[132] Decrease.
[133] Not organized in 1840.
[134] Not organized in 1850.
[135] The London Economist, from which we copy, observes, that the figures in this table differ slightly from some other estimates, as must be the case in all computations that are not official, but that from examination it has reason to think them as near the truth as any practical object can require. The quantities consumed in each country include the direct imports from the producing countries, as well as the indirect imports, chiefly from England. The consumption on the Continent, for 1858, was not known. January 15, 1859, the date of publication of the Economist. The bales are estimated at 400 lbs. each.
[136] Locke on Civil Government, chap. ii.
[137] Robert Hall.
[138] Political Philosophy, chap. v.
[139] Reflections on the Revolution in France.
[140] Locke on Civil Government, chap. ix.
[141] Chap. ii. § x.