================================================================== Great Britain's sources of Cotton supplies other than the | United States, with total Cotton crop of United States at | intervals. | | -----------------------------------------------------------------| Previous to 1791 Great Britain obtained her supplies of Cotton | from the West Indies and South America, and the countries | around the eastern parts of the Mediterranean. From that date | she began to receive supplies from the U. S. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1786. _Imports_ by Great Britain from-- | Br. W. Indies, lbs. 5,800,000 | Fr. and Spanish Colonies 5,500,000 | Dutch do. 1,600,000 | Portuguese do. 2,000,000 | Turkey and Smyrna, 5,000,000 | 1789. Cotton crop of United States, 1,000,000 lbs. | 1791. _Imports_ by Great Britain from-- | Br. West Indies, lbs. 12,000,000 | Brazil, 20,000,000 | 1794. Cotton crop of the U. S., 8,000,000 lbs. | 1796. Cotton crop of the U. S., 10,000,000 lbs. | 1798. India, the first imports from, 1,622,000 lbs. | 1799. Cotton crop of the U. S., 20,000,000 lbs. | 1800.