Class IV.]
93
Mimosa bark, bark of the black wattle tree, Acaciamollisima , and mimosa extract, the inspissated decoctionof the bark, are contributed by T. Button, of Launces-ton (22, 23, p. 993). These also were deemed worthy ofHonourable Mention. A specimen of the same bark islikewise exhibited by — Rees (314, p. 998), as preparedfor the use of tanners, by chopping into small fragments.Kino from the blue-gum, Eucalyptus plohulus , the stringybark, and other Eucalypti indigenous to Australia , arecontributed by J. Milligan and II. Hull (288, p. 997),and by the Colonization Assurance Corporation.
Several good specimens of New Zealand tanning barksare exhibited by J. M 4 Vay (5, p. 1001). They are ac-companied by hides tanned with the different barks,which are labelled Towai, Tanekaha, and Hinau, thelatter being also used in dyeing black. The Jury con-sidered these samples as deserving Honourable Mention.
Samples of New Zealand tanning barks are also shownby Tao Nui,aNew Zealand Chief (Gilhnan, 44, p. IQS'*).
Some good specimens of oak bark from Bruges areexhibited by Strubbe and Baev of that city * 97, p. 154).These the Jury deemed worthy of Honourable Mention.
Specimens of oak bark, in the state used by tanners,are shown bv the Board of Agriculture of the GrandDuchy of Hesse Darmstadt (13, p. 1126, 1127).
Good samples of Portuguese sumach are exhibited byManokl Baptista Monteiro, from Beira-guarda, Alga-roc, Sec. (510, 511, 512, 513, p. 1313).
Bark or rind of the wild pomegranate, Tunica prana-turn, and of the wood and leaves of the sumach tree, arecontributed from the Government of Shemakha, dis-tricts of Shoosha and Mookha, in the Russian empire (88and 93, p. 1369).
In the collection of raw produce exhibited by theAgricultural Board of Saragossa (14S, pp. 1337, 1338)is a good specimen of wild suipach ; a good sample of su-mach is likewise contributed from Torrelobaton, byD. -of Valladolid (146, p. 1337).
Specimens of tanning materials are exhibited by El-itage Aly Elmajboor, in the collection from Tunis (137, p. 1416). These were deemed worthy of Honour-able Mention.
Excellent samples of several important tanning mate-rials (p. 1386), well known in commerce, are shown inthe Turkish collection ; these include—
1.
Oak galls -
-
-
Kutaya.
2.
—
—
—
Smyi na.
3.
_
_
_
Damascus.
4.
_
_
_
Adana
5.
^ -
_
_
Koniah.
6.
,,
-
-
i.
—
—
—
Aiilin.
8.
_
_
-
Monastir.
9.
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_
-
Janina.
10.
_
-
-
Djibba.
11.
Yalonia —
-
-
12.
—
—
—
Sm\ rna
13.
-
-
Balak Hissar.
14.
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-
-
Bigha.
15.
-
-
Adalia.
16.
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—
_
Aidin.
17.
_
_
_
Ushak.
18.
r -
-
-
Sparta.
19.
-
-
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Broosa.
20.
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—
—
Adana.
21.
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22.
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-
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Janina.
23]
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-
24.
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—
—
Koniah.
25.
Sumach -
—
—
Kaissariah.
26.
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-
-
27.
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—
—
Koniah.
23 !
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-
Damascus.
29.
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Adana.
30.
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Moulah.
31.
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Wflllacliia.
32.
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-
Section V.— Fibrous
Substances.
This division is, perhaps, one of the most important ofthe whole series of raw produce, including as it does thematerials for several of our most important manufactures
—cotton, flax, hemp, and the numerous vegetable fibresemployed in conjunction with, or as substitutes for, thosesubstances. For convenience of arrangement, the sub-ject is divided in the following pages into three distinctheads : the first, including the different varieties of cot-ton ; the second, flax and hemp; and the third, consist-ing of the various other vegetable fibres.
Cotton.
The total quantity- of cotton, at present annually im-ported into Great Britain is very nearly 800,000,000pounds ; the proportion in which it is imported from dif-ferent countries is shown in the following Table, whichrepresents the imports of 1849 :—
lbs. Per cent.
631.504.050
83-9
Fast Indies— - - - — -
70,833,515
9-3
30,733,133
4*
17,035,623
2 * 2
B.itish Guiaua and M est Indies -
944,307
o-i
292,578
_
New Granada — — - - -
258,650
_
llayti -------
245,032
-
Austrian Territories - — - -
199,527
—
Turkey ------
115,197
-
"N enezucla ------
106,135
—
82,011
_
11.536
—
South African Colonies - — -;
7,889
_
Miscellaneous - — - — — ’
83,524
-
Total lbs. - —
755,469,012
100-
A very useful collection of cottons of different coun-tries, arranged so as to show the peculiarities of eachfibre, is shown by Dr. Boyle (107, p. 203*). An exten-sive series of the cottons imported into Liverpool is like-wise exhibited in the Liverpool collection of imports(pp. 811,812); these are accompanied by memoranda ofthe selling prices of each variety in the Liverpool marketin October 1850, which, though very useful and instruc-tive, it must be remembered do not express the trueaverage value of the different cottons at all times, butmerely their price at that particular period. It is evidentthat accidental circumstances may, at any time, cause arise or depression in value of a particular cotton, as wellas give rise to fluctuations in the price of cotton gene-rally.
East Indian cotton -
Bengal - - -
Oct. 1850.
5| d.
Do
Madras— - -
—
Do.
Do. (Bourbon)
bd. to 6*c/.
Madras - -
7M.
Smyrna cotton - -
Smyrna - —
Tjrf.
Port Natal „ — -
9d.
—
Egyptian „ - -
Alexandria - -
7fc7. to 1W.Bid. to did.
Maranhom — -
Do. „ - -
8 id. to 9 id.
8 Id.
Do. „ - -
Maceios — -
Do. „ - -
Ceara — — —
8-%d.
Do. -
8jjd.
Vest Indian cotton -
H )d.
Do. „
Laguayra - -
7 Id.
Do. „
- _ _
10 d.
Do.
Carthagcna - -
b\d.
Bowed — — —
7 \d. to —
Do.
Mobile - - -
T±d. to 81c/.
Do. „
Mobile (Mammoth)
10c/.
Do. „
7jk/. to 10c/.
Do.
8 d. to 10c/.
Do. „ -
2s. 6 d.