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THE WORLD'S ANNUAL COTTON CONSUMPTION. 
Countries.. 
Great Britain 
Continent 
Total, Europe 
United States— North. ... 
United States— South 
Total, United States 
East Indies 
Japan 
Canada 
Mexico 
Total, India, etc 
Other countries, etc 
Total, world 
Average, weekly 
1904-05. 
Bales. 
3,588,000 
5,148,000 
1903-04. 
Bales. 
3,017,000 
5.148,000 
1902-03. 
Bales. 
3,185,000 
.5,148,000 
1901-02. 
Bales. 
3,253,000 
4,836,000 
8,736,000 
8,165,000 
8,333,000 
8,089,000 
2,193,937 
2,116,318 
2,000,954 
1,907,548 
2,047,801 
1,967,300 
2,207,175 
1,830,157 
4,310,255 
3,908,502 
4,015,101 
4,037,332 
1,350,000 
875,000 
130,000 
70,000 
1,244,992 
516,000 
88,534 
55,500 
1,822,608 
566,644 
117,614 
59,215 
1,383,790 
726,454 
117,384 
31,524 
2,425,000 
1,904,926 
2,066,081 
2,259,152 
35,000 
82,000 
22,407 
29,424 
15,506,255 
298,197 
14,010,428 
269,431 
14,486,589 
277,631 
14,414,908 
277,210 
WORLD S CONSUMPTION OF COTTON. 
CONSUMPTION 
500-pound Bales 
000s omitted 
United States 
884- 85 
885- 86 
886- 87 
887- 88 
888- 89 
889- 90 
Average 6 years. 
1890- 91. 
1891- 92. 
1892- 93. 
1893- 94. 
1894- 95. 
1895- 96. 
2,746 
2,902 
2,955 
3,073 
3,016 
3,227 
2,604 
2,772 
2,912 
3,087 
3,256 
3,432 
5,350 
5,674 
5,867 
6,110 
6,272 
6,059 
1,286 
1,512 
1,578 
1,624 
1,704 
1,682 
241 
310 
861 
400 
444 
503 
1,527 
1,822 
1,939 
2,024 
2,148 
2,185 
4i>: 
504 
569 
617 
2,986 
3,884 
3,181 
2,866 
3,233 
3,250 
3,276 
3,002 
8,631 
3,619 
3,661 
8,827 
4,030 
4,160 
5,988 
7,015 
6,800 
6,527 
7,060 
7,280 
7,436 
1,564 
1,810 
1,944 
1,872 
1,593 
1,940 
1,711 
1,941 
2,367 
2,576 
2,551 
2,264 
2,743 
2,572 
607 
924 
914 
918 
959 
1,074 
1,105 
Average 6 years. 
1896- 67. , 
1897- 98. 
1898- 99. 
1899- 00. 
1900- 01., 
1901- 02 . 
Average 6 years 
1902- 03 
1903- 04* 
1904- 05* 
3,198 
3,224 
3,432 
3,519 
3,334 
3,339 
3,185 
3,017 
3,588 
3,821 I 7,019 
4,368 7,522 
4,628 8,060 
4,784 8,303 
4,576 7,910 
4,576 7,845 
4,830 
5,148 
5,148 
5,148 
1,812 
1,776 
1,808 
2,244 
2,355 
2,150 
2,207 
700 
962 
1,154 
1,309 
1,501 
1,577 
1,830 
2,512 
2,738 
2,962 
3,553 
3,856 
3,727 
4,037 
1,004 
1,141 
1,314 
1,189 
1,060 
1,384 
7,967 
8,833 
8,165 
8,736 
2,048 
2,001 
2,194 
1,967 
1,907 
2,116 
4,015 
3,908 
4,310 
1,174 
1,323 
1,245 
1,350 
100 
120 
130 
140 
150 
160 
7 444 
8420 
8,505 
8,891 
9.267 
9,795 
150 
200 
192 
414 
531 
703 
711 
(532 
720 
507 
510 
875 
100 
125 
195 
105 
100 
8,670 
10,511 
10,565 
10,291 
10,580 
11,543 
11,605 
10,849 
11,880 
12,888 
14,015 
13,773 
18,416 
14,415 
13,398 
14,437 
14,010 
235 | 15,506 
COTTON STATISTICS. 
(Courtesy of Latham, Alexander & Co. ) 
