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factories consumed 3,600,272 centners* (418,364,451 lbs.) of beets, and yielded 

 281,487 centners (27,390,906 lbs.) of sugar. 



In the year 1864-'65 there were 270 factories in operation, consuming 

 41,641,221 centners (4,723,197,133 lbs.) of beets, and yielding 3,331,297 cent- 

 ners (377,855,693 lbs.) of sugar. Of these factories, 234 were situated in Prus- 

 sia, using 35,823,805 centners (4,063,350,905 lbs.) of beets, and producing 

 2,865,904 centners (325,068,027 lbs.) of sugar. 



Thus it appears that in the period from 1840-'4l to 1864-'65 tl# number of 

 factories increased 125, which inci-ease was entirely confined to Prussia, there 

 being a decrease in the other states of the Zollverein from 43 to 36 factories 

 within the same period. The principal seat for the manufacture of beet-sugar 

 is the Prussian province of Saxony, where 131 factories are to be found. The 

 largest factory in the whole Zollverein is located at Waghausel, in the Grand 

 Duchy of Baden. In the year lS64-'65, 1,085,371 centners (123,109,291 lbs.) 

 of beets were made into sugar at that establishment. 



The tax on beet-sugar in 1844-'45 yielded in gross receipts to 199,520 Prus- 

 sian thalers,* ($138,666 40 ;) in 1864-65 this sum had increased to 10,410,392 

 thalers, ($7,235,222 44.) In connexion with this increase, however, it is proper 

 to state that the amount of duties collected upon imported sugar diminished with 

 ev^ery year. In 1836 the sum of 5,197,502 thalers ($3,612,263 89) was collected, 

 and in 1864 only 1,086,997 thalers, ($755,462 91.) 



The costs of inspecting the manufacturing of the sugar and of collecting the 

 tax in the year 1844-'45 amounted to 35,197 thalers, ($24,461 91,) or 17.5 per 

 centum of the whole amount collected. In 1854-'55they were 167,913 thalers, 

 ($116,699 53,) or 4.4 per centum upon the entire revenue from beet-sugar; and 

 in 1864-'65, 301,131 thalers, ($209,2^6 04,) or only 2.9 per centum upon the 

 whole amount collected. 



The amount of taxes raised upon beet-sugar and distributed among members 

 of the Zollverein from 1844 to 1865 has been 89,060,398 thalers, ($61,896,976 61,) 

 52.17 per centum whereof has been raised in Prussia. 



The population of the Zollverein in 1840 amounted to 26,048,001. In the 

 same year 241,987 centners (27,444,617 lbs.) of beet-sugar were manufactured, 

 and 1,054,400 centners (116,193,594 lbs.) of sugar w^ere imported, amounting 

 together to 1,266,387 centners, (143,638,211 lbs.) Of this, 43,118 centners 

 (4,890,702 lbs.) were re-exported, leaving for home consumption 1,223,269 cent- 

 ners, (138,747,509 lbs.,) at an average rate of 4.69 pounds per caput (inhabitant.) 



In the year 1864 the population in the Zollverein airiounted to 34,670,523. 

 The amount of beet-sugar manufactured, 3,331,297 centners, (377,855,593 lbs.;) 

 the amount of sugar imported, 254,016 centners, (28,812,018 lbs.,) and the 

 amount exported 156,674 centners, (17,769,905 lbs.,) leaving for home con- 

 sumption 3,428,639 centners, (388,897,706 lbs.;) at an average rate of 9.20 

 pounds per caput (inhabitant.) In the year 1836 the cost of one centner of 

 home-made sugar was 28.30 thalers; now it costs only 16.18 thalers, (that is, 

 neai-ly $17 32 per 100 lbs. in 1836, but now only $9 90 per 100 lbs.) 

 I am, SU-, your obedient servant, 



H. KREISMANN. 



Hon. F. W. Seward, 



Assistant Secretary of State. 



* In changing the Prussian centner and thaler to onr own weights and values we'have con- 

 sidered the centner at 113.426 jjounds, and the thaler at 60^ cents. * 



