£ 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 9½ 1846 5,112,005 0 9 0 9½ 1847 5,066,860 0 8½ 0 9½ 1848 5,330,515 0 8 0 8½ 1849 5,471,641 0 8½ 0 9½ 1850 5,597,708 0 10½ 1 1 1851 5,902,433 0 8 0 8½ 1852 5,986,482 0 7½ 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 ---------- Total used throughout the British Empire 52,000,000 ---------- 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 ------- 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 ---------- Total 89,800,000 The estimated consumption, at the rate of consumption found where taxation is favorable (as for instance 1½ pounds--the average of this country) would give the following:--