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Luxury Tariff of 100 Per cent, ad valorem on the following.

291. Yarns, not otherwise provided for:

1. Partly of silk, artificial silk or metal.

299. Tissues of flax, China grass, ramie, hemp or jute, pure or mixed with

one another, including those mixed with cotton.

5. Plain, figured or brocaded tissues, not otherwise provided for:

Ex-C-2. Other.

100

square

Weighing not more than 17 kilogrammes per metres, and having more than 40 threads in a square of 5 milli- metres side, in warp and woof,

301. Tissues of wool, and mixed tissues of wool and cotton, of wool and

silk, or of wool, cotton and silk,

1. Velvets, plushes and other pile tissues, with piles cut or uncut,

2. Other:

C. Of wool and silk or of wool, cotton and silk, except those in which the silk does not exceed 5 per cent. by weight.

305. Stockinet and similar knitted tissues, raised or not.

1. Wholly or partly of silk.

319. Waterproof tissues coated or inserted with india-rubber.

1. Wholly or partly of silk.

320. Elastic webbing and elastic cords, elastic braid, or the like.

1. Exceeding 8 centimetres in width:

A. Partly of silk.

2. Other:

A. Woven :

a. Partly of silk.

B. Other:

a. Partly of silk.

327. Travelling rugs, single.

1. Wholly or partly of silk.

328. Carpets and carpetings, single or not.

1. Wholly or partly of wool.

CHINA.

TABLE IX,

Export of Sheep's wool from China to other Countries in 1,000 lb.

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TABLE X.

Camels' wool exported to various Countries. In 1,000 lb.

1912

1913

1926

1927

1928

1929

Great Britain United States Other Countries...

3,520 3,805 2,921

192

49

547

524 266

4,783 511

4,698 309

5,458 907

243

539

771

TOTAL

3,712

4,401

3,711 5,537 5,546 7,136

TABLE XI.

Goats' wool (Cashmere) exported to various Countries. In 1,000 lb.

1926

1927

1928

1929

Great Britain

1,175

3,181

2,366

Japan

184

236

340

2,128 119

France

84

128

190

61

(ther Countries

95

406

335

216

TOTAL

1,538

3,951

3,231

2,524

For the figures for 1912 and 1913 see TABLE XII.

TABLE XII.

Goats' Hair exported to Various Countries. In 1,000 lb.

1912* 1913* 1926

1927

1928

1929

1912

1913

19

1927

1928

1929

Great Britain

556

Russia

710

Japan

1,463

United States

32,363

Other Countries...

206

783 1,396 1,377 33,472 340

186

380 1,880 2,155 3,036 1,791 5,173 23,643 39,308 52,386 16 125 1,207

1,247

Great Britain Germany Japan

2,648

1,488

882

902

588

419

31

218

709

544

882

6

I

221

265

265

204

3,152

166

Other Countries...

5

38

223

313

322

310

6,220

5,273

42,879

640

TOTAL

2,659 1,558

1,544 2,189 1,719 1,815

TOTAL

35,298 37,368

27,791

48,022 64,845

50,205

* Includes Cashmere; figures for Goats' hair and cashmere not being given separately in these years.

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