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dum Book of Mr. Walker, one of the original members of this 
Society, kindly presented by Mr. Green, he had met with 
some interesting facts connected with the Cotton Trade a 
centuiy ago. At that time the only places from which 
Manchester received cotton, except from continental ports, 
were Turkey, the West Indies, Brazil, and Demerara. To 
show the value the following extract is given. 
, July 15th. Prices 
of cotton wool at London 
d. 
d. 
St. Domingo 
12* 
to 
13 
Dominica 
12 
Grenada 
11 
12 
Tortola 
10* 
?3 
11 
Jamaica 
12 - 
13 
French 
12 
Smyrna 
9 
33 
H 
Solonica 
H 
33 
8 * 
Adonia 
8 
Brazil at Manchester 
13 
“All the above prices present payment. In the year 1771, 
J oshua Holt bought in Liverpool Tortola at 8*d., Grenada 
at 9d. to 10d., Tarlton’s M.P.’s 12d., St. Domingo, good, 13d.” 
At that period other European countries imported cotton, 
as shown by the following extract: — 
“ From Berbecia all the cotton is sent to Holland, and the 
quantity rarely exceeds 150,000 lbs. annually, and some 
years when crops fail the quantity imported is not above 
5,000 lbs. weight. Surinam at most 100,000 lbs. in one 
year. Essiquibo and Demerary not more than 50,000 lbs. 
in one year. These cottons are mostly consumed in Swit- 
zerland and at Brabant.” 
“Prices of cotton at Amsterdam, 15th November, 1774, 
from Ri voire and Van Heyst. 
Smyrna 
22 
Essequibo ... 
... 39 
to 
40 
Demerary . . . 
... 39 
33 
40 
Surinam 
... 39 
3 ) 
41 
Berbecia 
... 44 
33 
45 
Curacoa 
.. 50 
33 
55 
Groots per lb. of Holland. 
40 groots = 1 guilder or florin, 
iand 2 groots = lid. 
