1824.] 
napartean proscription of 1810-11, de- 
pressed upland cotton to 1s.03dperlb., in 
September 1811; the diminished supply 
again in 1813 raised its value to 1s. 11d. 
in Feb. 1813, and to 2s. 114d. in Ja- 
ntary 1814, being the maximum of the 
latter interdictory period; ls.8id per 
Ib. was the average value at the open- 
ing of the year 1815, attaining 1s.114d. in 
September of that year, receding to 
Is. 43d. in December, remaining pretty 
stationary through the year 1816, ad- 
vancing to 1s.9d. in September and Octo- 
ber 1817, remaining pretty stationary to 
September and October 1818, when the 
excessive importation from the East-In- 
dies paralyzed all the attempts which 
had been made to maintain high money 
prices, which gradually receded to ] 13d. 
in June 1819, when there was a trifling 
reaction,and in September ofthat year the 
average again attained 1s.2d., but the at- 
tempt to maintain the advance proving 
abortive, the commodity has found its 
mean consuming money value in Great 
Britain at about 9d. per lb., yielding to 
the growers about 63d., or a total an- 
nual value of about £4,000,000, at 
which rate the utmost efforts are di- 
rected to extend the culture. In ad- 
dition to the countries enumerated in 
the general statement of imports since 
1801, in a following page, there are 
trifling supplies derived (included under 
the head of West-Indies, &c.) upon the 
various ports on the coast of Spanish 
South America, from Smyrna; and 
within the last two or three years, from 
Egvpt. ‘The culture in North Ame- 
rica is extending to the districts west of 
the Allegany Mountains, finding its 
way to market by the waters of the 
great river Mississippi to New Orleans, 
and from thence to Europe. It would 
not/perhaps be unworthy of British enter- 
prize, to consider how far it is desirable 
to attempt’ its culture contiguous to 
the ‘great’ chain of lakes, and divert 
the conveyance thereby’ to Europe by 
way of the great river St. Lawrence. 
In a full developement of this interest- 
ing subject, it will be necessary to ex- 
hibit the culture in the Mississippi ter- 
ritories distinct from that in the districts 
of Georgia and Carolina, and also of 
Bengal distinct’ from that of Surat. 
The following is a scale of the relative 
money value of the seyeral kinds ‘at 
present’ imported into Great Britain, 
taking the North American upland at 
9d. per tb., as the mean digit of the 
seale, and the whole of fair average 
gualities. 
Remarks on the Natural History of Cotton. 
231 
Pernambuco 113d. 
Maranhao ..11 
Sea-island ....... 18d. 
New-Orleans, .. 10 
Mississippi and wes- Bahia ...... 10% 
tern territories... 8% | Para ......10) 
Laguna. i)... 9 | Minaa Novas 103 ° 
Carthagena .... 7 Do. Geraes gi 
Demerara& Berb.113 | Egyptian ..11 
Barbadoes...... 10 -| Smyrna .... 7 
Other West-India 9} | Surat «......7 
Upland. ...+..+.. 9 | Bengal .... 6 
In regarding this scale of values, it 
is important to bear in mind the dis- 
tinction between the intrinsic, relative, 
and current value of commodity; the 
intrinsic value of a commodity, for 
instance, may occasionally very con- 
siderably exceed or fall below its cur- 
rent value, owing to yarious contingent 
circumstances; and although the above 
scale is intended to shew the relative 
value of the several kinds of cotton 
wool to each other, it by no means 
conveys a definite idea of the intrin- 
sic value or properties of the respec- 
tive kind, so much depending upon 
the cleaning and condition. The Car- 
thagena, for instance, which uniformly 
comes very badly separated from the 
seed and very dirty, if properly ma- 
naged would be considerably enhanced 
in value. The relation in the above va- 
lues must be regarded with reference to 
the condition in which they are usually 
imported, rather than with reference to 
their intrinsic properties. 
Previous to the extended culture in 
North America, a very considerable por- 
tion of the supply annually was derived 
from Smyrna—say 6 to 7,000,000lbs. 
The culture in Asia Minor, as well as 
Macedon, and other parts of Turkey in 
Europe, is still considerable, but con- 
sumed chiefly for domestic purposes, 
and in the: eastern parts of Europe; 
but the little that is now brought to 
England, is used chiefly for candle- 
wicks. The quality cultivated in Egypt 
is good, and may be regarded as a 
new and important feature, should 
the career of the present enterprizing 
Pacha remain uninterrupted for a few 
years. In addition to the several kinds 
or growths previously enumerated, the 
little Isle of Bourbon, in the Indian 
Ocean, produces a very superior kind, 
limited in quantity, but equal, in value, 
though somewhat different, to the Ame- 
rican Sea-island. It is. probable also, 
from the delicacy of some of their 
fabrics, that a very superior kind is 
produced in India to any that is im- 
ported ‘thence. China also, it is 
believed, produces a sort peculiar to 
itself 
