February 8, 1868.

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The Economist, 8. Februar 1868. S. 142/143.
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Peasantry Proprietors.

The sphere of this system in U. States, Australia, colonies generally, where farm of 40 acres of finest land to be had at nominal price, und, with the aid of minimum of capital, the owner’s labour may raise crops from the virgin fertility of the soil. Anders in old und densely populated countries like England. First obstacle: Rent of Land, partly the pure rent due to the limited quantity of cultivable land, partly the interest of capital invested in fences, drainage, approaches, or other improvements. … It is the part of a statesman to detect those tendencies which have not developed their full effects, so that the future may be more surely anticipated. But the supporters of peasant proprietorship in the present in the present day display as little consciousness of the future as if they had 1/2 century ago urged their fellow countrymen to leave the mill for the spinning wheel. And now they urge us to recur to spade cultivation, or something very little better, when farming is already a matter of science, capital, organisation, and steam power. There are tendencies of |62 so high an import and so irresistible a character, that the more quickly we yield to them the more we show our sense, let them bring what apparent ills they may. … The „magic of property“ can do much, but it can hardly enable the labourer by his spade, to compete with the united forces of science, mechanism, and steam power …

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The Economist, 8. Februar 1868. S. 146/147.
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Exports and Imports.

In den folgenden Tabellen 3 Ziffern (000) ausgelassen. Also z.B. 140,000 = 140,000,000.

A) Value of Imports during 10 Months ended with October.

Ten Months ended with October.	[Imports]		Imports minus Raw Cotton
	Value.	Difference at each Period compared with its Predecessor.	Value	Difference of each Period compared mit its Predecessor.
		£		£
1862	£140,316	…	£121,634	…
1863	156,563	16,247 Increase	118,888	2,746 Decr.
1864	181,283	24,720 Do.	119,184	296 Incr.
1865	160,499	20,784 Decrease	116,599	2,585 Dec.
1866	193,697	33,198 Incr.	126,521	9,922 Incr.
1867	181,371	12,326 Incr.	134,540	8,019 …

B) Value and Quantity of Raw Cotton. Imp. into U. Kingd. during 10 Months ended with October.

Ten Months ended with October.	Value of Raw Cotton Imported. £.	Quantity of Raw Cotton Imported. Cwts.
1862	£18,582	Cwts 3,125
1863	37,675	4,225
1864	62,099	6,147
1865	43,900	6,316
1866	67,176	10,610
1867	46,831	9,684

C) Value of British Exports during 11 Months ended with November.

11 Months ended with November.	British Exports		British Exports minus Cotton manufactures.
	Value.	Difference at Each Period compared with its Predecessor.	Value.	Difference of each Period compared w. Predecessor.
		£.		£
1862	£113,283	…	£84,818	…
1863	132,136	18,853 Incr.	97,043	12,225 Increase
1864	148,341	16,205 Do	105,847	8,804 do.
1865	150,832	2,491 Do.	108,112	2,265 do.
1866	137,913	23,081 Do.	118,068	10,956 do.
1867	167,932	5,981 Decr.	116,457	1,611 Decr.

D) Value and Quantity of Cotton Manufactures. Exported from U. Kingd. during 11 Months ended with November.

11 Months ended mit November.	Value	Quantity
	Cotton Manufactures Exported.	Cotton Yarn.	Cotton Cloth (Plain and Printed)	Cotton Sewing Tread Thread.
1862	£28,465	bbs lbs 89,101	1,586,944 yds	4,284 lbs.
1863	35,093	67,612	1,537,714	3,809
1864	42,494	69,592	1,617,060	4,035
1865	42,720	94,134	1,850,815	4,245
1866	55,845	126,180	2,341,748	3,828
1867	51,475	153,982	2,567,804	6,094

V) France.

• Movement of Bank of France (11, 12)
• National Debt. (36) Le Bilan (65) Cochut on French Finance (70) Einhorn (71)
• French Budget. (61)
• Subscription to New French Loan (68) (78) Ditto Correspondence von Aug. 22 darüber (78, 79)
• French Railways and Gvt. (70, 71)
• Gvt. and Messageries Impériales (38)
• Calls of Companies in 1866. (59)
• Credit Mobilier und Immobilier (61, 68, 76, 77, 79, 80)
• Jecker Bonds. (76)
• Vidal. Internat. Rouen (79)
• Trade. 1866. (63)
• Imports and Exports of Precious Metals. ’67 (63) First 6 Months ’68 (77) Countries of Import of Precious Metals and Export from France during same time (79)