This selection of one market for detailed
examination does not rob our sketch of generality, as might at first be
thought, since broadly the history of the development of one market is
the history of the development of all, and on the whole the economic
explanation of the evolution that has taken place may be universalized.

_Cotton landed at the Port of Manchester since the Canal was opened._
(In thousand Bales.)
The season is from the 1st of September to the 31st of August each year.

+----------------------------+---------+----------------------------------+
| |Jan. 1894| Season |
| | +------+------+------+------+------+
| |to Aug. | 1894-| 1895-| 1896-| 1897-| 1898-|
| |31, 1894.| 1895.| 1896.| 1897.| 1898.| 1899.|
+----------------------------+---------+------+------+------+------+------+
|American | 21 | 32 | 121 | 211 | 245 | 311 |
|Egyptian | 1.4 | 34 | 68 | 88 | 98 | 84 |
|East Indian | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
|West African | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| +---------+------+------+------+------+------+
| Total | 22 | 66 | 189 | 299 | 344| 395 |
| +---------+------+------+------+------+------+
|Total American Crop* | 7,549 | 9,901| 7,157| 8,757|11,199|11,274|
|Total Egyptian Crop (in | | | | | | |
| bales of 7-1/2 cantars)** | 657 | 615| 703| 783| 872| 745|
+----------------------------+---------+------+------+------+------+------+
| | Season |
| +---------+------+------+------+------+------+
| | 1899- | 1900-| 1901-| 1902-| 1903-| 1904-|
| | 1900. | 1901.| 1902.| 1903.| 1904.| 1905.|
+----------------------------+---------+------+------+------+------+------+
|American | 415 | 442 | 421 | 478 | 365 | 552 |
|Egyptian | 136 | 107 | 125 | 145 | 148 | 183 |
|East Indian | .. | .. | .. | 2.5| 6 | 1.3|
|West Africa