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Us> gToat ini Iu order befcter to understand the importante portone* of (lljs ,)ran0]1 Qf it will be well equa,11°
lo bear in uiind the progress made in the òxpoi^ tatioue of articles of cotton manufaetnres in Bngland duriug the same period.
The vaine of the cotton manufaetnres expor-ted from Bngland in the following years stands thns:
Lsf.
1780 ..................355 000
1790 ......... 1600 000
1800 ......... 5 850 000
1810 ......... 18 900 000
1820 ......... 10100 000
1830 ......... 19 400 C00
1840 ......... 24 600 000
1850 ......... 28 200 000
1860 .......... 52 000 000
We must further take into account that the entire amouut of the English exports for the year 1860 was Lst. 135 842 817; in other words, that the exports of mauufactured cottons constiate 38 per cent, of the general exports of the country, while ali the other textile fabrics, whe-ther of wool, of linen, or of silk, do not exceed 18 per cent.
Production of But these figures, enormous as they are, only nufacture °in ^present a part of the production of the English Eugland. cotton mauufacture. It is necessary to add to the amount of the exports that of the internai consumption, in order to ascertain the animai production. In the absence of exact statistical details, we must have recourse to some authori-ties. In 1824, Huskisson calculated the annua! value of the manufactured articles of cotton in England at Lst. 33 500 000; in 1833 Mac Culloch vaiued them at Lst. 34 000 800; and in 1859, Poo-le estimated them at Lst. 90 000 000. Oi ali tue