The Seven Sisters of Sleep: Popular History of the Seven Prevailing Narcotics of the WorldCooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
History
The Seven Sisters of Sleep: Popular History of the Seven Prevailing Narcotics of the World
Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
Drug abuse; Narcotics; Psychotropic drugs; Psychotropic plants; Tobacco use
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Years.| Consumption. | Duty. | Revenue. |Population.
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1821 |15,598,152 lbs. |4s. per lb. |£3,122,583 |21,282,903
1831 |19,533,841 ” |3s. ” | 2,964,592 |24,410,459
1841 |22,309,360 ” |3s. ” | 3,580,163 |27,019,672
1851 |28,062,978 ” |3s. ” | 4,485,768 |27,452,262
1856 |32,579,166 ” |3s. ” | 5,216,770 | [39]
1857 |32,677,059 ” |3s. ” | 5,231,455 | [39]
1858 |34,110,850 ” |3s. ” | 5,272,471 | [39]
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[39] Owing to extensive emigration, especially from Ireland, the
population must be considered as but little above that of 1851.
TABLE VI.
Consumption of Tobacco in the Austrian Empire.
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Years.|Quantity consumed.
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1850 | 34,457,513 lbs.
1851 | 54,217,578 ”
1852 | 61,805,697 ”
1853 | 57,926,925 ”
1854 | 62,020,333 ”
1856 | 85,161,030 ”
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TABLE VII.
Statement exhibiting the quantities of Tobacco exported from the United
States into the countries named, during 1855.
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Countries. | Quantities.
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Bremen | 38,058,000 lbs.
Great Britain | 24,203,000 ”
France | 40,866,000 ”
Holland | 17,124,000 ”
Spain | 7,524,000 ”
Belgium | 4,010,000 ”
Sardinia | 3,314,000
Austria | 2,945,000 ”
Sweden and Norway| 1,713,000 ”
Portugal | 336,000 ”
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TABLE VIII.
Disposition of Tobacco the growth of the United States in 1840 and in
1850, with the Home Consumption at each period.
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Years.| Growth. | Exports. | Consumption. | Rate pr.
| | | | Head.
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1840 |219,163,319 lbs.|184,965,797 lbs.|34,543,557 lbs.|32½ oz.
1850 |199,532,494 ” |122,408,780 ” |81,933,571 ” |56 ”
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TABLE IX.
Statement showing the Exports of Tobacco from America (United States)
in decennial periods, from 1820 to 1850, and in 1855.
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Years.|Quantity exported.
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1820 | 66,000 hogsheads.
1830 | 83,810 ”
1840 |119,484 ”
1850 |145,729 ”
1855 |150,213 ”
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TABLE X.
ANALYSIS OF TOBACCO BY POSSELT & REINMANN.
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