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of population, the United States would contain 1,195,000,000 in- 

 habitants, being 110,086,000 more than the entire population of 

 the world in 1866. 



Composition of the Armies of the War. Dr. Bellows, President 

 of the Sanitary Commission, has published a note saying that the 

 statistics show that 80 per cent, of the soldiers of the Union 

 armies were Americans; and that, as nearly as can be ascertained, 

 of all those asking charity or assistance in any way since their 

 discharge, 90 per cent, are foreigners. 



California Quicksilver. The exports of quicksilver to the differ- 

 ent countries for the last five years were as follows : 



To I860. 1861. 1862. 1863. 1864. 1865. 



New York and Boston 400 600 2,265 95 1,495 6,800 



Great Britain . 2,500 1,500 1,063 1,609 10,400 



Mexico . . 3,886 12,061 14,778 11,590 7,483 2,789 



China . . . 2,715 13,788 8,725 8,889 18,908 14,248 



. 750 2,804 3,439 3,376 4,300 5,500 



. 1,140 2,059 1,746 500 2,674 2,000 



110 40 89 ll 8 



50 25 262 500 



. 100 1.850 800 300 100 20 



. 130 57 424 120 45 



326 116 5 42 21 24 



Peru . 

 Chile . 



Central America 

 Japan 

 Australia 

 Panama 

 Victoria, V. I. 



Total flasks . 9,447 35,995 33,747 26,064 36,938 42,289 



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And our exports previously have been : 



In 1859, flasks, . . 3,399 In 1856, flasks, . . 23,740 

 In 1858 " . 24,142 In 1855 " . . 27,165 



In 1857 " . . 27,262 In 1854 " . . 20,963 



Tobacco Product of the World. The total amount of tobacco 

 produced throughout the world is estimated as follows : Asia, 

 309,900,000 pounds; Europe, 281,844.500; America, 248,280,500; 

 Africa, 24,300,000; Australia, 714,000: making in all 865,039,000 

 pounds. 



Food of New York City. The New York " Sun," in a series of 

 articles describing ho\v the city is fed, gives some interesting sta- 

 tistics. The estimate is made that 5,525,000 pounds of beef, 112,- 

 500 of mutton, 72,000 of veal, and 2,400,000 of pork, are sold 

 every week in Washington Market. The consumption is less 

 during the months of March and April, owing to the abundant 

 supply of fish. The daily quantity of milk used amounts to 125,- 

 000 quarts ; of butter, 62,500 pounds ; of cheese, 8,944 pounds. 

 The actual table expenses for each day for every man, woman, and 

 child of the population, averages 37 cents a head, divided as fol- 

 lows : meat supply, about 16 cents ; fish supply, 2 cents ; eggs and 

 poultry, 2j| cents; vegetables, 3 cents; fruit, 1 cents; bread, 7 

 cents ; tea, coffee, and sugar, 5 cents ; the total sum expended 

 daily by the city in eating,"370,000 dollars. 



