|   1848.  |   1849.  |   1850.  |   1851.  |   1852.
|     L    |     L    |     L    |     L    |     L
On raw tobacco| 4,267,579| 4,328,217| 4,337,258| 4,386,910| 4,466,533
Cigars, snuff,|          |          |          |          |
&c.         |    97,655|    96,814|    92,873|    98,858|    94,298
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------
| 4,365,234| 4,425,031| 4,430,131| 4,485,768| 4,569,831

The amount of tobacco consumed is so limited that the trade will not admit of an excessive growth.  In the two most thickly populated countries in Europe—­France and England—­not more than a certain quantity finds its way there.  In France the trade is monopolised by Government, which gives out contracts to deliver a stipulated quantity at certain prices; in England the duty imposed is so enormous that only a limited quantity of certain descriptions can be imported without risk of loss.  In Germany and Holland, where the trade is more extensively carried on than elsewhere, the duty imposed is almost nominal, and all classes of their citizens are enabled to use the weed at prices very little higher than its first prime cost.  The tobacco trade constitutes so large a staple of American produce that it is singular greater efforts are not made upon the part of that Government to cause a reciprocal duty to be imposed, that more favor may be shown by European Governments to this particular article.  England, from the duty imposed upon it alone, derives a revenue of L4,500,000, being about L160 to the hogshead, or from ten to sixteen times its original cost.  France makes the trade a monopoly, from which she derives an income of L3,000,000 sterling.

STATEMENT OF IMPORTS, SALES, AND STOCKS OF TOBACCO AND
STEMS, IN BREMEN, FROM 1840 TO 1850.
----+---------------------------+-----------------------+ > | MARYLAND | VIRGINIAN |
----+------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ > | | | | S | | | | S |
| S | | | t | S | | | t |
| t | | | o D | t | | | o D |
| o J | I | | c e | o J | I | | c e |
| c a | m | | k c | c a | m | | k c |
| k n | p | S | e | k n | p | S | e |
Y | u | o | a | l m | u | o | a | l m |
e | 1 a | r | l | a b | 1 a | r | l | a b |
a | s r | t | e | s e | s r | t | e | s e |
r | t y | s | s | t r | t y | s | s | t r |
----+------+------+------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ > 1840| 4,890|14,570|18,399| 1,061| 245| 3492| 3422| 285|
1841| 1,061|19,629|18,321| 2,369| 285| 3466| 3025| 726|
1842| 2,369|20,821|19,067| 4,123| 726| 6729| 5898| 1557|
1843| 4,123|18,483|15,004| 7,602| 1557| 5541| 4242| 2856|
1844| 7,602|16,978|18,338| 6,242| 2856| 5092| 4282| 3666|
1845| 6,242|24,251|24,571| 5,922| 3666| 1588| 3099|