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COPPER.
.he whole supply of copper for the world, by which prices would be regulated and maintained, and our copper-mining interests put beyond the reach of successful rivalry.
This country did not furnish any supply of unwrought copper to the continent olEurope, or to the United States of America , which was worthy of notice, before the yeai1830; in fact, previous to that time, we imported considerable quantities of foreigncopper for re-exportation to India . It is easy to explain how the produce of foreignores, being prohibited from export in any other shape, has, in fact, opened for itself anew debouche, and this is illustrated by the table, showing the growth of the export otunwrought copper from 1830. To prove that this is not merely a simultaneous advancein the export of all sorts of copper, a corrected table is subjoined from the official returns,comprising the whole export, and divided so as to illustrate the operation of the coppe)produce of foreign ores upon our foreign copper trade.
Copper exported:—
Years ending
Wrought.
Unwrought.
Total.
To ail parts.
To all parts.
To all parts.
5th January, 1825 - - -
Tons.
Tons.
Tons.
960.
Tons.
1826 - - -
-
-
J827 - - -
-
-
130
1828 - - -
-
-
1329
1829 - - -
_
—
1079
1830 - - -
5327
1801
2682
8,009
1831 - - -
6172
2317
3150
9,322
1832 - - -
5171
2423
3714
8,885
1833 - - -
5855
2312
4569
10,424
1834 , - -
5417
1769
4019
9,436
1835 - -
4787
2104
5283
10,072
1836 - - -
5948
1993 .
5935
11,883
1837 - - -
6105
1588
3909
10,014*
Years.
Ores.
Meta).
1771—1781
Tons.
28,185
Tons.
3380
1781—1791
32,854
4123
1791—1801
48,034
67,533
4083
1801—1811
6060
1811—1816
78,237
7181
1816
83,058
7045
1817
75,016
6608
1818
80,525
6714
1819
92,234
7214
1820
92,672
7364
1821
98,803
8163
1822
106,723
9331
1826
128,459
—
1827
—
12,381
1828
153,600
12,169
1829
—
11,994
1830
_
13,097
1831
' _
14,480
1832
—
14,463 f
* Supplement to the Minin* Jon mol, Feb. 28,1838.t Taylors Reootda of Mining, Part I, p. 171.