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would be required to make the same quantitity of cloth. He therefore reckons 
one cent per pound of tax upon 94,000,000 pounds more wool than we should 
use if his assumption of 150,000,000 pounds of cloth consumption were correct. 
Nearly one-sixth of the estimated tax on consumers, or about $12,000,000, is 
therefore disposed of by the exposure of this minor error. 
Error second.—Allowing for the error above, affecting the calculation of the 
annual tax upon consumers, the Commissioner estimates the annual consumption 
of wool at 506,000,000 pounds, divided as follows : 
Pomesicisupply......-...-.- 100,000,000 Ibs., making 48,500,000 Ibs. cloth. 
Porcien supply .'...'s-=..-.--- 406,000,000 lbs., making 101,500,000 lbs. cloth. 
DE TBE vt RR oe OF i a 506,000,000 ibs., making 150,000,000 Ibs. cloth. 
To show the absurdity of the assumption that this country produces only one- 
fifth of the quantity of wool required, the following statistics, the general accu- 
racy of which no one acquainted with the facts will seriously question, are 
given, showing very nearly, the actual amount of wool manufactured or imported 
from xh 1, 1861, to July 1, 1865, comprising almost exactly the period of 
the war 
DOMESTIC SUPPLY. 
Clip IMLS Gilg? BoP Sc ne de nas (0 LIC Ry ae oe 55,000,000 Ibs. 
Clip AE. SYD kg oF oe SAN co Slee ie bat Magee Wie an aera tear fy) eps 67,500,000 Ibs. 
Clip “ONE UTS eee a ene ane Co een ee Rn ae PTT 82,500,000 lbs. 
Clip OMAR Era Pei tae Fgh bok te ts gla ae ork Ie Rr CeO 95,000,000 Ibs. 
ADEN FES ie PS A deol RR Po, 20, SRR Mee MePmnrne Cat ete RYE Fea 300,000,000 lbs. 
IMPORTATIONS OF WOOL. 
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W Oou. SHODDY OR FLOCKS. 
Years. 
Pounds. Dollars. Pounds. Dollars. 
Re Oar , eee St ee Phen ree va 4], 654, 241 6, 424, 767 6, 291, 077 422, 376 
ABS ochre ec cree artae Cate ries 71,917,754 11,772,064 | 7,867,601 | 581, 234 
eee ate hence aes ee 87, 193, 462 14,595,140 | 8, 133, 391 621,514 
OSS ee La EAS Al), 372, 075 6,201,108 | 4,863, 064 | 410, 395 
nal eee aa 241,137,532 | 38,993,079 | 27,155,133 | 2, 055, 519 
This is the amount of wool bearing a duty which has been imported in this 
period. In addition, the amount introduced free under the reciprocity treaty 
with Great Britain is as follows: 
Years. Pounds? Dollars. | Cents per pound. 
INS 3 bose dceen Gade puegseseescoobraadeciss 1, 916, 785 569, 839 29.7 
The j=. lay Soa Ae 20S 1, 980, 053 781, 867 39.5 
feo) co Sood ne SSE cee SUG SE OE aamE oe DSSorE 3, 202, 642 | 1,328, 85) 41.4 
helt ek occ bs GORE Sate e be oer ees Bor Bosse 3,486,079 | 1,527,275 43,8 
Rota leer steers cele ayamroecetaiae kee 10,585,659 | 4, 207, 832 39.6 
