The present SUPPLY of sugar to the markets of Europe, is nearly as follows:—­

                                Cwts. 
  England 8,000,000
  France 2,550,000
  German League 1,350,000
  Prussia 220,000
  Austria, (ten Provinces) 560,000
  Belgium 294,000
  Other States not defined.

The present DEMAND, according to the estimated consumption per head (28 lbs.), found to exist in England, where taxation is favorable, and the price moderate, would be about 31/4; million tons, viz.:—­

Cwts. 
England                    8,000,000
France                     8,875,000
Germany                    5,750,000
Prussia                    4,100,000
Austria                    8,642,857
Belgium                    1,250,000
Russia                    15,250,000
Rest of Europe            12,500,000

The whole annual PRODUCTION of the world is estimated by another party at 1,471,000,000 lbs., of which the United States produce 150,000,000 lbs., including 40,000,000 lbs. of maple sugar.  Of the whole amount of sugar produced, Europe consumes about 648,700 tons, divided nearly as follows:—­

                             lbs. 

Great Britain 803,360,096
France 160,080,000
Belgium 19,840,000
Netherlands 42,000,000
Russia 70,000,000
Denmark and Sweden 22,000,000
German Zollverein 101,300,000
Other parts of Germany 160,000,000
Austria 50,000,000

          
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                        1,428,580,096

The following figures show the quantities of raw sugar in general, in tons, imported into the British markets for the last five years, compared with consumption:—­

             Entire British

Years.  Importations.  Consumption.  Surplus.
1847 415,289 290,281 125,008
1848 354,834 309,424 45,410
1849 362,087 299,041 63,046
1850 332,470 310,391 22,089
1851 419,083 329,561 89,472
1852 360,033 358,642 1,391
Deduced from Parliamentary Paper, No. 461, Session 1853.

The consumption of sugar then in the whole world may be roughly estimated at two and a half million tons, of which the United Kingdom may now be put down for 350,000; the rest of Europe 420,000, and the United States 300,000.

The United States produce about 140,000 tons of cane and maple sugar, which are exclusively used for home consumption, the remainder of their requirements being made up by foreign importation.  The American consumption, which in 1851 amounted to 133,000 tons of sugar cane reached last year a total of 321,000 tons, almost as much as England consumed—­358,000—­and more than the consumption of 100,000,000 of persons on the continent.