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TABLE VII.

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STATEMENT OF THE VALUE OF COTTON MANUFACTURES, OF FOREIGN PRODUCTION, WHICH WERE IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATES; AND THE VALUE OF THE COTTON GOODS MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES, AND EXPORTED, DURING THE YEARS STATED—THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30.

Years.Foreign Imports.Domestic Exports.Years.Foreign Imports.Domestic Exports.

1840.$ 6,504,484$3,549,6071850.$20,108,719$4,734,424

1841.11,757,0363,122,5461851.22,164,4427,241,205

1842.9,578,5152,970,6901852.19,689,4967,672,151

1843.2,958,7963,223,5501853.27,731,3138,768,894

1844.13,641,4782,898,7801854.33,949,5035,535,516

1845.13,863,2824,327,9281855.17,757,1125,857,181

1846.13,530,6253,545,4811856.25,917,9996,967,309

1847.15,192,8754,082,5231857.28,685,7266,115,177

1848.18,421,5895,718,2051858.17,965,1305,651,504

1849.15,754,8414,933,1291859.26,026,1408,316,222

Note. Of the goods imported, a part were re-exported, and the remainder was used in the United States. The re-exports stood as follows, beginning with 1840:—$1,103,489—$929,056—$836,892—$314,040—$404,648—$502,553—$673,203—$486,135—$1,216,172—$571,082—$427,107—$677,940—$977,030—$1,254,363—$1,468,179—$2,012,554—$1,580,495—$570,802—$390,988.—Congress Report on Finances.

STATEMENT SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF COFFEE IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATES ANNUALLY, WITH THE AMOUNT TAKEN FOR CONSUMPTION, DURING THE YEARS 1850 TO 1858, INCLUSIVE—THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31.

Years.Receipts.Consumption.

1850.lbs. 152,580,310lbs. 134,539,736

1851.216,043,870181,225,700

1852.205,542,855204,991,595

1853.193,112,300175,687,790

1854.182,473,853179,481,083

1855.283,214,533210,378,287

1856.230,913,150218,225,490

1857.217,871,839172,565,934

1858.227,656,186251,255,099

Note. The New York Shipping and Commercial List, to which we are indebted for these statements, says, that it includes the quantity withdrawn from our markets, and forwarded inland to Canada and the British Provinces; the amount of which is not ascertained, but will not vary greatly from 2,230,000 lbs., for the last year.

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