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XHDX . . 27 261-2 321 to 33 434 34 35 42 34 36 33 W . 16 to 161 152 to 16 222 to 24 31 18 to 22 29 23 24 24 St See also:

Petersburg 28 to 29 26 to 27 32 to 322 46 37 33 49 36 42 38 Bajetsky . Jaropol . . 24 to 25 23 to 234 30 42 32 30 42 33 35 33 Tows 24 to 24i 23 to 23i 241 to 25 311 32 32 42 32 34 322 Mologin . . See also:Novgorod . ' 232 to 244 ' 23 126 to 262 33 311 322 41 311 37 341 See also:Archangel— , 1 1 and 2 See also:tow . 25 24 to 241 26 to 27 32 31 32 41 31-a 324 31 2nd See also:Codilla . 25 24 to 244 251 to 26 32 31 32 41 32 33 31 See also:special marks. The following names amongst others are given to the fibre::--Archangel, Bajetsky, Courish, Dorpat, Drogobusher, Dunaberg, Fabrichnoi, Fellin, Gja,tsk, Glazoff, Griazourtz, I•washkower, Jaransk, Janowitz, Jaropol, Jaroslav, See also:Kama, Kashin, See also:Konigsberg, See also:Kostroma, Kotelnitch, Kowns, Krasnoholm, Kurland (See also:Courland), Latischki, Livonian Crowns, Malmuish, See also:Marienberg, Mochenetz, Mologin, See also:Newel, Nikolsky, Nolinsk, Novgorod, Qpotchka, Ostroff, Ostrow, Otbornoy, Ouglitch, See also:Pernau, Pskoff, Revel, See also:Riga, Rjeff, St Petersburg, Seretz, Slanitz, Slobodskoi, See also:Smolensk, Sytcheffka, Taroslav, Tchesna, Totma, Twer, Ustjuga, Viatka, Vishni, See also:Vologda, Werro, Wiasma, Witebsk. These names indicate the particular See also:district in which the See also:flax has been grown, but it is more See also:general to See also:group the material into classes such as Livonian Crowns, Rija Crowns, Hoffs, Wracks, Drieband, Zins, Ristens, Pernau, Archangel, &c. The quotations for the various kinds of flaxes are made with one or other special See also:mark termed a See also:base mark; this usually, but not necessarily, indicates the lowest quality.

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September-See also:October 1906 quotations appeared as under: Livonian . . basis K £26 to £27 Hoffs . ,, HD £2, to See also:r2 Pernau , D £28 to £28 : to Dorpat , D £32 to £32 : 10 cleaned: It will, of course, be understood that the base mark is subject to variation, the ruling factors being the amount of See also:crop, quality and demand. 1 8 and 2, which means So % of one quality and 20 % of another. Sometimes other proportions obtain, while it is not unusual to have quotations for flaxes containing four different kinds. Of the See also:lower qualities of Riga flax the following may be named: W, Wrack flax. PW, Picked wrack flax.

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