.470 



A. D. 



1799. 



Spanifh 

 wool, 



lb. 

 4,079,333 



4,013,11-1 

 32,278,13612,582,295 



Cotton, 



lb. 



22,176,887 

 19,614,290 



30,603,451 

 28,342,233 

 33,422,032 

 17,648,654 

 22,866,659 

 24,872,535 

 31,270,973 

 22,572,853 

 29,413,471 



3,014,511 



1,995,732 

 4,263,496 

 1,632,926 



4,362,069 

 4,510,534 

 3 ,280,3 1 1 

 4,577, 100 

 2,263,660 



Wooltn or 



bay yarn, 



cwt. 



7,575 



4 103 



6 736 



4 7:J2 



6..i53 



8.:< !8 



4.5.J2 



10,233 



46,959 



3.002 



3,739 

 75,131 



( 



As the imports from India can never be brought to accoiint till July 

 in the enfuing year, the infpedor-general was obliged to omit the ben- 

 gal and China filk, and the elephant's teeth and cochineal of the lafl of 

 thefe years. 



In a few days after the above account was delivered, the houfe of 

 commons, de-firous of feeing a retrofped: of the foreigr; articles worked 

 up in the Britifh manuflidures during a longer ipace of time, ordered 

 the following 



Account of the quantity of the principal articles in the nature of raw ma- 

 terials imported and ufed in the manufactures of Great Britain, on an annual 

 medium of four periods of five years each, commencing ^th fanuary 1772. 



Five years 

 preceding 

 5'" Jan. 

 1776 

 1787 

 179-i 

 1799 



17S7 

 17.02 

 -1799 



Pearl-aftes, 

 cwt. 



27,977 

 33,684 

 39,146 

 _ 30,85 1 



Indigo, 

 lb. 

 1,176,188 

 1,194,955 

 1,093,707 

 1,412,505 



Logwood, 

 tuns, 

 1,672 



5,939 

 5,674 

 3,529 



Madder, 

 cwt. 

 29,0^14 

 37,204 

 38,816 

 46,730 



Redwood, 

 tuns. 



347 



1,088 



371 



168 



Shuinack, 

 cwt. 

 12,484 

 13,820 

 23,492 

 26,748 



Fuftic, 

 tuns. 



1,234 

 5,519 

 3,022 

 1,101 



Elephant's teeth, 



cwt 



690 



1,339 



2,050 



1;291 



Galls, 

 cwt. 



1,632 

 1,433 

 1,575 

 2,113 



Flax, 



cwt. 

 254,141 

 245,636 

 232,564 

 290,754 



1776 

 1787 

 1792 



i7m 



1776 



1787 



1792 



J 799 



Raw filk 



Bengal, 



lb. 

 182,581 

 486,848 

 350,003 

 291,647 



China, 



lb. 



160,265 



189,835 



190,452 



93,19s 



Cotton, 



lb. 



4,414,757 



16,031,983 



28,852,038 



26,433,730 



'Spanifli 

 wool, 



lb. 

 1,578,605 

 1,975,327 

 3,174,429 



3,800,583 



Woolen or 

 bay yarn, 



lb. 



13,587 



12,047 



6,146 



29,612 



