130 COTTON PLANTER'S MANUAL. 



compiled by the Charleston Standard, which we quote as fol- 

 lows : 



We will add a few statistics, showing the value and im- 

 portance of the Sea Island cotton crop. Extending our ex- 

 amination over a period of the twenty years preceding 1841, 

 we find its production and price as follows : 



1821 Quantity, 11,344,066 Av. price in Liverpool, 



1822 " 11,250,635 " " 19d. 



1823 " 12,136,688 " " 17d. 



1824 " 9,525,722 " 19jd. 



1825 " 9,655,278 " " 28|d. 



1826 " 5,972,852 " " 20d. 



1827 " 15,140,798 " " 14Jd. 



1828 " 11,288,419 " " 16d. 



1829 " 12,833,307 " " 15d. 



1830 " 8,147,165 " " 16d. 



1831 " 8,311,762 " " 13Jd. 



1832 " 8,743,373 " " 13|d. 



1833 " 11,142,987 " " 16Jd. 



1834 " 8,085,935 " " 19|d. 



1835 " 7,752,736 " " 24d. 



1836 " 8,054,419 " " 25d. 



1837 " 5,286,340 " " 26d 



1838 " 7,286,340. 



1839 " 1,107,404. 



1840 " 8,770,669. 



1841 " 6,400,00020,000 bales at 320 Ibs. each. 



Since 1841, we have before us no reliable statistics, except 

 with reference to the years 1850 and '51 and '52. With re- 



Fpect to the crop delivered up to the 1st of September in each 



