Note 480 — Chapter XXVI
Reading edition
The gross exports of cotton from the ports in the various districts of the Madras Presidency in 1859-60 were as follows:—
Vizagapatam40,758lbs.Valued at£783
Gosavery3,000 "36
Krishna198,670 "1,591
Nellore21,075 "230
Fort St. George7,960,368 "128,648
Tinnevelly18,562,546 "274,380
Malabar2,509,132 "49,900
N. and S. Canara33,264,498 "504,905
Total62,560,047 "960,473
In 1860-61 the total export of cotton from Bombay amounted to 355,393,894 lbs.; of which 278,868,126 lbs. went to Great Britain.
In the same year the ports of Malabar and Canara sent 55,182,181 lbs. to Bombay.