WOOL TRADE FROM 1800 TO 1835. 63 



(61.) Wool Trade from 1800 to 1830.— The ktest 

 tabular accounts on which much reliance can be placed, 

 are to be found in M'Culloch^s Commercial Dictionary^ 

 but of these I am compelled to offer only an abridg- 

 ment, and in general nothing but the sum total of his 

 detailed statements. The number of short-woolled sheep 

 in England in 1800 was 14.854,299; the number of 

 long-woolled sheep in England in the same year was 

 4,153,308. The quantity of British wool in 1800 

 amounted to 325,269 packs ; while in 1808 it had in- 

 creased to 414,502 packs. The sheep and lambs'-wool 

 imported into Great Britain from foreign parts in 1810 

 was 10,914,137 lbs. ; in 1815, 13,640,375 lbs. ; in 

 1820, 9,789,020 lbs. ; in 1825, 43,795,281 lbs. ; in 

 1830, 32.313,059 lbs. The increase here observable 

 in 1825 is accounted for above in our notice of the 

 state of the taxes before and at that period. The ex- 

 ports of British sheep and lambs' wool in 1830 amount- 

 ed to 2,951,100 lbs. ; those of woollen and worsted 

 yarn to 1,108.023 lbs. By far the larger proportion of 

 these exports was intended for France and the Nether- 

 lands. The number of persons employed in the manu- 

 facture is estimated at from 480,000 to 500,000, and 

 their wages at ^9,600,000. The value of the raw ma- 

 terial is calculated at £6,000,000 ; the total value of 

 the manufactured articles at £18,000,000 (as wool is 

 supposed in general to be trebled in value by passing 

 through the hands of the manufacturer) ; and the inter- 

 est on capital, sum to replace wear and tear, and ma- 

 nufacturers' profits at £2,400,000. 



(62.) Wool Trade in 1832 and 1835.—" The total 

 number of pounds of sheep and lambs' wool imported 



