The subjoined remarks deal with the tobacco trade of Bremen. The number of casks of Kentucky tobacco sold in 1884 fell considerably below that disposed of in 1883. This is explainable by the circumstance that lugs and cuttings were altogether wanting. The prices of leaf on the whole remained steady, except in October and November, when they soon regained their firmness through no more supplies from America being expected, owing to the continued demand for strong tobacco in that country. Business in Virginia tobacco also suffered from the want of inferior qualities. Prices, considered high from the beginning, showed even a rising tendency at the end of the season. Transactions in Maryland and scrubs exceeded the average of the last five years. Ohio and Bay suffered, as hitherto, from the protection afforded to home growths. Operations in stems were, considering the depression in trade, not unsatisfactory. A good business was done in almost all descriptions of tobacco in serons, chests, bales, and baskets, and sales surpassed those of previous years. The subjoined table presents a comparison of the transactions in the various sorts of tobacco during the last two years:— ──────────────────┬──────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────────── Description of │ Description of │ Imports. │ Sales. Tobacco. │ Packing. │ 1883.│ 1884.│ 1883.│ 1884. ──────────────────┼──────────────────┼───────┼───────┼───────┼─────── Kentucky │Casks │ 20,828│ 12,084│ 20,012│ 12,514 Virginia │ ” │ 3,937│ 5,250│ 4,848│ 5,196 Maryland │ ” │ 4,929│ 5,615│ 4,579│ 5,811 Scrubs │ ” │ 383│ 1,363│ 383│ 1,027 Ohio │ ” │ 581│ 1,155│ 566│ 1,174 Bay │ ” │ 101│ 136│ 234│ 134 Stems │ ” │ 5,013│ 7,332│ 8,163│ 5,403 Havana │Serons │ 16,127│ 15,027│ 13,121│ 11,967 Cuba and Yara │ ” │ 22,467│ 22,259│ 29,297│ 17,383 St. Domingo │ ” │ 83,836│ 59,665│ 58,121│ 44,065 Seed-leaf │Chests │ 17,070│ 18,723│ 77,000│ 18,203 Porto Rico │Bales │ 1,133│ 300│ 1,137│ 2,210 Esmeralda │ ” │ 705│ 549│ 776│ 599 Columbia │Serons and bales │ 11,862│ 21,041│ 14,032│ 22,659 Varnias │Leaves and rolls │ 922│ 2,065│ 3,174│ 2,065 Brazil, in leaves │Bales │131,982│185,061│139,397│189,246 Paraguay │ ” │ 2,672│ 2,601│ 2,879│ 2,819 Rio Grande │ ” │ 4,571│ ..│ 10,199│ 1,340 Manilla │ ” │ 50│ 77│ 21│ 106 Mexican │ ” │ ..│ 10│ ..│ 10 Turkish and Greek │ ” │ 6,155│ 6,825│ 8,235│ 8,105