The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 63
Prices of Hemp and Flax, October, 1842
Prices of Hemp and Flax, October, 1842.
Hemp:— | Riga Rhine | £33 | 0 | to | £34 | 0 |
Polish Rhine | 34 | 0 | to | 35 | 0 | |
Petersburg, clean | 31 | 10 | to | 33 | 0 | |
Sunn | 17 | 10 | to | 19 | 0 | |
Manilla | 23 | 0 | to | 24 | 0 | |
Bombay | 19 | 0 | to | 21 | 0 | |
Jute | 15 | 15 | to | 16 | 5 | |
Flax:— | Friezland | 35 | 0 | to | 48 | 0 |
Riga | 40 | 0 | to | 42 | 0 | |
British | 35 | 0 | to | 46 | 0 |
∴ The import duty on foreign hemp and flax is 1d. per cwt.