124} STATISTICS. 



The Tea Trade. 



The quantities and average prices of teas sold by 

 the East India Company in 1823. 



Quantity sold. Average price. 



Bohea .... 1,904,435 pounds . 2 4| 



Congou . . . 16,681,814 . . . . 2 7| 



Campoi . . . 408,769 .... 3 6 



Souchong . . 1,285,230 ....86} 



Pekoe . . . 46,005 . . . . 5 3f 



Twankay . . 4,158,355 .... 3 5 



Hyson skin . . 319,425 . . . . 3 4J 



Hyson . . . 916,846 .... 4 4 



Sugar. 



The annual consumption of sugar in England is 

 above 20 pounds each person. Indeed, with the 

 exception of bread corn, it is probable that the con- 

 sumption of the British empire of all other articles 

 exceeds that of the whole continent of Europe. 



One cwt. of sugar is equal in nutriment to a 

 quarter of barley or T 8 T of a quarter of wheat. 



