5^8 



A. D. 1800. 



Account of the ealkoe!, vnidhis, linens, and stuffs, prlntedin England and Wales, in- 

 the years 1796 and 180O. 



1800. 



Fnreitin calicoes and miTilins 

 BritUh f'licoes and muslins. 

 Linens and stufts 



Yards | Amount of duty. 



l,5;7,536W4Ci,011 9 4 



28 092,700 418,43(5 10 5' 



3,232,073 47,134 7 11 



If \vc follow the calculation nssumed in an estimnte laid Ix'fore a committee of the 

 lioase of commons, that the duty is one tenth of the value, we mav estimate tl)e 

 value of the British calicoes and muslins printed in England and Wales in 179(3 



at ^3,5:. ',972 



and those printed in 1800 at 4,lb4,36s 



The quantity of white calicoes and muslins, made in England and 

 Wales, is probably much greater than that of the printed : and, 

 though they c!b not incur the expence of printing and duty, yet, as a 

 greater proportion of them are fine goods, the value of them is per- 

 haps rather above • . . . ^3,000,000 



There are many other fabrics of cotton, of which it seems impossible 

 to make any estimate. 



The annua! exports of British cotton manufactures from all the 

 ports of Great Britain, on the average of three years, 1797-1799, was 4,175,236 



I apprehend thefe ftatements, and eftimates, or conjedures, conftitute 

 all the attainable materials for illuftrating the ftate of this great and im- 

 portant raanufadure : and, after ufing every endeavour to obtain a more 

 fatisfadory account, I rauft adopt the opinion, conveyed to me in a let- 

 ter from a gentleman, who is at the head of fome of the greatefl manu- 

 fadluring eftablifhments in the kingdom, that the objed: is beyond the 

 reach of individual inveftigation, and, unlefs government fhall order an 

 inquiry, it can only be eftimated by the importation of cotton, which 



is for the moft part manufadured at home The quantity of cotton of 



all kinds, imported during the year 1800, in England was 42,806,507 

 pounds, in Scotland 13,204,225, total 56,010,732 pounds. 



Perhaps the manufadure in Scotland, as being in a narrower field, is 

 more within the reach of individual obfervation than that of England. 

 I therefor venture to lay before the reader, as being apparently a near 

 approximation to the truth, the following 



Estimate of the state of the cotton manufacture in Scotland, made up in the year 

 1796, at Glasgow, the center of the principal commerce and manufactures of that 

 kingdom. 

 39 water mills * which cost for machinery and buildings ^10,000 each ^390,000 



and work 124,800 spindles. 



1,200 common jennies, 84 sp. each. . 100,800 6 each . . 7,200 



600 mule jennies, . 144 sp. each .. 86,400 30 each . . 18,000 



Total, working by day and night, 

 Building for the jennies cost . . . 



3 1 2,000 spindles. 



75,000 



Capital invested in machinery and buildings 490,200 



* In the year 1787 there were only 19 fpinning mills in Scotland. See above,/. 133. 



