"The exports from each State are the foreign ones, and for 1830 and 1834, from official data; but prior to that they are estimates from the crop, consumption at home, &c.

"The portion exported of sea island cotton, was, in 1834, 8,085,935 pounds, and in 1835, was 7,752,736; and was chiefly from South Carolina and Georgia."

"The value has been computed from the quantity and average price through each year, so far as obtainable from official data."

Statement of the quantity of Cotton Exported from the United States to other places than Great Britain and France, in the year ending September 30, 1821, to 1835, inclusive.

"The imports into the United States are taken from official returns, and have been very fluctuating in amount; they have come chiefly from India."

"Other countries of Europe than those enumerated, import considerable quantities of raw cotton : e. g. Holland and Belgium, about 10 or 12 millions of pounds, of which a part passes into Germany, and 5 or 6 millions of pounds are from the United States. So into Germany direct are imported at Trieste alone, from the United States, about 4 to 5 millions, and some from Egypt and Turkey; in all, making in 1830, 12 millions of pounds; 1831, 193 millions; and 1832, 25 millions of pounds. Into the Hanse towns are imported from here 2 to 6 millions of pounds more yearly, and about 1 million of pounds to Russia, &c. &c. Russia imported into Petersburg, in all, 1830, 2 millions of pounds; 1831, 7-10 million of pounds: 1832, 1 8-10 million of pounds. In 1834, Belgium is said, by Mr. Alexander, to have imported 124 millions of pounds of raw cotton. It is said, in the Westminster Review, for April, 1835, that Lombardy alone consumes 4 millions of pounds of raw cotton yearly.'

"The value of manufactured cottons, when the quantity of raw cotton in them is the same, differs greatly according to different periods of time in the same country, and according to the quality of the raw material, and the machinery used, and the skill employed. Thus, in England, in 20 years after Arkwright's invention in spinning, manufactured cottons fell nearly eight ninths of their former price. Every ten years since, some have computed their fall in price as equal to 50 per cent. In the American Encyclopedia, article Cotton, it is said that, from 1815 to 1829, the coarse cloths fell two thirds." "The best cotton goods are supposed to be made in Switzerland, where the skill and machinery are good, and the climate congenial. But the raw material, being carried so far by land, is expensive, and the manufacturer cannot compete with England, though 20 per cent. cheaper than in France."

"In France many fine goods are made by skill and experience; but the machinery is poorer, and costs more. Hence the prices in those two countries, of the cloth made from a pound of raw cotton, exceed on an average 50 cents, while in England they are about 50 cents, and in the United States are now somewhat less. In 1806 the cotton was made chiefly into velveteens, nankeens, crapes, muslins, &c." "In 1810 our cotton cloths made in houses and manufactories, on an average, were estimated at 33 cents per yard in Coxe's tables, page 10. The prices are now lower, notwithstanding the introduction so extensively of finer cloths and of printing calicoes."

"We make more coarse and substantial cloths of cotton now than England, and they can be afforded cheaper by 2 or 3 cents per yard. They are in greater demand abroad. We put more staple into them, the raw material being cheaper here. But the English laces, being made chiefly of sea-island cotton, with a very little silk, enhance the value of each pound to over $5; and the whole manufacture of it equals 9 millions of dollars per annum, and 304 millions of yards."

"The coarse India cottons are made of the worst materials and less smooth, being chiefly spun by hand, and the raw material poorer. But the thread so spun is softer and the cloth more durable."