The colton. crop was. large and of excellent quality. and the fact, that prices remained firm may be attri Duled to. Increased demand and to the strength of the American and Indian crops. "To meet the demand brought about by the improved con ditions, mills started working to full enpacity and many which-had been closed down re-opened.
You will remember that, last year, 1 advised you that, in April, 1035, We had to close down the Two Not Mil which produces exclusively bundle yarn. At that time there were no possibilities or prospects of manu facturing bundle yarn at a profit, Last November, however, conditions: hind so improved that we decided to re-open the No. 1 Mill and I'am glad to say this proved thoroughly. justi able, and there has been no aiMulty selling the bundle yarn. produced this. and the other. mills for several months ahead at satisfactory prices, In order to meet the increased demand. for hessian cloth, resulting from the good crops throughout the country, It has been necessary to run the Jute plant 24 hours a day, and the support given us by all those consumers who previously obtained their supplies from abroad has been much' appreciated, "hope those who atill buy their requirements of hes sion cloth and gunny bags from broad wilt also support us during 1987 and thus benefit from the locally made product.
told you last year that extension hessian cloth: looms was not con templated at. present, but that had made a start in the manufacture been decided to increase the existing ten. gunny bag looms to total of 25 looms. This makes on economical unit and should prove a valuable edition" to our interests. The machinery is now on order and will be in operation in time to cater for next season's requirements,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.