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SORGHUM. 



The several countries jDroduciug this supply, are as follows ; 



Cane. 1875. 



Cuba 700,000 tons. 



Porto Rico 80,000 " 



British, Dutch, and Danish/ n-nnnn <i 

 West Indies. ( ■ •^■''J-""'^ 



Java 200,000 " 



Brazil 170,000 " 



Manilla 130,000 " 



China 120,000 " 



Mauritius 100,000 " 



Martinique & Guadaloupe 100,000 " 



^Louisiana 75,000 " 



Beet Sugar. 1875. 



German Empire 346,646 tons. 



France 462,2.59 " 



Russia and Poland 245,000 " 



Austria and Hungary 153,922 " 



Cane. 1875. 



Peru 50,000 '* 



Egypt 40,000 " 



Central America, and Mexico, 40,000 " 



Reunion .30,000 " 



British I.sles and Penang 30,000 " 



Honolulu 10,000 " 



Natal • 10,000 " 



Australia. 51,000 " 



Total 2,186,000 " 



Beet Sugar. 1875. 



Belgium 79,796 tons. 



Holland and other countries.. 30,000 " 



Total 1,317,623 " 



TJie Consuinption per capita of Sugar in the World. 



The amount of sugar consumed per capita differs very greatly, and 

 represents to a certain extent the relative degree of luxury of the 

 several countries. 



According to the statement of Lock, Wigner & Harland, the fol- 

 lowing represents approximately the number of pounds annually con- 

 sumed in the several countries per capita : 



France .1874 



.Austria, Hungary . 1874 



Norwav 1873 



Portugal 1874 



Brazil 1874 



Greece 1871 



Peru 1874 



Russia and Poland 1871 



Turkey 1874 



Italy 1873 



Spain 1873 



Aggregate pounds^ 



Consunipt'n per 



cwt. head. 



5,000,000 



3,400,000 



193,086 



300.000 



642,857 



86.,S00 



570,000 



4,000,000 



500,000 



865,350 



81,817 



15 50 

 15 10 

 12 70 

 8 40 

 8 00 

 6 60 

 5 61 

 5 40 

 3 80 

 3 60 

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Countries Siipplying United States with Sugar. 



Pounds. Value. Pnundn. 



Cuba 1,008,413,671 .$41,039,048 Dutch E. Indies ... 20,187,830 



Spani.sh Possessions. 110,445,708 3,572,400 British W. Indies) o-^ 'jio itq 



Porto Rico 70,1.55,045 2,610,418 and Hondurasj ■ -'.-i-i'J» 



French W. Indies) ^o rs? onr, i -rrji ir^o British Guiana 21, 86.5,691 



andGuiana.\ ■■ '>''."»'. -^^'^ i,/oi,4.js Sandwich Islands, . 20,978,374 



Brazil 40,010,416 1,-329,938 



Value. 

 1,052,953 



844,144 



912,101 

 1,051,987 



The above are the principal sources. Twenty-one other nations 

 furnish the remainder, which constitutes about 3 per cent of the whole 

 amount. 



From the statistics it appears, that, during the past 20 years, the 

 United States have produced less than 13 per cent of their sugar sup- 

 ply, and little more than 21 per cent of the molasses consumed. 



