|Outlying | 67,000/| Madras | 100,000 | | | | | | | | Final | 3,336,400 | | 8,736,220 | | | | | | | | (Outlying Districts and Madras, say 250,000 | | | | | | | | bales additional) | | | | | | | +---------------------------------------------------+-----------+----------+---------+-----------+--------------+-----------+ Estimated consumption of jute 1906-1907. In Europe Bales per annum. Scotland 1,250,000 England 20,000 Ireland 25,000 France 475,000 Belgium 120,000 Germany 750,000 Austria and Bohemia 262,000 Norway and Sweden 62,500 Russia 180,000 Holland 25,000 Spain 90,000 Italy 160,000 ------- 3,419,500 bales In America 600,000 ------- 600,000 " In India-- Mills 3,900,000 Local 500,000 --------- 4,400,000 " --------------- 8,419,500 bales Statistics of consumption of jute, rejections and cuttings. +----------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | Consumption. | 1894. | 1904. | 1906. | | | Bales. | Bales. | Bales. | +----------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | United Kingdom | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,295,000 | | Continent | 1,100,000 | 1,800,000 | 2,124,500 | | America | 500,000 | 500,000 | 600,000 | | Indian mills | 1,500,000 | 2,900,000 | 3,900,000 | | Local Indian consumption | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+ | Total jute crop consumption| 4,800,000 | 6,900,000 | 8,419,500 | +----------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ A number of experiments in jute cultivation were made during 1906, and the report showed that very encouraging results were obtained from land manured with cow-dung. If more scientific attention be given to the cultivation it is quite possible that what is now considered as 100% yield may be exceeded.