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FOOTNOTES:

Sugar—1842.

British Possessions.Foreign countries.

West Indies,cwts. 2,508,552 Cuba,cwts.5,800,000

East Indies,"940,452 Brazil,"2,400,000

Mauritius,(1841)" 544,767 Java,"1,105,757

Total 3,993,771 Louisiana," 1,400,000

Total 10,705,757

Coffee—1842.

West Indies,lbs. 9,186,555 Java,lbs. 134,842,715

East Indies,"18,206,448 Brazil,"135,000,800

Total 27,393,003 Cuba,"33,589,325

Venezuela," 34,000,000

Total 337,432,840

Cotton—1840.

West Indies,lbs. 427,529 United States,lbs. 790,479,275

East Indies,"77,015,917 Java,"165,504,800

To China from do." 60,000,000 Brazil," 25,222,828

Total 137,443,446 Total 981,206,903

1820.1830.1840.1853.

Total slaves in United States,1,538,0982,009,0432,487,3563,296,408

Cotton exported, lbs.,127,800,000 298,459,102 743,941,061 1,111,570,370

Average export to each slave, lbs.,83143295337

Years of Exports.lbs. Sugar.P. Rum. lbs.Coffee.

Annual average, 1803 to 1807,[A] 211,139,200 50,426 23,625,377

Annual average,1829 to 1833,[A]152,564,80035,50517,645,602

Annual average,1839 to 1843,[A]67,924,80014,1857,412,498

Annual exports,1846,[B]57,956,80014,3956,047,150

Annual exports,1847,[B]77,686,40018,0776,421,122

Annual exports,1848.[B]67,539,20020,1945,684,921

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