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Prussia receiving (by land and rivers) . 5,628,186 



France " " " . 842,881 



Holland " . 488,898 



And all otlier countries receiving (by sea) 134,118 



Total by land and rivers and by sea, . 7,094,083 



The cotton thus exported, was imported as follows : 



Pounds. 



From United States, . . . 5,529,537 



From England, .... 1,488,582 

 From Holland, .... 70,965 



From France, 4,999 



Total, .... 7,094,083 



The average annual amount of duties derived by Belgium 

 from cotton, for the five years ending with 1854, was upwards 

 of $40,000 ; and, in the latter year, it ranked the thirteenth 

 among articles imported, in this regard. The duty, under the 

 law of January 31, 1852, was 1 franc 70 centimes per 220 Ibs. 

 By the law of April 12, 1854, cotton became free. 



In 1854, Belgium exported cotton fabrics in value as fol- 

 lows: 



Value of total exports of cotton fabrics, ., $4,701,572 



Value of total exports of Belgian manufacture, 2,632,586 



Value of total foreign manufactures reexported, $2,068,986 



SAKDINIA. 



Sardinia imports, on an average, some four or five millions 

 pounds of cotton each year from England and France, and 



* This is an excess of 44,260 Ibs. over the amount given above as ex- 

 ported, that quantity haying been entered for consumption but subsequently 

 withdrawn. 



