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Lb. 



Cotton used per spindle in Europe 62-2 



United States 74-5 



India 109-0 



" „ Great Britain 34-5 



The above table seems to indicate that our competitors are gain- 

 ing upon us considerably, but the following returns of exports of 

 cloth and yarn fi'om countries with which we compete will show 

 that we have nothing to fear in this respect :— 



Export of Cloth and Yams from Foreign Countries compared with 

 Exports of same from the United Kingdom. 



Average per Annum. 



Four Years, Five Years, Four Years, 



1872 to 1875. 1876 to 1880. 1881 to 1884. 

 £ £ £ 



Germany ... 3,564,000 ... 4,442,000 ... 5,000,000 



Switzerland... 5,214,000 ... 2,171,000 ... 2,340,000 



France ... 3,000,000 ... 2,625,000 ... 8,187,000 



Holland ... 2,875,000 ... 2,312,000 ... 2,750,000 



Belgium ... 500,000 ... 625,000 ... 875,000 



Austria 583,000 ... 562,000 ... 833,000 



The States .. 625,000 ... 2,125,000 ... 2,500,000 



Totals ... 16,361,000 14,842,000 17,485,000 

 Percentage 17-74 17-81 18-70 



England ... 75,884,230 68,468,580 76,019,930 

 Percentage 82-26 82-19 81-30 



Gross totals, ex- 

 clusive of India 92,245,000 83,310,000 93,504,000 



Inaia ... 1,376,000 2,682,000 



Gross totals, inclusive of India 84,686,000 96,186,000 

 Percentage 80-85 79-04 



This table proves most distinctly that during the twelve years 

 1873 to 1884, inclusive, England held her own against the six 

 Continental countries and the United States, and even with India 

 added to her competitors she still practically controls four-fifths 

 of the entire cotton export trade of the world. As additional 

 evidence we have nothing to fear from our foreign competitors, I 

 beg to give the following quotations from ElUson's Curcular for 

 1885-6: Eeports fi-om Saxony said : "Business during the past 

 season unsatisfactory, owing partly to spinners having bought 



