thread, calicoes, cambrics, damasks, dimities, lawns, counterpanes, ging. hams, cords, velveteens, nankeens, handkerchiefs, lace, tapes, &c., exported in each year from 1816 to 1846, a period of thirty years; closing the chapter with a chronological history of cotton goods. The following table shows the actual value of each description of cotton goods shipped from Great Britain in the years 1832 to 1846, calcula. ted from the average market price in each year :: TABLE SHOWING THE MONEY VALUE, IN £, OF EACH DESCRIPTION OF GOODS EXPORTED IN THE Calicoes, printed.......... £2,448,353 £3,065,901 £4,812,610 £5,538,239 £5,914,385 2,629,031 3,834,929 4,390,566 5,362,968 DESCRIPTION. Calicoes, plain.......................... 2,040,293 Total................................................ 11,330,277 12,829,538 17,311,253 18,506,605 20,646,077 TABLE SHOWING THE MONEY VALUE, IN £, OF EACH DESCRIPTION OF GOODS-CONTINUED. Calicoes, printed.......... £4,141,755 £5,121,160 £5,213,716 £4,699,710 £4,479,883 4,287,429 4,714,129 5,156,963 4,716,251 4,586,831 ..... Calicoes, plain................................ Cotton and linen.......... TABLE SHOWING THE MONEY VALUE, IN £, OF EACH DESCRIPTION OF GOODS-CONTINUED. 4,575,506 42,166 19,659 DESCRIPTION. Calicoes, printed.... Calicoes, plain. Cambrics...... Cotton and linen.. £3,687,646 £4,104,345 £6,311,712 £5,273,360 £4,672,024 Ginghams 34,676 Lawns........ ................. Total.................. 15,068,586 18,768,257 20,500,949 22,419,988 23,352,295 We now proceed to give a table showing the average price of each description of manufactured cotton goods, exported in the years 1831 to 1846: TABLE SHOWING THE AVERAGE PRICE OF EACH DESCRIPTION OF MANUFACTURED COTTON GOODS, EXPORTED IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS. TABLE SHOWING THE AVERAGE PRICE OF MANUFACTURED COTTON GOODS-CONTINUED. TABLE SHOWING THE AVERAGE PRICE OF MANUFACTURED COTTON GOODS-CONTINUED. TABLE SHOWING THE AVERAGE PRICE OF MANUFACTURED COTTON GOODS-CONTINUED. TABLE SHOWING THE AVERAGE PRICE OF MANUFACTURED COTTON GOODS-CONTINUED. The following table exhibits the declared and official annual value of all descriptions of cotton goods exported from the year 1697 to 1830. The "official value" is from a list formed by the British custom-house many years since; the declared, or real value, as it is called, is accord. ing to the declaration of the exporters, and, like the description of goods entered for export, cannot always be depended upon. Years. 1697....... COTTON MANUFACTURES AND YARN EXPORTED FROM GREAT BRITAIN FROM 1697 TO 1830. British manufactured cotton goods. Twist and yarn. Total cotton exports. Declared val. Official val. Declared val. Official val. Declared val. Official val. £5,915 1814... 1815... 1816.. 1817. 1818. 1819. 1820. 1821. 1822 1823. 1824.. 1825.. 1826.. 1827. 1828....... 1829.. 1830.. 16,535,528 £17,241,884 16,183,975 12,948,944 1,119,850 £2,791,248 17,655,378 £20,033,132 808,853 1,674,021 22,289,645 20,620,956 1,380,486 2,628,448 17,564,461 15,577,392 20,133,966 13,997.820 1,125,258 2,014,181 21,259,224 16,012,001 21,292,354 16,372,212 1,296,776 2,395,305 22,589,130 18,767,517 16,696,539 12,180,129 1,585,753 2,519,783 18,282,292 14,699,912 20,509,926 13,690,115 2,022,153 2,826,643 22,531,079 16,516,758 21,642,936 13,788,977 1,898,679 2,305,830 23,541,615 16,094,807 24,559,272 14,521,211 2,351,771 2,697,590 26,911,043 17,218,801 24,119,359 13,650,896 2,425,411 2,625,947 26,544,770 16,276,843 27,171,556 15,241,119 2,984,345 3,135,396 30,155,901 18,376,515 26,597,575 15,046,902 2,897,706 3,206,729 29,495,281 18,253,631 21,445,743 10,522,407 3,748,527 2,491,268 25,194,270 14,013,675 29,203,138 13,956,826 3,979,760 3,545,568 33,182,898 17,502,394 28,981,575 13,545,188 4,485,842 3,594,926 33,467,417 17,140,114 31,810,474 13,420,536 5,458,958 3,974,039 37,269,432 17,394,575 35,395,400 15,203,713 5,655,569 4,132,258 41,050,969 19,335,971 The following table shows the quantity of cotton wool imported and exported in each year from 1697 to 1846; those previous to the year 1829 were published in pounds, but Mr. Burn, of the Commercial Glance, has reduced them, from the commencement up to that period, into bales of the present average weight, so that, by deducting the quantity of an early date from a later, the exact amount of increase will be exhibited. TABLE SHOWING THE QUANTITY OF COTTON WOOL IMPORTED AND EXPORTED, IN BALES AND POUNDS, FROM THE YEAR 1697. * Previous to the year 1793, our imports of cotton were almost exclusively from the West Indies. + First importations of moment from America. |