[30] These estimates have not been recast and adapted to 1859, for the third edition, because, as will be seen from [Tables VII], [VIII] and [X], there has been no great change in the amount of these commodities consumed since 1853.
[31] This includes the period from 1806 to 1826, though the decline began a few years before the latter date.
[32] Benton's Thirty Year's View.
[33] The Tariff of 1846, under which our imports are now made, approximates the Free Trade principles very closely.
[34] These figures are taken from a part of the Economist's article not copied. For the difference between the imports from India, in the whole of the years 1850 to 1855, see [Table I].
[35] The commercial year is five days shorter for 1855 than in former years.
[36] See [Table VIII], in [Appendix].
[37] Compendium of United States Census, 1850.
[38] Mr. C. Buxton, in Edinburgh Review, April, 1859.
[39] Parliamentary Papers, Population Returns for the West Indies, (of course the decrease by manumission is not included.)