GUNNY.
Guni, ..... BENG. I Koni, TAIL Gunpat, Gunipat, . HIND. Gone, TEL.
A strong, coarse sackcloth manufactured largely in Bengal, for making into bags, sacks, and pack ing generally. The material from which this is manufactured is the fibre of two plants, Corehorus olitorius and C. capsularis, both of which, but particularly the former, are extensively cultivated throughout Lower Bengal. Besides a large domestic consumption of gunny, the whole rice, paddy, wheat, sugar, saltpetre, etc., of the country, as well as the pepper, coffee, and other foreign produce, are ex ported in gunny bags or sacks. The kind of cloth of which tho gunny bags aro made is called it Bengal Chata, in Tamil Koni, and in Tel. Goni also Tat. It is of three different kinds, and Iva: formerly woven in pieces from three-quarters tt one cubit wide, of which two or three were sewn together at the sides, into ono piece, before offering it for sale. The first kind, intended for bedding, is 4 to 5 cubits long and from 2/ to 3 cubits wide, and sells at about 8 rupees per 100 pieces. Second/y, that intended for covering bales of cloth is of the same dimensions, but is thicker than the former kind, and costs from 6 to 10 rupees per 100 pieces. Thirdly, that intended for making rice and sugar bags is 5 cubits long and 1/ or 11 cubits wide, and ten bags cost 4 or 5 rupees.
The exports from British India of gunny bags and gunnies have vastly increased. From 1850 to 1882 they were of the following value: . 2158,421 1856-57, . 2376,253 1851-52, . . 299,720 1857-58, . . 217,092 1852-53, . . 201,667 1858-59, . . 392,424 1853-54, . . 174,926 1859-60, . . 333,977 1854-55, . . 215,346 1860-61, . 359,043 1855-56, . . 302,340 1881-82, . .1,007,588 Gunny I3ags exported from India.
1874-75, . . . No. 8,010,824 Rs. 23,36,723 1875-76, . . . „ 19,258,250 44,28,603 1876-77, . . . „ 32,859,545 64,64,808 1877-78, . . „ 26,406,539 72,96,686 1878-79, . . „ 45,354,044 1,04,26,891 1879-80, . . „ 55,902,481 1,13,20,504 Gunny Cloths exported from India.
1874-75, . . . R.s. 20,271 1875-76, . . . 4,47,542 1876-77, . . . 6,94,643 1877-78, . . . 2,965,559 yds. 3,56,100 1878-79, . . . 4,670,691 „ 5,25,646 1879-80, . . . 5,219,256 „ 6,08,188 Gunny Rope and Twine exported from India.
Cwt. Rs. CWt.
187445' . 5,009 29,404 1877-78, . 4,428 54,431 1875-76, . 1,362 14,632 1878-79, . 2,768 28,298 1876-77, . 4,535 34,759 1879-80, . 2,053 16,754