+-------------+------------+--------------+ | Year. | Looms. | Spindles. | +-------------+------------+--------------+ | 1892-3 | 8,479 | 177,732 | | 1893-4 | 9,082 | 189,144 | | 1894-5 | 9,504 | 197,673 | | 1895-6 | 10,071 | 212,595 | | 1896-7 | 12,276 | 254,610 | | 1897-8 | 12,737 | 271,363 | | 1898-9 | 13,323 | 277,398 | | 1899-1900 | 14,021 | 293,218 | | 1900-01 | 15,242 | 315,264 | | 1901-02 | 16,059 | 329,300 | | 1902-03 | 17,091 | 350,120 | | 1904* | 19,901 | 398,020** | | 1905* | 21,318 | 426,360** | | 1906* | 26,799 | 520,980** | +-------------+------------+--------------+ * End of calendar year, the remainder being taken to the 31st of March, the end of financial year. ** Approximate number of spindles. The Calcutta looms are engaged for the most part with a few varieties of the commoner classes of jute fabrics, but the success in this direction has been really remarkable. Dundee, on the other hand, turns out not only the commoner classes of fabrics, but a very large variety of other fabrics. Amongst these may be mentioned the following: Hessian, bagging, tarpaulin, sacking, scrims, Brussels carpets, Wilton carpets, imitation Brussels, and several other types of carpets, rugs and matting, in addition to a large variety of fabrics of which jute forms a part. Calcutta has certainly taken a large part of the trade which Dundee held in its former days, but the continually increasing demands for jute fabrics for new purposes have enabled Dundee to enter new markets and so to take part in the prosperity of the trade. The development of the trade with countries outside India from 1828 to 1906 may be seen by the following figures of exports:-- Average per year from 1828 to 1832-33 11,800 cwt. " " " 1833-34 " 1837-38 67,483 " " " " 1838-39 " 1842-43 117,047 " " " " 1843-44 " 1847-48 234,055 " " " " 1848-49 " 1852-53 439,850 " " " " 1853-54 " 1857-58 710,826 " " " " 1858-59 " 1862-63 969,724 " " " " 1863-64 " 1867-68 2,628,110 " " " " 1868-69 " 1872-73 4,858,162 " " " " 1873-74 " 1877-78 5,362,267 " " " " 1878-79 " 1882-83 7,274,000 " " " " 1883-84 " 1887-88 8,223,859 " " " " 1888-89 " 1892-93 10,372,991 " " " " 1893-94 " 1897-98 12,084,292 " " " " 1898-99 " 1902-03 11,959,189 " " " " 1903-04 " 1905-06 13,693,090 "