The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 451861 |
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... quantity exported , £ 48,000,000 . The amount of actual capital invested in the cotton trade of the kingdom is believed to be now about £ 60,000,000 sterling . " II . RAPID PROGRESS OF THE COTTON MANUFACTURE IN ENGLAND . In the year ...
... quantity exported , £ 48,000,000 . The amount of actual capital invested in the cotton trade of the kingdom is believed to be now about £ 60,000,000 sterling . " II . RAPID PROGRESS OF THE COTTON MANUFACTURE IN ENGLAND . In the year ...
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... quantity of cotton taken for consumption in the United Kingdom has been as follows : * BALES OF 400 LBS . Year . Week . 1847 ,. 1,105,998 bales of 381 lbs . 1,053,492 20,259 1848 ,. 1,505,331 " 6 393 66 1,479,294 28,448 1849 ...
... quantity of cotton taken for consumption in the United Kingdom has been as follows : * BALES OF 400 LBS . Year . Week . 1847 ,. 1,105,998 bales of 381 lbs . 1,053,492 20,259 1848 ,. 1,505,331 " 6 393 66 1,479,294 28,448 1849 ...
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... Quantity . Real value . Average per yard . cotton at close of year . Quantity . Real value . Average at close per lb. of year . £ £ 1815 49,653,245 19,822,193 1816 1817 .. 1818 .. 1819 .. 1820 1821 1822 1823 40,328,940 14,937,527 ...
... Quantity . Real value . Average per yard . cotton at close of year . Quantity . Real value . Average at close per lb. of year . £ £ 1815 49,653,245 19,822,193 1816 1817 .. 1818 .. 1819 .. 1820 1821 1822 1823 40,328,940 14,937,527 ...
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... QUANTITY AND VALUE OF RAW COTTON IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM EACH SOURCE , WITH THE ANNUAL AVERAGE PRICE ... quantities . Uplands . Brazil . Surat . lbs . tons . at p . lb. at p . lb. at p . lb. 151,672,655 132,536,620 . 67,711 ...
... QUANTITY AND VALUE OF RAW COTTON IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM EACH SOURCE , WITH THE ANNUAL AVERAGE PRICE ... quantities . Uplands . Brazil . Surat . lbs . tons . at p . lb. at p . lb. at p . lb. 151,672,655 132,536,620 . 67,711 ...
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... quantity of cotton imported by Great Britain and her dependencies , during the year 1855 , would produce two hundred and eighty - eight billions nine hundred and eighty thousand seventy - nine millions three hundred and sixty Cotton and ...
... quantity of cotton imported by Great Britain and her dependencies , during the year 1855 , would produce two hundred and eighty - eight billions nine hundred and eighty thousand seventy - nine millions three hundred and sixty Cotton and ...
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