export statistics. In that year 496 mounds 30 secs. valued at Rs. 620-: .9. were ex- ported tothe United ingdom. In the following year 2,293 mounds went to Great Britain. 127 mannds 20 seem to the United States. and t mound 26 seen to Batavia. The trade went on steadily lrom this point. During the year 1834-35 the exports to Great Britain aggregated 31.328 maunds 34 seer: r ch., valued at Rs. 53.9:5-5annas; wiile about 22 mounds went to Nova Scotin and North America. The progress at the trade during the fifty years 3833 to 1882. is well illustrated by the lollowing table. which shows the average ex- ports tor each quinquennium :—

A at ﬁre 3 "‘7; I 33-; It. “374; 67.413 “41:3 "700
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During the ten 1882-83 to

"$91.92 the ammo exports were:- eat. (can‘t omitted)


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