220            PRECIOUS STONES to the higher price, it must be remembered that the figures of 1893 included all other cut stones and pearls, and the value of rough imported is now nearly six times greater. Say the rough is quadrupled in value by cutting, the present consump­tion of diamonds in the United States is double in value that of the high-water mark of 1893. The table also shows the rapidly increasing demand for precious stones other than diamonds.