5793. on cotion manufactures. 21 
' upon the cotton manufactures of this country, in 
their report dated 4th Feb. 17,3, state the following 
facts, with a view to exhibit a comparative view of 
the progrefs of the cotton manufactare in Britain, and . 
the extent of sales of Indian piece goods. 
Years. Value of Pounds Value of cot- 
piece-goods weight of ton goods ma- 
sold by the  cottonimpor- —_uufactured 
company. ted. in Britain in 
1771 £- 1,435,475 2,677,042 pounds 
1772 1,653,912 5,390,685 Sterling. 
3. 3,797,508 3,297,501 
ae 1,815,008 5.816, 363 
5 1,609,597 6,841,354 
6 1,621,797 - 6,380,705 
4 1,660,892 7,401,671 
8 .. 1,663,069 7,393,044 
9 747,020 4,790,016 
~ 1980" 1,257,868 7,§64,629 
I 850,703 5,198,778 
2 1,287,110 11,811,781 
*3. ' 1,443,046 7,816,645  £.3,200,003 
4 3,055,722 11,482,083 3:959,000 
5 1,560,847 18,400,384 6,000,000 
6 1,570,217 19,475,020 6,599,909 
” | 1,439,043 23,250,268 9,599,030 
8 1,202,871 20,467,436 
9 1,229,360 32,576,023 
0 1,752,356 31,447,605 
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This account comes no lower down than 1790, but 
we all know that the cotton works were greatly ex- 
tended in the years 1791 and 1792, so that by reason- 
ing from analogy from what has gone before, we 
cannot compute that the quantity of cotton wool im- 
