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Great Britain for several years to come, and not more than three millions 
to all foreign countries together, so that a crop like that of 1870, with the 
supplies irom other countries, will give a surplus of half a miilion bales 
until the spindles of the world shall have been materially increased. 
The following statement:shows the status of British importations for 
the years named: 
1350. | 1860. | 1370. 
7 Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. 
MBEREDS 4.8 520.203. 2.28..5042.32h.008 ae Ss ee 493, 153,112 | 1, 115, 890, 608 716, 245, 040 
Re er nos es sad ace ous ca aplee 30, 299, 982 17, 286, 364 @3, 691, 680 
EISEN ON - O0 is ons aoe nines Derg eens 13, 931, 414 44,036, 6.8 153, 228, 320 
British East Indies...........-..- = ee 118, 372, 742 204, 141, 163 341, 599, 776 
MIRREN RSE TONGS = 3)... «225 08aseu-stececeveeese ne 228, 13 1.050: 784) |). Suen eee 
GS a MNS SY ae Seas 5 eee ee mn 2, 090, 698 8, 532, 720 61, 606, 832 
eT NS eS SES Bee NG Ph Rane RUE! 663, 576,861 | 1,390,938, 752 | 1, 336, 371, 648 
_ The increase of ten years, through earnest and persistent efforts of 
European cotton supply association, in India, Egypt, aud Brazil, has 
been less than that made in the United States in the single year of 1879 
over the previous crop. It is evident that no stimulation of produc- 
tion elsewhere will destroy our foreign market for cottou, aud manifest, 
to the most superticial observer, that as the manufacture increases in 
this country, aud the proportion for export diminishes, the more indis- 
peusable to foreign manufacturers will be that surplus. The quality of 
our cotton, its indubitable superiority to that of India, will make it a 
necessity to Kurcpeans, who would compete with the manufactures of 
the United States in the markets of the world. It is evidently the des- 
tiny of this country to take a large share in the business of supplying 
the world with manufactured cotton, a result to which the quality of 
the staple and the inventive genius and skill of Americans will largely 
contribute. The quantity of cotton exported from this country in the last 
eleven years, (fiscal years ending June 30,) both upland and sea island, 
With the value of the same, is presented in the following statement: 
UPLAND. a SEA ISLAND. 
Quantity. Value. | Quantity. 
Pounds. ‘s.| Pounds. 
Ee Ie este Seas a aiciainicicicis mix'a asp aca pcint == 301, 345,778 | $34, 051, 483* f GTO Se is ee dade sy - 
Reet a as eg aden duis's o's > 5 ein eu'ewe~ ee 4, 998, 121 1, 180, 113*| 23.8 | OB ee eka a» 
ERE Ce ee ne, ee aia alnc aa nw acun'a 10, 857, 239 6, 652, 405* 2 | Hf i: VG EER ok Se 
PT a oe Ye ee es 11, 860, 380 9, 768, 071 132, 521 $127, 783 
MIN OP Le Se A SRR PFS tn pe, ale 6, 276, 582 5, 424, 370 a 330, 584 296. 179 
EM cha dis le Ula wes AMIE es 9 eS alae © 643, 288, 356 274,960, 453 2. 7, 284, 473 | 6, 424. 770 
MME eres ice Se pe 654, 731, 274 197, 115, 582 5 6, 742, 314 | 4, 354. 842 
ol ER es eae eo) 779, 765, 318 149, 797, 399 E 4, 998, 315 | 3, 023, 334 
Ll 2 OSS a a ee ee. a See 641, 542, 677 160, 258, 160 , 2, 785, 244 | 2, 374, B92 
CTL ON ae! Oe As eee 954, 148, 843 224, 121, 191 i 6, 309, 720 | 2, 906, 433 
| eee a eee 1, 459, 715, 036 | 216, 889, 570 7 3, 212, 988.| 1, 437, 539 
* Including sea island. . 
The largest returns for a single year’s exportation ever made were 
those for the year ending June 30), 1866, a portion of the cotton having 
been produced in 1865, and the remainder brought forth from the hidden 
stores of previous years, all realizing an average of 42.5 cents per pound. 
The export of 1870, mainly the crop of 1869, yielded $224,131,191, at 
23.4 cents per pound. 7 
The export of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871, amounted to 
1,459,715,036 pounds, and realized $216,889,570. Thus the export of 
3,132,650 bales fof 466 pounds) which furnished a surplus above the 
requirements of consumption, brought $7,231,621 less than 2,047,527 
bales which were needed for current use by the mills of Europe. 
