Years.  Teas Imported, lbs.  Entered for Home Consumption, lbs. 1843 42,779,265 35,685,262 1844 50,613,328 41,176,00 1845 53,570,267 44,127,000 1846 57,584,561 46,554,787 1847 55,255,000 50,921,486 1848 47,774,755 48,735,696 1849 53,460,751 50,024,688 1850 50,512,384 51,178,215 1851 71,466,421 53,965,112 1852 66,361,020 54,724,615

Amount of duty received on tea:—­

L         Prices of Sound Common Congou per lb.
1841      3,973,668              1s. 7d. to 2s. 0d.
1842      4,088,957              1   7      1  10
1843      4,407,642              1   0      1   2
1844      4,524,093              0  10      1   0
1845      4,833,351              1   0      1   91/2
1846      5,112,005              0   9      0   91/2
1847      5,066,860              0   81/2     0   91/2
1848      5,330,515              0   8      0   81/2
1849      5,471,641              0   81/2     0   91/2
1850      5,597,708              0  101/2     1   1
1851      5,902,433              0   8      0   81/2
1852      5,986,482              0   71/2     2   2

Mr. Montgomery Martin, in his work on China, published in 1847, gave the average annual consumption of tea, the produce of China, as follows:—­

lbs. 
Great Britain and Ireland 45,000,000
British North America and West Indies 2,500,000
Australasia, Cape of Good Hope, &c. 2,500,000
British India and Eastern Islands 2,000,000
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Total used throughout the British Empire 52,000,000
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United States of North America *           7,000,000
Russia                                    10,000,000
France and Colonies                          500,000
Hanse Towns, &c.                             150,000
Holland and its Colonies                   1,000,000
Belgium                                      200,000
Denmark, Sweden, and Norway                  250,000
The German States                            500,000
Spain and Portugal                           100,000
Italian States                                50,000
South American States                        500,000
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Total consumption in foreign countries    20,250,000

[* This is only one-third the actual consumption.]

According to this statement, it would seem that the English consume twice the quantity of tea that is used by all the other countries excepting China and Japan.

The consumption of tea in Europe and America I estimated a year or two ago as follows:—­

lbs. 
Russia 15,000,000
United States of America 18,000,000
France 2,000,000
Holland 2,800,000
Other countries 2,000,000
Great Britain 50,000,000
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Total 89,800,000