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470,293 bales; and the 955,114 Ibs. exported to Austria give 

 492 Ibs. to each of the 1,939 bales ; while the 7,527,079 Ibs. 

 exported to Mexico give only 290 Ibs. to each of the 25,917 

 bales in which they were contained. 



The relative average weights and cubical contents of bales 

 of cotton imported into Liverpool in 1852 are thus given : 



These figures show not only the great variety of bales that 

 enter Liverpool, but that the most eligible form of bale is 

 that of the East Indies double the weight being packed 

 within the same compass as in any other description of bale. 



In the great cotton marts of Liverpool and Havre, as in 

 those of New Orleans and Mobile, the article is almost in- 

 variably treated of by merchants, brokers, and commercial 

 men, by the bale. Thus, a report on the trade of Liverpool 

 gives the imports of cotton into Great Britain, in 1852, at 

 2,357,338 bales. The aggregate of cotton imported that year 

 is given in the official report by the Board of Trade, at 

 929,782,448 Ibs. ; the bales averaging, accordingly, 395 Ibs. 

 each. 



The annual commercial " Revue" of Havre, gives the num- 

 ber of bales of cotton imported into France, the same year 

 (1852) at 462,300 in round numbers. The " Tableau General" 

 gives the imports at 188,917,099 Ibs. ; the bales averaging, 

 accordingly, about 409 Ibs. each. 



The following table, compiled from the Havre commercial 

 " Revue" (1855,) referred to, shows the quantities of cotton, 



