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Flax Seed Exported. 



Bushels. Value. 



1830, 115,762, ]80,973 



1831, 120,702, 216,376 



1832, 57,537, 123,036 



1833, 117,292, 228,300 



1834, 187,468, 281,990 



1835, 228,F63, 451,886 



1836, 123,926, 250,182 



1837, 33,147, 50,553 



1838, 35,651, 55,954 



1839, 66,781, 161,896 



1840, 76,970, 120,000 



1841, 32,243, 50,781 



1842, 18,354, 34,991 



1844, 15,006, 23,749 



1845, 50,000, 81,918 



Imports of Flax into the United States. 



Cwts. 



1830, 5,850, $39,055 



1831, 463, 6,472 



1832, 1,837, 16,194 



1833, -996, 8,656 



We find no later returns of imported flax. 



Flax and hemp raised in 1839 in the United States by the census 

 of 1840, 95,251 tons. 



Great Britain. 



The bounties on the exportation of linen and several other articles 

 ceased in 1830. In 1829 they amounted to ^£300,000, or nearly 

 $3,000,000. 



Of 936,411 cwt. of flax and tow imported into Great Britain in 

 1831, there were brought from 



Russia, 623,256cwt. 



Holland, - 128,231 



Prussia, - 101,729 



France, 55,324 



Italy, M15 



Australia, &c, 15,275 



