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PICTURES OF LIFE IN MEXICO.
| V. | |
| Looms. | |
| The 131,280 spindles will occupy (working only by day) | 8,753 |
| The same, working day and night | 14,880 |
| Number. | |
| Operatives employed by day | 17,000 |
| Do.do. day and night | 29,000 |
| VI. | |
| Quintals of cotton | |
| It will require for the 131,280 spindles working by day | 145,666 25 |
| The produce of the country, at the utmost, is not more than | 50,000 |
| Leaving a deficit of | 95,666 25 |
| Quintals of cotton | |
| But if the spindles work day and night, they will require | 247,973 12 |
| Produce of the country, as above | 50,000 |
| Leaving a deficit of | 197,973 12 |
Many persons have been induced by this condition of the market and the prohibition of importing the raw material to commence plantations of cotton: it is doubtful whether the habits of the agricultural population are
