The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,257 pages of information about The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom.

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,257 pages of information about The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom.

Sugar unrefined, entered for home consumption.

Colonial Raw.    Foreign Raw.       Total. 
Cwt.             Cwt.             Cwt.
1848          5,936,355       1,225,866       6,162,221
1849          5,424,248         498,038       5,922,386
1850          5,201,206         911,115       6,112,321
1851          5,872,288       1,383,286       6,255,574
1852          6,241,581         687,269       6,928,850

To the foregoing should be added the following quantities of refined sugar and molasses, entered for home consumption.

Refined Sugar and Candy.     Molasses.           Total
Cwt.                    Cwt.               Cwt.
1848            46,292                637,050          683,342
1849            75,392                812,330          887,722
1850           116,744                917,588        1,034,362
1851           338,734                773,035        1,111,769
1852           274,781                799,942        1,074,723

The quantity of sugar refined by our bonded refiners, and exported, is shown by the following figures.  The increase in 1851, was one-fourth in excess of the previous year.

Cwt.
1848        248,702
1849        222,900
1850        209,148
1851        258,563
1852        214,299

The following were the imports of sugar into Great Britain, in 1848 and 1851, respectively—­and the quarters from whence supplies were derived:—­

1848—­Tons.  1851—­Tons. 
West Indies                       121,600      153,300
Mauritius                          43,600       50,000
East Indies                        65,200       78,286
Java and Manila                    11,000       20,850
Havana, Porto Rico, and Brazil     76,900       76,526
-------      -------
318,300      378,962

The production of sugar in the last four years, may be stated comparatively as follows:—­

+----------------------+---------+---------+---------+-
----------+ | CANE SUGAR. | 1849. | 1850. | 1851. | 1852. | +----------------------+---------+---------+---------+------
-----+ | | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | | Cuba | 220,000 | 250,000 | 252,000 | 320,000 | | Porto Rico | 43,600 | 48,200 | 49,500 | 50,000 | | Brazil | 106,000 | 103,000 | 113,000 | 100,000 | | United States | 98,200 | 120,400 | 103,200 | 110,000 | | The West Indies | | | | | | 1.  French Colonies | 56,300 | 47,200 | 50,000 | 50,000 | | 2.  Danish Do. | 7,900 | 5,000 | 6,000 | 5,000 | | 3.  Dutch Do. | 13,800 | 14,200 | 15,000 | 20,000 | | 4.  British Do. | 142,200 | 129,200 | 148,000 | 140,000 | | The East Indies | 70,403 | 67,300 | 66,000 | 60,000 | | Mauritius | 50,782 | 57,800 | 55,500 | 65,000 | | Java | 90,000 | 89,900 | 99,347 | 104,542 | | Manila | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
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