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London, England, 1864-09-02 00:00:00

imperial country as possible, and nearly the whole
of the Algerian produce is consigned to commer-
cial houses at Marseilles and Havre. It appears,
however, that the cotton growth in Algeria has
been stimulated artificially by the Government,
and tempting premiums are offered to the cultiva-
tor of the soil to plant his fields with cotton in-
stead of maize. No doubt, however great the
Algerian produce may be, the protective and inter-
colonial system, still partly recognised in France,
will prevent us from obtaining any of it_ It will, in.
all probability, be entirely absorbed by the French.
markets. In the Turkish empire—that is in Europe
and Asia, and excluding Africa—the success of the
cultivators has been as various as the climates that
belong to it. But in Turkey the competition has
been more recent than in most of the countries on the
Mediterranean Sea, and it has not therefore at pre-
sent had equal advantages, or been so much deve.
loped. But the promise on the whole is greater than
in any other of these lands. Taking the central
province of Roumelia as an example, it appears that
the cultivation was only begun in 1863. In the diL'-
trict of Adrianople 3,600 acres were then planted,.
and during this year the amount has been doubled.
This small quantity of land, however, yielded
400,0001 b. in 1863, and double the quantity is ex-
pected during the present season. In another die•
trier, that of Enos, more than ten times the quans
tity has been planted ; but the crops appear to be
there absorbed by contiguous factories, and Turkey
seems likely to become an extensive manufacturer
as well as an exporter of the raw material. In the
district of Rodosto, again, on the sea of Marmora,
there is a large produce, but it goes entirely either
to Constantinople or Marseilles, and fails, therefore,
to supply the English market. On the north western
coast of the YEAean, on the plains of Arta and Sale.
nica, there appears to be an excellent prospect of
success, if adequate labour can be obtained. It is
therefore proposed to obtain a supply of Bulgarian
peasants whom a prospect of high wages will pro-
bably tempt to leave their own country. Cotton seed
has also been sown in the Herzgovine, but in all pro•
bability the coast of the Adriatic will be found too
northerly for the success which promises to attend the
cultivation both in Roumelia and Asiatic Turkey.
In the meantime the Brazilian supply shows
some sign of abatement; but the bulk of what is
shipped from Rio Janeiro comes to this country.
It is remarkable to find from figures of the assccis.-
tion that the quantity of cotton now being exported
from the Brazils is no greater than it was ten years
ago. In 1853 more than 14,000 tons of cotton were
shipped ; in 1863 the amount was but 15,000 ; and
for the last nine months the amount was 11,0001
tons. The popular monetary cry of "Silver to pay
for cotton in Brazil" really resolves itself into this
—that there is just the same amount of cotton im-
ported from Brazil than there used to be, but that
it costs more money per pound. In Fiji and in
Queensland the export is on the increase, but it is
not positively large from either country. It appears
therefore that, independently of them, it is only
from Turkey and India that the amount exported
for this country is on the increase ; that the Ameri-
can war has had no effect whatever on the amount
of our imports from Brazil, except in regard to
price ; that in Egypt the cultivation of cotton is
exploded ; and that from Algeria the produce goes
entirely to France. We have therefore to depend
,n the main on India and Turkey.