162. °°. REPORT—1858. 
of our exports to foreign countries. The earlier tables made no distinction between 
the woollen and worsted goods exported, and the later tables made the distinction 
imperfectly. Up to the year 1815 we had only the official value of the exports, which, 
however, probably did not vary much from the real value; from 1815 downwards we 
had the real or declared value. Before the year 1820 also, the tables included the ex- 
ports to Ireland, though this fact was overlooked by most writers on the subject. 
- The experienced eye would see at a glance how for the last ninety years the natural 
progress of the woollen manufacture had been checked by the introduction of the 
cheaper material, cotton, and the unparalleled extension of its manufactures ; of which 
we last year exported to the value of £29,597,316 manufactured goods and £8,691,853 
yarn, making a total of £38,289,169. 
Woollen and Worsted Goods and Yarn Exported from 1820 to 1857, distinguishing 
the classes of goods; with the declared value for 1857. 
In 1857. 
Total de- 
In 1820. | In 1850. Guat: | Declared Met tie 
ties. value. , 
Woollen Manufactures :— £ £ 
Cloth of all kinds .... pieces| 288,700) 608,926) 695,063)2,956,491 
Napped coatings, Duffels, &c. 
pieces} 58,644 3,035 829 3,693 
Kerseymeres,....... * 78,944 15,626 3,777| 19,587 
Baizes sss .ssbe03: Pky 37,183 23,727 15,474| 51,017 
Flannel...3.3...7.. yards 2,569,105) 2,833,898] 4,892,442] 283,750 
Blankets and Blanketings ..|1,288,499} 6,461,224] 3,118,596] 576,489 
Hosiery (otherthan stockings)| .. os 232,076 
Small ASG (ineluding rugs) 5% } £249,757 { ‘3 90,659 
Shawls..i:...% TEES “s as a5 5 194,756 
Total Woollen Goods ...... e3 “i a t's 4,408,528 
Worsted and Mixed Stuffs :— ——__ —— 
Worsted stuffs,..... pieces; 828,901) 2,122,397) 2,568,482/3,325,564 
Mixed stuffs (worsted, cotton, 
and silk) eh eee & ... yards) 407,716/52,573,636|57,715,819|2,225,839 
Carpets and carpeting.. ,, 526,124] 1,668,675] 4,452,428] 613,246 
Stockings...... doxen pairs| .. 120,185] 193,957] 130,198 
Total Worsted Goods...... A ah on hs 6,294,847 
Woollen and Worsted Yarn, —_——- 
lbs. = 13,794,225/23,980,704/2,752,386 
Do. do., mixed with other 
materials .....% saa vdba: a .% 723,744) 189,414 
Lota War nny thine cco aes be A ae 2,941,800 
Total Exports of Woollen and Worsted Goods and Yarn,... £13,645,175 
It would be remembered that the year 1857 was one of great overtrading, and, as 
far as could be judged from the seven months of the present year, there would be a 
considerable falling-off in the woollen exports and a still greater in the worsted exports. 
The combined woollen and worsted exports formed about one-ninth of the entire ex- 
port trade of the country. The woollen goods exported were of the value of £4,408,528, 
the worsted goods £6,294,847 ; and, as the yarn was nearly all worsted, the total 
worsted exports would be £9,236,647. These figures of course did not indicate the 
respective or proportionate values of the whole production of these two branches of 
the manufacture of wool, but only of the quantities exported. Including the domestic 
consumption, there was reason to think that the woollen manufacture somewhat ex- 
ceeded that of worsted; but the figures of the table just given, especially combined 
with the considerations mentioned in an earlier part of this paper, would lead to the 
belief that the worsted manufacture would ere long exceed the woollen, In the 
attempt to estimate the entire annual value of the woollen manufacture, he had found 
difficulties on every side. All the elements for calculating the number of. persons 
