Statistics.

A perusal of the subjoined list will indicate in figures the extent of the trade, and from it will be observed the comparative importance of our trade with each country. Taking the value of the exports of piece goods only as the standard of comparison, the list of countries will be found as follows:—

Exports of Cotton Manufactures—Piece goods of all kinds.

COUNTRY. QUANTITIES. VALUE.
Twelve Months ended December. Twelve Months ended December.
1886. 1887. 1886. 1887.
£ £
Germany Yds. 45,358,400 40,765,000 676,321 626,104
Holland 34,132,200 43,203,200 519,491 590,154
Belgium 61,499,600 65,712,700 867,666 921,207
France 35,474,900 34,585,300 681,047 598,531
Portugal, Azores, and Madeira 54,312,300 66,761,400 563,006 683,429
Italy 85,053,900 119,961,500 965,010 1,364,075
Austrian Territories 6,391,200 5,946,800 76,291 72,245
Greece 36,020,900 35,860,000 429,066 454,862
Turkey 299,706,200 299,824,400 3,358,980 3,271,768
Egypt 139,384,500 156,150,900 1,280,335 1,391,736
West Coast of Africa (Foreign) 37,493,200 46,394,300 427,945 547,784
United States 45,251,600 44,028,500 1,148,955 1,054,221
Foreign West Indies 90,237,900 95,223,700 922,322 973,227
Mexico 32,312,200 35,412,200 359,932 380,378
Central America 37,503,800 53,490,800 379,280 522,006
United States of Colombia 42,905,800 61,637,100 425,716 572,082
Venezuela 23,718,200 44,697,300 239,287 446,528
Brazil 241,034,500 215,370,400 2,679,273 2,517,899
Uruguay 35,732,600 49,767,800 414,497 615,685
Argentine Republic 104,812,100 105,585,100 1,224,586 1,394,604
Chili 59,701,800 73,694,800 562,722 768,366
Peru 33,593,000 23,894,800 354,389 251,189
China and Hong-Kong 455,823,000 552,742,700 4,570,207 5,624,953
Japan 34,628,500 65,403,800 383,500 699,462
Dutch Possessions in India 86,511,500 105,572,700 928,813 1,082,348
Philippine Islands 43,214,700 39,247,900 481,513 387,062
Gibraltar 12,082,300 17,424,300 138,767 190,988
Malta 24,021,500 16,987,100 250,668 175,010
West Coast of Africa (British) 28,502,600 38,584,300 318,964 414,283
British North America 32,584,700 33,692,500 634,158 620,378
British W.I. Islands and Guiana 42,723,200 51,593,100 489,367 582,803
British Possessions in S. Africa 21,465,800 32,443,300 341,689 523,845
British East Indies
Bombay Yds. 797,776,900 647,673,400 6,871,733 5,737,475
Madras 142,687,200 126,804,300 1,408,193 1,296,161
Bengal1,178,374,3001,037,464,80010,207,523 9,422,554
Straits Settlements 103,929,600 144,570,800 949,983 1,325,562
Ceylon 14,868,200 16,914,200 160,201 184,024
Australasia 96,756,600 91,399,900 1,700,432 1,551,069
Other Countries 152,629,100 165,262,100 1,779,844 1,907,257
Total4,850,210,5004,904,109,20050,171,67251,743,314
Total—Wholly of Cotton—
Unbleached or Bleached3,497,866,1003,473,477,40032,237,68232,812,846
Printed Dyed, or Coloured1,351,976,7001,430,537,60017,922,45418,925,985
Total of Mixed Materials,Cotton predominating 367,700 94,200 11,536 4,483
Total4,850,210,5004,904,109,20050,171,67251,743,314

In 1886, according to the estimate of Messrs. Ellison, of Liverpool, the number of spinning spindles in various parts of the world was as follows:—

Great Britain 42,700,000
Continent 22,900,000
United States 13,350,000
East Indies 2,100,000
—————
81,050,000

In a recent estimate published by Messrs. Worral & Co., of Oldham, the spindles and looms engaged on cotton in Lancashire and its borders are given as 40,946,709 spindles, and 582,504 looms. This does not include other parts of the kingdom, nor a number of looms just now starting; therefore we may without erring take the number of cotton looms in the kingdom at about 615,000. In India there are 18,536 power looms.

The number of persons employed is:

Males 196,378
Females 307,691
————
504,069

of which 465,654 are in England and Wales, 37,167 in Scotland, and 1248 in Ireland.