Our Cotton Supplies [pp. 203-204]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. 2)03
6.-COTTON STATISTICS, 1855-1865.
Total Crop. Rec. at New Orleans. Average Price.
Bales. Bales. Cts. p. lb.
1855-56.............3,527,845..........1,759,293......... 9
1856-57..............2,939,519.......1,513,247.........12~
1857-58..............3,113,962..........1,678,616.......... 11
1858-59..............3,851,481..........1,774,298.......... I1
1859-60..............4,675,770..........2,255,448........10.
1860-61..............3,700,000..........1,849,312.......... 11
1861-62............................... 38,880.......... 10
1862-63................................ 22,078.j.........55
1863-64................................. 131,044..........85
1864-65................................ 271,015..........691
Receipts Average
Seasons. at New Orleans. Price per Bale. Total Value.
]853-54..............1,440,779........ $38 00.. $54,749,602
1854-55..............1,284,768........ 40 00..... 51,390,720
1855-56..............1,759,293........ 40 00... 70,371,720
1856-57..............1,513,247........ 57 00.. 86,255,079
1857-58.............. 1,678,616........ 52 50..... 88,127,340
1858-59..............1,774,298........ 53 00..... 92,037,794
1859-60..............2,255,448........ 48 S. 50... 109,389,228
1860-61..............1,849,312........ 50 00.... 92,465,600
1861-62.............. 38,880........ 45 50..... 1,769,040
1862-63.............. 22,078........ 231 32..... 15,107,082
1863-64.............. 131,044........ 356 20..... 46,677,872
1864-65.............. 271,015........ 270 54..... 13,326,398
Total of 12 years..16,289,873...................$817,225,507
Date of Receipt Receipts of New Crop Total Receipts Total
of First Bale. to keptember 1st, at New Orleans. Crop.
185 3.. Aug. 9....... 74 1853-54..1,440,776....2,930,027
1854. July 25....... 1,391 1854-55..1,784,768....2,847,639
] 855. July 26...... 23,283 1855-56..1,759,293....3,527,845
1856. July 15....... 1,166 1856-57..1,513,247....2,939,519
1857. Aug. 15....... 33 1857-58.. 1 678,616...3,113,962
1858. July 25....... 4,834 1858-59..1,774,298....3,851,431
1859. July 25....... 9,698 1859-60..2,255,448....4,675,770
1860. July 5.......36,670 1860-61..1,849,312...3,699,926
1861. Aug. 11....... 61 1861-62.. 38,880
1862..................... 1862-63.. 22,078
1863. Sept. 7............. 1863-64. 131,044
1864. Aug. 14....... I2 1864-65. 271,015
1865. Aug. 11.... 22
7.-OUR COTTON SUPPLIES.
AVe have all along maintained, against every interested. argument or state.
ment, that the cotton at the South, available for export, would not equal
2,000,000 bales, including the crop of 1865; and, after having made an extended tour throughout the entire cotton district, we can safely say that the
crop of 1866 will by no possibility exceed 1,000,000 bales, if it even reach that
figure.
The weight of the bales which are now going forward average much less
than those of previous years, in consequence of wastage and stealage, and it may
be questioned if 2,000,000 bales exceed in weight 1,800,000 before the war.
Ilaving published our own cotton estimnate, we give that of an intelligent correspondent of the New York Times.