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sippi Branch and the Jefferson, Madison & 

 Indianapolis, including the Madison branch. 

 At Cincinnati cotton is received from the 

 South by the river, and by the Louisville, Cin- 

 cinnati & Lexington Railroad, and is thence 

 shipped by railroad North and East. Above 

 Cincinnati no railroad has taken any cotton 

 from the Ohio River. There is, however, a 

 small amount of cotton, estimated at 18,000 

 bales, in 1872, consumed by mills along the 

 river both above and below Cincinnati. East 

 of the Alleghanies no cotton is transported 

 overland, but it is sent North through the 

 Virginia ports. The details of the overland 

 movement for the year are given in the follow- 

 ing statement : 



Heceipts at St. Louis 36,421 



Carried north over Illinois Central Railroad, etc. 22,646 

 Carried north over Springfield & Illinois South- 

 western, from Shawneeto wn 6,887 



Carried north over Evansville & Crawfordsville, 



from Evansville 15,007 



Carried north over Jeffersonville, Madison & 



Indianapolis 91,157 



Carried north over Ohio & Mississippi Branch. . 30,943 

 Shipped through Cincinnati by the Louisville, 



Cincinnati & Lexington Railroad 69,023 



Receipts at Cincinnati by the Ohio River 53,105 



Shipped to points above Cincinnati, without 

 touching at Cincinnati, and consumed by 

 mills adjacent to the river, etc 18,000 



Total carried overland 342,186 



Deduct receipts overland at New York, 



Boston and Philadelphia, etc 219,015 



Deduct shipments at New Orleans, north 



by railroad (counted at New Orleans) . . 1,106220,121 



Leaving the direct overland movement (none of 

 which appears at New York, Boston, Balti- 

 more, Philadelphia and Portland) 122,065 



The following table will afford a comparison 

 of the total crop of the United States, in 1872, 

 with those of preceding years : 



1,634,945 

 2,177,835 



1,801,497 

 1,422,930 



Years. Bales. 



1845-'46 2,100,537 



1844-'45 2,394,503 



1843-'44 2,030.409 



1842-'43 2,378,875 



1841-'42 1,683,574 



1840-'41 



1839-'40 



1838-'39 



1837-'38 



1836-'37 



1835-'36 1,360;752 



1834-'35 1,254,328 



1833-'34 1,205,324 



1832-'33 1,070,438 



1831-'32 987,487 



1830-'31 1,038,848 



1829-'30 976,845 



1828-'29 870,415 



1827-'28 727,593 



1826-'27 957,282 



1825-'26 720,027 



1824-'25 



Years. Bales. 



1871- '72 2,974,351 



1870-'71 4,352,317 



18ti9-'70 3,154,946 



1868-'69 2,439,039 



1867-'68 2,593,993 



1866-'67 2,019,774 



1865-'66 2,193,987 



1861-'65 no record. 



1860-'61 3,156,086 



1859-'60 4,669,770 



1858-'59 3,851,481 



1857-'58 3,113,962 



1856-'57 2,939,519 



1855-'56 -3,527,845 



1854-'55 2,847,339 



1853-'54 2,930,027 



1852-'53 3,262,882 



1851-'52 3,015,029 



1850-'51 2,355,257 



1849-'50 2,096,706 



1848-'49 2,728,596 



1847-'48 2,347,634 



1846-'47 1,778,651 



There has been a very marked increase in 

 the consumption of cotton in the United States 

 during the past year. The stock on hand at 

 the commencement of the year (September 1, 

 1871) amounted to 144,290 bales, which, added 

 to the year's crop, 2,974,351 bales, gave a total 

 supply during the year ending August 31, 1872, 

 of 3,118,641 bales. Of this supply 1,957,314 

 bales were exported to foreign ports, 3,500 

 sent to Canada by railroad direct from the 

 "West, 1,000 burned, and 59,287 were on hand 

 at the close of the year, leaving the amount 

 taken by spinners in the United States 1,097.- 

 540 bales, of which 977,540 .bales were taken 

 by Northern and 120,000 by Southern mills. 

 Applying the increase and decrease of stock 

 believed to be held by mills, the estimated 

 consumption in the United States, for four 

 years, is shown in the following statement : 



The last year shows a marked decrease in 

 the exports of cotton to foreign ports, as ap- 

 pears from the following statement for the 

 year ending August 31st: 



The exports for the year 187l-'72 were 

 shipped to the following ports : 



Bales. 



Liverpool 1,406,766 



London 37 



Glasgow 949 



Cork 38,000 



Cowes, Falmouth, etc 8,701 



Havre 183,101 



Marseilles 11 



Rouen 6,404 



Amsterdam 43,458 



Bremen 63,510 



Hamburg. 24,049 



Antwerp 24,512 



Rotterdam 8,840 



Stettin 50 



Ghent 526 



Barcelona 62,811 



Santander. 710 



Malaga 4,940 



San Sebastian, etc 1,269 



Genoa 12,000 



Narva 7,796 



Cronstadt, etc 31 ,340 



Revel and Riga 25,346 



Mexico 1,046 



British North American Provinces 134 



Havana, etc 15 



Total... .... 1,957,314 



