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   lst. Cottons similar to the ordinary
   American cotton of different qua-
   lltles' ............ 4000 000
   2nd. Oottons similar to those of Egypt
   or of Brazil........ . 250 000
   3rd. Sea Island cotton...... 50 000
   Total bales 4 300 000
   I take this division (which will have the effect of facilitating the acceptance ofcertain counsels to be given to our cultivators) from a recent publication of Mr. W. Wanklyn, member of the Committee of the Manchester Cotton Supply As-sociation.
   Now, this euormous quantity of raw cotton, Wealth accru-which is annually consumed in Europe, when t^m^th^coT-estimated, not at the extraordinary prices of the ton manuìae-present tiine, but at the ordinary average price, tuie represents a value of more than fitty millions of pounds sterling annually convertible into a hun-dred and tifty uiilliou pounds sterling of manufactured goods, or three milliards an seven hun-dred and fifty millions of francs. So great is the wealth which, at the present day, is diffused throughout Europe by the products of the cotton manwfactories.
   But, in order to obtain ali the elements re- Quantity of
   ' . .i . i.- raw cottonan-
   quisite for forming a correct judgment respecting nuftny reMUi-
   the hopes we should entertain from the cultiva- red by Europa
   r . . , iq future
   tion of cotton in Italy, it is necessary to consider
   what may be the future prospect of this important
   branch of industry. With the view of oftaining
   more rapidly our resulti we shall not take into
   consideration the States out of Europe, although
   the quantity of cotton manufactured in Europe
   which they at present consume is very great. In
   1860, of English cottons, tliere was imported a