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COTTON IMPORTS INTO GREAT BRITAIN, 
Countries. 1866. 1867. 
Cotton, raw : 
DEO) Wimited States CWiSiesa ser in/==ealetoler =laeietal= mine mii eel 2, 471, 929 2, 690, 611 
Bahamas angebernudy.- <<< nce ata mn om nin | 2,734 4, 083 
NIGON) < tase cee, Sate Obeebove asdesio Seon Boge BRE ease 3, 145 22 
TiAl 34-5 Hea GCS RCE RBBB EEO eS Ses .cH OU COeseeoeSEmaeE 332, 708 309, 862 
TOMI RES) 6 So eM ceo Sopegee SEE eos 6 6 ecn 5 ea eer ric 76, 794 40, 847 
PVA aie aaSloj0 ionic. + Sa ake wee aemieemamsiensmees 561, 251 657, 197 
IES TES BMA ee oS ceo ow om hoe ool ee eeianeisic Pe =st= <= 1, 649, 553 538, 815 
GP ia coco ine 5 a's = ca Sore = Some aise ee oh lace ae neue 2, 041 
Gihemcouninies.. 222. 26S. Le eee ee canes 91, 956 110, 004 
{hay | Ao eee eee BRE Shel i ae AP ee 5, 180, 070 4, 353, 482 
REVENUE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
From— 1866. 1867. 
ROMS Saefea ten antes steed sams sence csae ce sine ce. £21, 369,000 | £22,531, 000 
EIRCIBD ee sas e oe ce see oak Seale tevsdisiowties otis hak 20, 067, 000 20, 554, 000 
MGTACe Loesoc cp bron es Mees ore ae: Corea easecocrasgce mere 9, 533, 0OO 9, 484, 000 
PReEweR Pee tras Sat aye cfr ec esi stein ence nie inate 3, 421, 000 3, 496, 000 
LEIGH GHIA MSA oreuee Ge CIDEe SG CEDO NEB Sars DEUS BE pee: 5, 777, 000 5, 680, 000 
DROS TOMI CG etal tort. tote WAOnS aoc y See satis odes umes ot 4, 350, 000 4, 550, 000 
Wrowa lands: 4 sear tial os soe as ase Hae aisle dei aielne ree 321, 000 331, 000 
Miscellaneous ....-...---- BooeH nae ce 2, 868, 436 3, 126, 829 
Motalonete sh: ie Secoetises ase tes ees se ccac cess]  TObsieOr4oo 69, 752, 829 
THE COTTON CATERPILLAR. 
As the cotton caterpillar has already made its appearance unusually early in 
the season, we publish the following letter which the Department of Agriculture 
has received from Mr. G. W. Morse, of Natchitoches, Louisiana. The plan he 
recommends is doubtless good, as should all the planters combine to destroy the 
caterpillars when they first make their appearance in isolated plantations, before 
the moths have hatched out of the chrysalides, the second and third generations, 
which do all the damage, would not appear; or if they did, it would be in so few 
numbers as to do comparatively little harm to the crop. The department, how- 
ever, has no power to authorize postmasters to employ laborers to destroy them, 
but if public meetings were held in different counties, the planters might adopt 
some plan by which combinations could be formed for their mutual benefit; for 
although a planter may feel comparatively safe as long as the worm is not in his 
own fields, yet if his neighbor’s plantation is infested by them it is of the greatest 
importance to him to destroy them at once, before the second and third genera- 
tions migrate to his own cotton and ruin the crop: 
Wasuineton, D.C., July 17, 1867. 
Str: It is reported by the newspapers that the cotton worms have again made 
their appearance in Louisiana, and as soon as they shall have time to grow to 
their full dimensions, and roll themselves up in the leaves, we shall probably hear, 
as usual, that they have all gone, or that the report was without foundation. 
, Believing that they have appeared, and that the greater part of the crop may 
yet be saved, I hope that I shall be excused for troubling you with this 
communication. 
