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418 {|align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" rules="cols" style="font-size: smaller; text-align: center" cotton spun. spindle.
 * colspan="4"|
 * YEARS.
 * Spindles.
 * Total lbs.
 * Total lbs.
 * Lbs. per
 * align="left"|1850
 * 20,977,017
 * &ensp; 611,000,000
 * 29.13
 * align="left"|1866
 * 28,010,217
 * &ensp; 866,700,000
 * 30.94
 * align="left"|1861
 * 30,430,467
 * &ensp; 978,300,000
 * 32.15
 * align="left"|1868
 * 32,000,014
 * &ensp; 993,489,000
 * 31.05
 * align="left"|1869
 * 30,000,000
 * &ensp; 941,586,000
 * 31.38
 * align="left"|1870
 * 32,000,000
 * 1,052,470,000
 * 32.89
 * align="left"|1871
 * 33,750,000
 * 1,145,455,000
 * 33.94
 * align="left"|1872
 * 35,800,000
 * 1,170,600,000
 * 32.07
 * colspan="4"|
 * }
 * 32.89
 * align="left"|1871
 * 33,750,000
 * 1,145,455,000
 * 33.94
 * align="left"|1872
 * 35,800,000
 * 1,170,600,000
 * 32.07
 * colspan="4"|
 * }
 * colspan="4"|
 * }
 * }

The exports of cotton manufactures from Great Britain for a series of years are shown in the following table. Of the plain piece goods exported in 1871, £9,824,865 worth was sent to British India, £4,778,608 to China, £2,956,705 to Egypt, and £1,276,431 to the United States; of cotton yarn and twist, £4,054,942 to Holland, and £3,846,980 to Germany; of printed goods, £2,093,528 to the United States.

The leading facts of the cotton manufacturing industry in Great Britain are exhibited in the following tables compiled by Mr. Nourse from the circulars of Ellison, Tibbitts, and co. of Liverpool, which are commended for their accuracy by English cotton merchants: