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the Brazilian bale contained 180 Ibs., though it now contains 

 but 160 Ibs., while the West Indian bale weighed 350 Ibs., 

 and the Columbian bale 101 Ibs., or the Spanish quintal. 

 According to Burns, the United States bale at Liverpool aver- 

 aged 345 Ibs.; the Brazilian 180 Ibs.; the Egyptian 220 Ibs.; 

 the West Indian 300 Ibs., and the East Indian 330 Ibs. At 

 the Lowell factories, in 1831, according to Pitkins, the bale 

 averaged 361 Ibs. In 1836 the bale of the Atlantic cotton 

 States was estimated at 300 and 325 Ibs., and that of the Gulf 

 States at 400 and 450 Ibs. In Liverpool, at the same time, 

 the estimate for the bale of upland or short staple cotton was 



321 Ibs. ; for Orleans and Alabama 402 Ibs. ; for sea island 



322 Ibs. ; for Brazil 173 Ibs. ; for Egyptian 218 Ibs. ; for East 

 Indian 360 Ibs., and for West Indian 230 Ibs. ; while, accord- 

 ing to Burns, bales imported into France were computed at 

 only 200 Ibs. each. Waterton's " Manual of Commerce^ a 

 reliable British publication, (1855,) gives the Virginia, Caro- 

 lina, Georgia, and West Indian bale at 300 to 310 Ibs.; that 

 of New Orleans and Alabama at 400 to 500 Ibs. ; East Indies 

 at 320 to 360 Ibs. ; Brazil at 160 to 200 Ibs. Egyptian at 180 

 to 280 Ibs. Alexander's " Universal Dictionary of Weights 

 and Measures" gives the bale of Alabama, Louisiana and Mis- 

 sissippi at 500 Ibs. ; that of Georgia at 375 Ibs., and that of 

 South Carolina at 362 Ibs. At Rio de Janeiro the Brazil bale 

 is estimated at 160 Ibs. 



Prior to 1855, the United States " Commerce and Naviga- 

 tion" gave exports of cotton in pounds only. They are now 

 given in bales as well as in pounds, the aggregate amount for 

 the year ending June 30, 1855, being 2,303,403 bales, or 1,008,- 

 424,601 Ibs.; the bale, accordingly, averaging about 438 Ibs. 

 Some bales, however, are evidently much heavier and some 

 much lighter than this. For example, the 210,113,809 Ibs 

 of cotton exported to France give 446 Ibs. to each of the 



