[9] 1844. 1845. 1846. Imports, total official value, L75,441,555 L85,281,958 Sugar, cwts. " 4,139,983 4,880,780 5,231,818 Tea, lbs. " 41,369,351 44,195,321 46,728,208 Coffee, lbs. " 31,391,297 34,318,121 36,781,391 Butter, cwts. " 180,965 240,118 255,130 Cheese, cwts. " 212,286 258,246 327,490 Live animals, No. " 8,007 34,426 140,752 Brandy, " 1,033,650 1,058,777 1,515,954 Geneva, " 14,937 15,536 40,266 Rum, " 2,198,870 2,469,485 2,683,515 [10] In 1840, the total amount was estimated at L180,000,000, of which L47,000,000, at that period, was for exportation, and L133,000,000 for the home market. As this L47,000,000 had swelled, in 1846, to L53,000,000, it is reasonable to suppose that those for the home market had undergone a similar increase, and are now about L200,000 annually.--See _Speckman's Stat. Tables for_ 1842, p. 45. [11] _Table of Average Prices of Wheat in Prussia and in England, from 1816 to 1837._ |Average prices |Average prices|Average |Difference |Foreign Wheat | |in Prussia |in Brandenburg|prices per|between English|and Flour | |Proper including|and Pomerania |London |Prices and Mean|consumed in | |Dantzig and | |Gazette. |of Prussian |Great Britain.| |Konigsburg. | | |Prices. | | ----+----------------+--------------+----------+---------------+--------------+ | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | Qrs. | 1816| 36 9 | 44 6 | 76 2 | 35 6 | 225,263 | 1817| 52 7 | 60 9 | 94 0 | 37 8 | 1,020,949 | 1818| 49 6 | 53 5 | 83 8 | 32 2 | 1,593,518 | 1819| 34 3 | 37 6 | 72 3 | 36 4 | 122,133 | 1820| 27 3 | 30 0 | 65 10 | 37 2 | 34,274 | 1821| 25 6 | 28 9 | 54 5 | 27 3 | 2 | 1822| 26 0 | 26 8 | 43 3 | 16 11 | ---- | 1823| 24 2 | 26 9 | 51 9 | 26 5 | 12,137 | 1824| 18 6 | 20 0 | 62 0 | 43 3 | 15,777 | 1825| 17 3 | 17 9 | 66 6 | 49 0 | 525,231 | 1826| 18 6 | 21 0 | 56 11 | 37 2 | 315,892 | 1827| 22 3 | 25 9 | 56 9 | 32 9 | 572,733 | 1828| 27 2 | 28 9 | 60 5 | 32 5 | 842,050 | 1829| 32 3 | 35 0 | 66 3 | 32 7 | 1,364,220 |