58 
THE SHEEP 
WOOL. 
This great national manufacture supplies a larger internal consumption than takes place in any other country; and affords a 
surplus, valued at L.6,271,645, besides yarn valued at L.401,188, for an export trade to all parts of the world, being more than 
one-eighth part of the whole export trade of the kingdom. The woollen trade is therefore of surpassing importance to the nation. 
It has to contend with the fiscal regulations, and the increasing production and rivalry of other countries; but yet the superior 
capital, machinery, and industry of the country, and the facilities of an extended commerce, give advantages to the British manu¬ 
facturer which no European country as yet possesses. The following table, taken from the latest official records, will show the 
quantities and value of wool and woollen goods exported, and the countries to which they are carried. 
Account of the Quantities of Foreign Wool Imported into , and of Foreign and British Wool , Woollen Yarn , and British Manu¬ 
factured Woollen Goods Exported from , the United Kingdom , distinguishing the trade with each country , in the year 1839. 
COUNTRIES. 
FOREIGN WOOL. 
British Woo! 
Exported. 
Woollen 
Yarn 
Exported. 
WOOLLEN GOODS OF BRITISH MANUFACTURE EXPORTED. 
Imported. 
Exported. 
Cloths. 
Baizes, and 
Woollen or 
Worsted 
Stuffs. 
Flannel, 
Blankets, 
and 
Carpets. 
Woollens 
mixed with 
Cotton. 
Hosiery, 
Stockings. 
Sundry Small 
Wares, Rugs, 
Coverlids, 
Tapes, &c. 
Declared Va¬ 
lue of British 
Woollen Ma¬ 
nufactured 
Goods Ex¬ 
ported. 
ft. 
ft. 
ft. 
ft. 
Pieces. 
Pieces. 
Yards. 
Yards. 
Dozen Pairs. 
£ 
£ 
Russia, .... 
7,966,594 
14 
4,898 
141,934 
2,364 
45,929 
51,310 
30,450 
228 
650 
125,524 
Sweden, .... 
1,773 
... 
... 
802 
271 
8,012 
4,729 
15,960 
37 
16 
16,266 
Norway, 
... 
... 
561 
539 
2,899 
4,944 
2,291 
262 
289 
10,843 
Denmark, 
634,623 
... 
... 
151 
502 
924 
360 
53 
1 
2,072 
Prussia, .... 
64,088 
... 
... 
42 
36 
666 
670 
• •• 
180 
646 
Germany, 
23,837,805 
25,380 
1,148 
1,770,536 
31,636 
382,731 
403,094 
334,762 
1,073 
14,520 
816,604 
Holland, . . * 
299,895 
101,262 
38,551 
723,166 
10,303 
135,193 
171,184 
59,391 
5,699 
7,125 
317,838 
Belgium, 
259,617 
275,235 
3,625,896 
111,746 
5,863 
58,387 
193,080 
76,073 
3,328 
3,270 
132,401 
France, .... 
83,141 
63,859 
876,166 
153,329 
722 
22,422 
32,201 
68,344 
340 
629 
51,492 
Portugal, Azores, and Madeira, 
1,024,994 
... 
... 
2,540 
16,778 
44,775 
24,667 
58,556 
283 
4,572 
194,261 
Spain and the Canaries, 
2,409,634 
... 
... 
4,360 
1,415 
9,898 
18,008 
6,102 
80 
730 
27,523 
Gibraltar, . . , 
482,057 
... 
... 
6,776 
3,150 
20,017 
11,207 
71,955 
379 
1,817 
76,393 
Italy, .... 
1,892,057 
224 
... 
30,969 
5,236 
100,192 
59,590 
130,386 
1,900 
11,997 
223,694 
Malta, .... 
32,918 
... 
... 
... 
977 
2,574 
4,747 
8,800 
96 
1,115 
12,210 
Ionian Islands, 
... 
... 
... 
36 
500 
2,402 
191 
• • • 
140 
1,713 
Morea and Greek Islands, 
... 
• •• 
... 
2 
1 
346 
... 
1 
8 
74 
Turkey and Continental Greece, 
1,183,532 
... 
35,840 
616 
10,349 
13,029 
8,045 
300 
1,251 
22,181 
Syria and Palestine, 
... 
... 
... 
... 
... 
568 
250 
7,600 
• •• 
1,268 
East Indies and China, 
2,103,546 
... 
... 
3,684 
58,786 
133,693 
132,754 
48,015 
1,084 
8,184 
530,687 
New South Wales, 
6,621,291\ 
Port Philip, 
273,572 
Van Diemen’s Land, 
3,212,698 \ 
... 
... 
159 
5,353 
13,792 
492,430 
38,799 
11,198 
11,629 
131,377 
Swan River Settlement, . 
21,213 
South Sea Islands, . 
2,473 j 
Cape of Good Hope, 
626,214 
... 
... 
... 
2,255 
5,352 
59,140 
7,249 
1,107 
1,938 
33,652 
Morocco, 
455,008\ 
Other parts of Africa, 
1,583 1 
St Helena, 
6,292 f 
... 
... 
982 
1,632 
3,860 
11,175 
900 
1,269 
2,671 
20,349 
Mauritius, 
2,884 I 
British Colonies in North ) 
/ 
America, . . / 
1,579 
1,508 
19,455 
46,118 
75,108 
1,053,593 
65,444 
29,130 
33,443 
511,190 
Brit. Colonies in West Indies, 
3,360 
... 
... 
200 
4,859 
14,886 
98,988 
60,324 
1,611 
13,114 
84,833 
Foreign do. in do. 
... 
... 
374 
3,371 
14,582 
171,352 
11,030 
185 
10,290 
67,443 
United States of America, 
149,163 
224,431 
19,984 
324,320 
155,797 
497,843 
2,395,017 
1,108,519 
109,388 
79,229 
2,142,352 
Brazil, .... 
... 
... 
... 
• •• 
32,675 
44,022 
129,502 
63,609 
1,465 
21,230 
247,869 
Mexico, .... 
... ) 
States of the Rio de La Plata, 
236,751 
Chili, .... 
1,339,569 j 
... 
... 
168 
56,611 
41,352 
112,556 
104,457 
4,495 
26,186 
431,085 
Peru, .... 
2,149,571 / 
Isles of Guernsey, Jersey, Al-l 
derney, and Man, . / 
16,449 
3,136 
1,316 
24,380 
2,893 
3,870 
129,475 
32 
2,155 
37,805 
Total, 
57,395,944 
695,049 
4,603,799 
3,320,441 
450,451 
1,693,345 
5,782,360 
2,388,282 
175,023 
258,379 
6,271,645 
