Census of the United States, 887 
Weol sed ii. ir iscssssvssersectersstscressense 17038025829) Ibs. 
CO Oa LBs ci Mee Rantacon aietonercirsalerti nein -46,370 tons 
Value of all raw materials........4+. 25,755,988 dollars 
Number of hands employed, (males) OPTS... 
Ditto ditto (females) 16,571 
Wages paid per month, (males) ........ 489,039 dollars 
Ditto ditto, (females) .... Z10;901F ae 
Value of products...uscccsseeereereene 483,207,555 
Cloth manufactured ... 82,206,652 yards 
Sundries ditto lbs. YAID.000.4 4,294,326 Ibs. 
Pic Inon.* 
Capital invested .. is. sesseereeee oe —17;846,245 dollars 
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In exchange for this raw material, Australia reccived back in 1852 from 
the Mother-country in manufactured articles, woollen cloths and clothing, 
in the several proportions specified ; viz. 
Cloths. Clothing. Total. 
Victoria.,,.....0+ seovere £48,175 £93,887 £142,062 
New South Wales ... 105,897 98,258 204,155 
Tagmania..ysee sereeeee 112,167 56,855 169,022 
Under the existing circumstances of the labour market, it may seem 
futile to point out or dwell upon the importance of founding and encourag- 
ing a domestic manufacture of woollen goods. In New South Wales in 1852, 
there were seven establishments engaged in such manufacture ; the pro- 
duction of cloths and tweeds in that year being 234,378 yards. In Tas- 
mania some steps were taken a few years ago, by the introduction of the 
requisite machinery, towards a commencement; but nothing further has 
been done. The possession of the raw material on the spot, without the 
delay and expense incident to a long sea-voyage to and from England, 
combined with the advantages of our superior climate, and abundant and 
rapidly accumulating capital, must ere long command, not only the use of 
the most improved machinery and processes of manufacture, but also the 
highest artistic and scientific skill which Great Britain can afford. 
% Tyron, which is known to exist in Tasmania and the neighbouring 
colonies as an ore in such quantities as will make it at no distant day of 
great importance in an economical point of yiew, in connection with her 
extensive beds of coal, has not yet heen worked; but it is otherwise as 
