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“...000 3,170,000 1,617,000 £ 3,590,000 926,000 1,110,000 £ 300,000 253,000 244,000 £ LI,153,000 7,296,000 7,096,000
In the trade reports for the past few years attention has been Cotton yarn?,
drawn to the continued decrease in cotton yarns, which in former
years had been one of the principal items of import from the United
Kingdom; 1905, however, shows once more a large increase, the
figures being 2,980,033 lbs., valued at 174,0002., compared with
716,919 lbs. at 35,0002. But as the native mills, whose production
was restricted in consequence of the war, are increasing their number
of spindles by some 150,000, this revival of the old trade can only
be temporary, and by 1907 the import of foreign spun yarns will
once more become a very small item. Of the yarns imported in
1905 no less than 1,706,000 lbs. were gassed yarns spun from
Egyptian cotton, leaving only a small proportion of white yarns
spun from American fibre.
The following tables show the proportions in which the trade
in various...”
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“...section with the peace terms, combined with the famine conditions
prevailing in the North of Japan, had a bad effect on the market.
It is interesting to note that T-cloths, which had disappeared from
the customs returns, were once more imported to a certain extent
for the Government account.
ImporiB of The conditions mentioned in the trade report for 1904 still
wool and held good during the early part of 1905, that is to say, the clothing
woollens. requirements of the army kept the native woollen mills working to
their utmost capacity, and although the amount of wool imported
showed a decline of 164,0002., it was still greatly in excess of the
imports of years preceding the war. The principal countries whence
the supplies of wool have been drawn, together with their shares
in the trade, will be found in the following table :—
Total Value.
Year.
' United Kingdom.
1905 .. 1901.. 1903 .. 1902 .. .......... £ 81,000 60,000 57,000 84,000
Victoria Lawns.
Total Value.
Year. ;---------...”
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