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in 1850 was £28,252,878. The value of those consumed 

 in this country is assumed by Mr. B. Bole, in his statistics, 

 to be three times the value of the material consumed, which 

 would give £52,000,000; or £80,000,000 as the total value 

 of one yearns manufacture from the w^ooUy covering of the 

 seed of the cotton-plant ! The number of factories employed 

 in weaving and spinning cotton wool in England and 

 Wales is 1753, containing 223,626 power-looms, turning 

 19,173,969 spindles, moved by steam-engines of the united 

 power of 62,940 horses, and w^ater-power equal to 1182 

 horses, employing 131,610 male persons and 160,052 

 females, or an aggregate of 291,662 human beings. 



In Scotland the number of weaving and spinning factories 

 is 168, containing 23,564 power-looms, turning 1,683,093 

 spindles, moved by steam-powder equal to 7712 horses 

 and water equal to 2842 horses, employing 8797 males 

 and 27,528 females, or 36,325 persons. In Ireland, eleven 

 factories, 2437 looms, 119,955 spindles, with steam-power 

 equal to 353 horses, and water motive power equivalent to 

 1024 horses, employing 1094 males and 1843 females, or 

 2937 persons. Or for the United Kingdom, 1932 factories, 

 employing a motive power equivalent to that of 82,555 

 horses, and employing 330,924 human beings, involving a 



