886 Observations on the 
Cdals used ate ieee eee anes 121,099 tons 
Value of all raw materials.........ccecee . 84,835,036 dollars 
Number of hands employed, (males) 83,150 
Ditto ditto, (females) 59,136 
Wages paid per month, (males) ........ 653,778 dollars 
Ditto ditto, (females)........ (ABA NEE ay, 
Value of entire product .........0 61,869,184 dollars 
Yards sheeting, &c. KC. sceseeeeee 763,678,407 
Sundries, (pounds of yarn and bales) 27,873,600 
Wootten Goops.* 
Capital invested............scccseressoersescerecere 28,118,650 dollars 
dnd in thé same year there was consumed in British manufactures | 
584,200,000Ibs. In the spinning of this raw cotton into yarn, and weaving 
the yarn into calico, there were employed 141,501 males, and 189,423 
females, or a total of 330,924 people. ‘The number of spindles for spinning 
the yarn was 21,000,000; and the number of power-looms for wedving tlic 
calico 250,000. These spindles and power-looms were kept in motion by 
the aid of 71,000 horse-power, and 11,500 horse water-power. ‘The total value 
of cotton goods exported was, in 1850, £28,257,400; England’s best cus- 
tomers for her cotton goods being those countries whence she imports the 
raw material; 
# As England derives her chief supplies of cotton from America, 80 i8 
she indebted to Australia for more than half the supply of wool consumed 
in her manufactures. The first importation of wool from New South Wales 
into England in 1807 was 245 Ibs. In the year 1848, the quantity imported 
from New South Wales (Port Phillip included) amounted to 23,000,000 Ibs., 
valued at more tlian £1,200,000. ‘The subjoined statement will show the 
extraordinary progiessive rate of incréase, in decennial periods, in this 
staple of British commerce :— 
In 1829 Australia exported to Great Britain...... 1,838,642 Ibs. 
1839 Ditto CICLO muueesatrestapesset ts 10,128,774... 
1849 Ditto Gi) Asssvyy. tedpessys 85,879,171 ... 
The quantity and value exported in 1852 from the under-mentioned 
colonies were as under :— 
tbs. Value. 
Victoriatcstteriseitsserseese sevee 20,047,453 £1,062,787 
676,815 
New South Wales .............+. 11,086,974 
TASMANIA .......60+0088 Hitz sees 4,904,000 245,200 
