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sumption in England and on the continent of Europe 

 is very considerable^ and it is, therefore^ a produc- 

 tion of great importance ; but the effect of the large 

 importations and extensive use of the East India cot- 

 ton wool, and of the low rate of price at which it is 

 imported, upon the price of Toreign cotton wool, is a 

 more weighty and important consideration. To these 

 causes must be ascribed a large proportion of the consi- 

 derable reduction in the price of cotton manufactures, and 

 to the Um price at which these manufactures can be 

 afforded at market, must be ascribed, in great part, the 

 extended and increasing demand for such manufactures. 

 The lovo price of the East India cotton wool, is a consider' 

 ation qfgr eat moment to Great Britain, and the consump- 

 tion, if not bounded by the low price which the Foreign 

 cotton planter is compelled to accept for his produce, in con- 

 sequence of the price of East India cotton wool, and the 

 want of attention in India to the condition in which the 

 East India cotton wool is sent to market, must neces- 

 sarily increase. The sugar of India is become the sub- 

 ject of extensive consumption on the continetit of Europe, 

 and notwithstanding the higher duty which is imposed 

 upon it, is the subject of consumption even in England, to 

 an extent plainly indicating that the demand would be con- 

 siderable, if admitted upon equal terms with British West 

 India sugar. The coffee of India — (the produce chiefly of 

 the Dutch settlement in Java) is also a very extensive 

 subject of trade with Europe, and excepting tob.icco, 

 the bul/cij Tropical productions of the West, appear to be 

 forcing their way, in all kinds, into the markets of Europe, 

 by means of the low ])rice at which they can be affonlcd. 

 Tobacco is produced in India, very generally, for native 

 consumption, but whether that production will be added 



