. Scottish geographical magazine. small is the production in Egyptand India. A comparison of the tables will show further that it is onlywhen there is a scarcity of American cotton that serious attempts aremade to obtain the raw material from other sources. Production of Cotton, The year given is that of the second period of the cotton season. Imports of Cotton into the United Kingdom, 1898-1903. •.TRY. Year 1S98. Yeai . - Year 1900. Year 1901. Year 1902. Year 1903. Millionsof lbs. Millionsof lbs. Millionsof lbs. Millions Millionsof lbs. , . 1805 1234 1365 14S
. Scottish geographical magazine. small is the production in Egyptand India. A comparison of the tables will show further that it is onlywhen there is a scarcity of American cotton that serious attempts aremade to obtain the raw material from other sources. Production of Cotton, The year given is that of the second period of the cotton season. Imports of Cotton into the United Kingdom, 1898-1903. •.TRY. Year 1S98. Yeai . - Year 1900. Year 1901. Year 1902. Year 1903. Millionsof lbs. Millionsof lbs. Millionsof lbs. Millions Millionsof lbs. , . 1805 1234 1365 14S1 1364 1361 *India, 27 31 37 375 33 82 Egypt, 276 343 3125 282 355 296 Other Countries, 20 18o 46 29 65 54 * Including Ceylon and Straits Settlements. In regard to the general question Professor Dunstans summary maybe quoted in full:— The statistics available show that whereas in the early days ofBritish cotton manufacture practically the whole supply of raw materialwas drawn at first from India, and at a later stage from the West Indies,the amounts at present obtained from these sources are relativelyinsignificant, and that the British cotton industry is now almost entirelydependent upon the United States for supplies of raw cotton. Thisstate of things has been brought about by
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