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CONSUMPTION OF COTTON.
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Cotton Factories.
| Quantity. | Amount. | |
| I. | Lbs. | Dollars |
| The cotton factories of the republic consume, daily, with the 107,340 spindles in actual operation | 39,755 | |
| Which produce in spun thread, at the rate of one-third of a pound for each spindle | 35,780 | |
| Which, converted into mantas and rebosos, have a value of | . . . . | 39,368 |
| II. | ||
| The same factories, after the 23,940 spindles in erection are in operation, will consume daily | 48,622 | |
| Each spindle will produce thread | 43,760 | |
| Which, converted as aforesaid, will amount in value to | . . . . | 48,037 |
| III. | ||
| The consumption of cotton, in the year of 300 working-days, with 131,280 spindles, will be | 14,586,666 | |
| The produce in thread | 13,138,000 | |
| The produce in manufactured value, as above | . . . . | 14,440,800 |
| IV. | ||
| The 131,280 spindles, working day and night, will consume | 24,797,332 | |
| Produce in thread | 22,317,600 | |
| Produce in manufactured value, as above | . . . . | 24,549,360 |
