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III. COTTON TRADE OF GREAT BRITAIN AT SIX DECENNIAL PERIODS.

There is a constantly increasing demand for cotton, not only for clothing, &c., arising from the growth of population and the diffusion of wealth, but also for admixture with wool, as well as in the manufacture of cordage, twine and sail-cloth, which are new branches of trade to which cotton has recently been applied. The production of cotton ought to increase much greater than the population; for as civilization and commerce extend, the number that will consume cotton fabrics, and the annual consumption of each person, by reason of the greater productive power, will extend in a still greater ratio. The following is the

COTTON TRADE OF GREAT BRITAIN, SHOWING THE SOURCES OF SUPPLY IN DECENNIAL

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Bales,...... 261,738 .. 369,432 .. 581,590.. 1,201,074 .. 1,134,100 .. 2,467,918

The cotton manufacture has been everywhere extending in the past quarter of a century, and consumption steadily gaining upon production. The weekly deliveries of cotton for consumption from the stocks warehoused in British ports have nearly doubled in the last ten years. In 1847 the consumption was but 20,259 bales per week; in 1859 it averaged 46,699 bales weekly. The consumption in the United States in 1847 was 427,967 bales; in 1857 it was 702,138 bales. The quantity of cotton taken for consumption in the United Kingdom has been as follows:*

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SHOWING THE EXPORTS OF COTTON MANUFACTURES AND YARNS, (EXCLUSIVE OF LACE, HOSIERY AND THREAD,) AS COMPARED WITH THE TOTAL EXPORTS; THE AVERAGE PRICE OF GOODS PER YARD AND YARN PER LB., AS COMPARED WITH THE PRICE OF COTTON IN EACH YEAR.

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IV. THE IMPORT OF COTTON INTO GREAT BRITAIN.

The progress of the cotton culture throughout the world, as shown by the importations into Great Britain, is curious. The imports from the United States have increased from eighty-nine millions of pounds, in the year 1820, to nine hundred and sixty millions, in 1859; while from Brazil, the imports in 1859 were less than in 1820; from the Mediterranean, (Egypt mainly,) it has increased from one million to thirty-eight millions of pounds; from the British East Indies, from twenty-three millions to two hundred and fifty millions; from other countries, from two to ten millions; while from the British West Indies the product has declined from ten millions of pounds to less than half a million. The extraordinary fluctuations in this history are demonstrated in the following table, showing, 1. The imports in pounds from the United States; 2. From Brazil; 3. From the Mediterranean; 4. From the British East Indies; 5. From the British West Indies and British Guiana; 6. From all other sources, for each year, from 1820 to 1860. This history is rendered more interesting by the addition of the annual average prices of three qualities of cotton in the British market during this long period. The comparative real values of these exports were not fully recorded until the year 1854, since when they amounted as follow:

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TABLE SHOWING THE QUANTITY AND VALUE OF RAW COTTON IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM EACH SOURCE, WITH THE ANNUAL AVERAGE PRICE
OF UNITED STATES UPLANDS, BRAZILIAN AND PERNAMBUCO, AND EAST INDIA SURAT COTTON, IN THE LIVERPOOL MARKET, SINCE 1820.

ANNUAL AVERAGE PRICE.

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1850.. 493,153,112.. 30,299,982.. 18,931,414.. 118,872,742
1851. 596,638,962.. 19,339,104.. 16,950,525 .. 122,626,976 .
1852.. 765,630,544.. 26,506,144.. 48,058,640..

1853.. 658,451,796.. 24,190,628.. 28,353,575.. 181,848,160 ..
1854.. 722,151,346 .. 19,703,600.. 23,503,003 .. 119,836,009 ..
1855.. 681,629,424 .. 24,577,952 32,904,153 .. 145,179,216 ..

1856.. 780,040,016.. 21,830,704
1857 654,758,048 29,910,832
1858 833,237,776 18,617,872

34,616,848.. 180,496,624 24,882,144 250,338,144 38,248,112 132,722,576

1859 961,707,264 22,478,960 38,106,096 192,330,880

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Imports Cotton.-1781, 5,198,778 lbs.; 1791, 28,706,675 lbs.; 1801, 56,004,305 lbs.; 1811, 91,576,535 lbs.; 1821, 132,536,620 lbs.; 1831, 288,674,853 lbs.; 1841, 487,992,355 lbs.; 1851, 757,379,749 lbs.; 1859, 1,225,989,072 lbs.

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