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VII. Tabular comparative statement showing the quantities and declared 

 values of cotton manufactures and yarns exported from Great Britain 

 and from theJJnited States, respectively, to all countries for a period of 

 five years, from 1851 to 1855, both inclusive.* 



* Made up from British and United States official documents, respectively; the com- 

 mercial year of the former ending December 31, and of the latter June 30. 

 t The pound sterling is computed at five dollars. 



VIII. General information respecting the cotton trade of 

 the United States. 



GKEAT BRITAIN. 



The annual average importation of cotton from all countries 

 into England, the last five years, has been 838,335,984 Ibs 

 of which amounts, according to British authorities, 661,529, 

 220 Ibs., or more than three-fourths, were from the United 

 States. The annual average exportation to the continent 

 and elsewhere, has been 122,810,688 Ibs., or about one-sixth 

 of the total quantity imported, leaving 715,525,296 Ibs. for 

 the annual average! consumption. About one-sixth of the 

 whole amount imported was from British possessions. 



