Note 55 — Chapter XXXVII · THE JOURNEY’S END
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Mr. Bourne estimates the imports of cotton and cotton goods as follows:—
Raw cotton £500,000
Native piece goods, home spun 1,000,000
Indian yarn 600,000
Lancashire cottons 300,000
£2,400,000
And the exports, which are chiefly raw or half-manufactured produce, as follows:—
Opium £1,800,000
Salt 300,000
Drugs 400,000
Silk 200,000
Miscellaneous articles, insect wax, tobacco, sugar, musk, wool-skins, hides, feathers, bristles, etc. 600,000
£3,300,000
The returns for 1898, not yet out, are expected to show a very considerable increase.