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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 23
Manufactures from Fibres
Manufactures from Fibres.
| 746. | Canvass, Barnagore works, Borneo Company, Calcutta. |
| 747. | Canvass, made of country hemp, Meerut jail. |
| 748. | American Gunny Cloth, Barnagore works, Borneo Company, Calcutta. |
| 749. | Rope, made of wild Rhea fibre, Bœhmeria nivea (?) |
| 750. | Cord, made of Agave fibre, Agave Americana, Chota Nagpore. |
| 751. | Cord, made of Plantain fibre, Musa par adisiaca, Madras. |
| 752. | Cord and Twine, made of Sunn Hemp, Crotolaria juncca, |
| 753. | Rope, made of Ambaree fibre, Hibiscus cannabinus. |
| 754. | Rope, made of Pineapple fibre, Ananassa sativa. |
The foregoing are only a selection from some of the most important and valuable of Indian Fibres. A very large number of fibrous plants are indigenous to the peninsula, and of these a great many that are at present unknown in commerce are utilized by the natives.