At the request of the International Federation of Master Cotton Spinners' and Manufacturers' Associations, Manchester, the Chinese Cotton Millowners' Association has drawn up a table of statistics showing the number of spindles in China, the amount of cotton consumed during a half year and the raw material in stock. In compile ing these figures the Association has had the ce-operation of the Cotton Millowners' Association of China. The table is as follows:—
(1) Number of -cotton spinning spin-dies (exclusive of waste and doubling spindles)
(a) Total number of active and idle spindles 1,422,832 (b) Number of active mule spindles (c) Number of active ring spindles 1,381,304 (a) Number of spindles in
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