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COTTON. 



According to the annual statement of the 

 eminent statistician, M. Ott-Trtimpler, of Zu- 

 rich, the amount of cotton in Europe, Septem- 

 ber 30, 1872, was the largest stock ever held 

 at the end of the cotton season. This stock 

 in the ports covered by M. Ott-Triimpler's 

 tables, which do not include Russia, Sweden, 

 and Spain, amounted to 1,486,000 bales, being 

 an increase of 726,000 bales over the stock held 

 at the close of the preceding year ; to this must 

 be added, for the countries omitted, at least 

 84,000 bales, making a total of 1,570,000 bales ; 

 while the stock of 1860 following the great 

 crop of 1859-'60 (4,865,000) reached a total of 

 only 1,260,000 bales. The tables above men- 

 tioned show the following important items : 

 Importations into Europe for the Years 1870-' 72. 



DELIVERIES FOE CONSUMPTION. 



COTTON VISIBLE, SEPTEMBER 30. 





The probable weight of cotton in sight, Sep- 

 tember, 30, 1872, was 1,777,000 bales of 342 

 Ibs. each, making 608,000,000 pounds; Sep- 

 tember 30, 1871, 1,371,000 bales of 368 Ibs. 

 each, amounting to 505,000,000 pounds. 



The following tables, compiled with the 

 greatest exactness by M. Ott-Trumpler, s 

 the imports and consumption of cotton ii 

 thousands of bales in Europe, for 1872, and 

 afford valuable comparisons with preceding 

 years : 



The receipts at the ports of Spain, Sweden, 

 and Kussia, and the consumption in Italy of 

 native cotton, are not included in the above 

 tables. 



" The consumption of Kussia, Sweden, and 

 Spain," says M. Ott-Trtimpler, "is estimated 

 at 8,000 bales per week, or 416,000 bales for 



the year, and I find that these countries have 

 received very nearly one-half from England, 

 and from ports on the Continent, comprised 

 in my table, and the remaining half direct 

 from the places of production, thisjemainder 

 not being included in my statement. To de- 

 termine, therefore, the consumption of all 



