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71,000 tons, against 57,000 tons in 1868, showing an increase of 15,000 

 tons ; and the import from the colonies and foreign countries: 



Colonial 



Other cotui tries. 



Tiie stocks of beet and cane on the 25th of December were 



Thus nearly one-lialf the sugar consumed in France is made of beets. 

 The quality of this season's manufacture is unusually good, and the 

 beet has yielded an increased percentage of sugar, the improvement in 

 some cases reaching two per cent. ]Srot less than 40.000 tons have 

 been made in crystals and fine sugar above number twenty, Dutch 

 standard, against 2-1,000 tons last year. It is estimated that 200,000 

 tons have already been manufactured, and the entire product of the 

 season will be 250,000. The price at the close of the year was 61 francs 

 for 88 per cent., or 5.«?. M. There will be less than usual of the brown 

 graining sorts thi.s .seiisou. 



THE EUROPEAN TIEJLD. 



A review of the beet sugar industry in Europe appears to indicate an 

 increase of 100,0(0 in the annual production, which is placed at 725,000 

 tons, against 625,000 tons last year. A million tons will, ere many 

 years, in all probability, be reached. The product already exceeds that 

 of Cuban cane sugar. 



The number of manufactories reported are as follows : In France, 475 : 

 Belgium, 120 ; the Zollverein, 297 : Austria, 200. There are also thou- 

 sands of spirit distilleries and alkali works, collateral branches of this 

 industry. The C(>nsumi)tion of beet sugar is extending on the conti- 

 nent and in Great Britain, where the industry as yet scarcely has a foot- 

 hold. One manufactory and one distillery are in operation in England. 

 The prejudice of English refineries against it is rapidly giving away. 



EEET SUGAR IN WISCONSIN. 



In pursuance of a call make by a committee of the Board of Trade 

 of Fond du Lac, ^Visconsin, a meeting of residents of that city and 

 vicinity was held February 22, 1870, Mayor Nichols in the chair, to take 

 into consideration the establishment of a beet sugar manufactory. Ad- 

 dresses were made by various gentlemen in reference to the success of 

 the manufacture in Europe, and urging its introduction at Fond du Lac, 

 not only as a matter of pecuniary profit, but also as a public benefit in 

 giving employment to a large amount of labor, including that of women 

 and children. Mr. Trowbridge, of the Novelty Works, oSered to furnish 

 machinery and take pay in stock, and another gentleman offered the use 



