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Beet sugar in the Zollcere'm. — Twenty years ago 560,000,000 pounda of beet- 

 root were made into sugar; now there are 4,032,000,000 pounds, or nearly 

 eight times as much; tlien, 2,016 pounds were required to make 112 pounds of 

 sugar ; now, 1,344 pounds only to make the same amount. There is a duty of 

 nine millions of dollars levied on this sugar; yet, it is said, the protit from the 

 cultivation of this root is great. 



Austrian tobacco. — The annual amount of tobacco grown in Austria is stated 

 to be 125,440,000 pounds. 



PEICES OF PEODUCE IN GEEAT BRITAIN. 



The following table exhibits the prices of breadstvffs on the 1st of December 

 for the years stated therein. 



1864. 



]863. 



J 862. 



1861. 



18G0. 



Wheat per quarter 



Barley do 



Oats - do 



Eye do 



Beans do 



TmS: .- - •- - do 



$9 22 

 6 76 

 4 80 

 6 40 

 9 f)H 

 8 50 



$9 78 

 8 04 

 4 66 



7 10 



8 46 

 8 06 



§11 22 

 8 16 

 5 00 



8 16 



9 12 

 9 60 



$14 48 



8 88 

 5 44 



9 08 

 10 22 

 10 48 



$12 02 



9 40 



5 38 



8 40 



11 46 



10 80 



