The tobacco plantations in Cuba increased in number from 5,534 in 1827, to 9,102 in 1846.  The production of tobacco has nearly doubled in the province, of which St. Jago is the port, in the last ten years.

The following figures show the exports from the Havana:—­

Leaf tobacco.                 Cigars.
1840           1,031,136 lbs.           147,818 thousand.
1841           1,460,302   "            161,928       "
1842           1,053,161   "            135,127       "
1843           2,125,805   "            153,227       "
1844           1,197,136   "            147,825       "
1845           1,621,889   "            120,352       "
1846           4,066,262   "            158,841       "
1847           1,936,829   "          1,982,267       "
1848           1,350,815   "            150,729       "
1849           1,158,265   "            111,572       "

The class of tobacco shipped at the port of Havana, is not the same as that gathered in the districts from which the manufacturers of cigars there receive their supplies—­it would cost too dear.  However, it is not a rare occurrence to find among a number of bales a few of a quality about equal to that employed there, and this happens in years when the crop has been very abundant, as in 1846 and 1848.  The various classes are paid in proportion to the capa, or outside leaves, which are found in an assortment; the three first classes are employed as covers, and often, if the tobacco is new, they may be found in the fourth and even in the fifth.  In parcels well assorted, one-fourth is composed of capa—­say, first, second, and third, and the rest is composed of tripa, or interior of the cigar.  In the first-named, there generally comes more of the capa than is necessary to use; the remaining bales, which contain the inferior class, are fit only for fillings.

The following is an analysis of the ashes of Havana tobacco:—­

Salts of potash 24.30
Salts of lime and magnesia 67.40
Silica 8.30
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Hayti exported in 1836    1,222,716 lbs. 
Porto Rico, in 1839          43,203 cwt.

The French have been so successful in cultivating tobacco, in their possessions in Northern Africa, that they hope soon to be independent of the foreign grown article.  The mode of preparing it, however, is not very well understood by the colonists.  In 1851, the number of planters in Algeria was only 137, whereas in 1852, it was 1,073.  The number of hectares under culture with the tobacco plant was 446 in 1851, and 1,095 in 1852.  The total of the present year’s crop is estimated at 1,780,000 kilogrammes, of which 700,000 kilogrammes have been grown by the natives, and the rest by Europeans.

In the province of Algiers alone, the quantity of tobacco sold will amount to 550,000 kilogrammes, which is nearly three times as much as in 1851, and an equal progression has taken place in the provinces of Oran, and Constantina.