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The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom: Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.Simmonds, P. L. (Peter Lund)

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The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom: Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.

Name: The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom: Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.
Author: Simmonds, P. L. (Peter Lund)

Simmonds, P. L. (Peter Lund)

Botany, Economic

To the foregoing should be added the following quantities of refined
sugar and molasses, entered for home consumption.

          Refined Sugar and Candy.    Molasses.          Total
                   Cwt.                   Cwt.              Cwt.
  1848            46,292                637,050          683,342
  1849            75,392                812,330          887,722
  1850           116,744                917,588        1,034,362
  1851           338,734                773,035        1,111,769
  1852           274,781                799,942        1,074,723

The quantity of sugar refined by our bonded refiners, and exported,
is shown by the following figures. The increase in 1851, was
one-fourth in excess of the previous year.

                Cwt.
  1848        248,702
  1849        222,900
  1850        209,148
  1851        258,563
  1852        214,299

The following were the imports of sugar into Great Britain, in 1848
and 1851, respectively--and the quarters from whence supplies were
derived:--

                                  1848--Tons.  1851--Tons.
  West Indies                       121,600      153,300
  Mauritius                          43,600       50,000
  East Indies                        65,200       78,286
  Java and Manila                    11,000       20,850
  Havana, Porto Rico, and Brazil     76,900       76,526
                                    -------      -------
                                    318,300      378,962

The production of sugar in the last four years, may be stated
comparatively as follows:--

  +----------------------+---------+---------+---------+-----------+
  |     CANE SUGAR.      |  1849.  |  1850.  |  1851.  |    1852.  |
  +----------------------+---------+---------+---------+-----------+
  |                      |  Tons.  |  Tons.  |  Tons.  |   Tons.   |
  | Cuba                 | 220,000 | 250,000 | 252,000 |   320,000 |
  | Porto Rico           |  43,600 |  48,200 |  49,500 |    50,000 |
  | Brazil               | 106,000 | 103,000 | 113,000 |   100,000 |
  | United States        |  98,200 | 120,400 | 103,200 |   110,000 |
  | The West Indies      |         |         |         |           |
  |  1. French Colonies  |  56,300 |  47,200 |  50,000 |    50,000 |
  |  2. Danish   Do.     |   7,900 |   5,000 |   6,000 |     5,000 |
  |  3. Dutch    Do.     |  13,800 |  14,200 |  15,000 |    20,000 |
  |  4. British  Do.     | 142,200 | 129,200 | 148,000 |   140,000 |
  | The East Indies      |  70,403 |  67,300 |  66,000 |    60,000 |
  | Mauritius            |  50,782 |  57,800 |  55,500 |    65,000 |
  | Java                 |  90,000 |  89,900 |  99,347 |   104,542 |
  | Manila               |  20,000 |  20,000 |  20,000 |    20,000 |
  +----------------------+---------+---------+---------+-----------+
  |                      | 919,182 | 952,200 | 977,547 | 1,044,542 |
  +----------------------+---------+---------+---------+-----------+

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