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Africa. Sweden and Norway take direct from the 

 United States, from 1,629,755 pounds in 1892, to 

 351,495 pounds in 1895. Portugal takes a very variable 

 quantity, running from 2,657,256 pounds in 1893, to 

 only 5091 pounds in 1895. The demand for Gibraltar 

 was, for 1893, 1,470,916 pounds; for 1894, 2,301,883 

 pounds; for 1895, 1,896,332 pounds. Much of this is 

 re-exported to Africa. The Azores and Madeira Islands 

 take annually from 3000 pounds to 320,000 pounds of 

 the tobacco of the United States. 



Snuff Lugs and Smokers. The very fat, heavy and 

 oily lugs of the Clarksville and other heavy-producing 

 districts are consumed largely in the United States and 

 Germany in the manufacture of common snuff, and for 

 baling and spinning fillers, as noted elsewhere. They 

 are also used on the Continent for the manufacture of 

 common cigars. 



Switzerland takes from the United States only one 

 type, known as Swiss wrapper. This is a broadleaf, 

 twenty-six to thirty inches in length, silky, of fine fiber 

 and stem, and of a dark brown or chestnut color. The 

 spaces between the lateral fibers should be wide, and a 

 combination of thin web and strong fiber is desired, so 

 that the largest number of wrappers may be obtained 

 from a given quantity. It is used in Switzerland as a 

 cigar wrapper, and is supplied principally from the 

 Clarksville district, but to a small extent from other 

 heavy-producing districts. It must be cured by fire. 

 The quantity of tobacco grown in the United States, 

 taken directly to Switzerland, is very small, perhaps 

 from five hundred to seven hundred hogsheads annually. 



The Netherlands take one distinct type from the 

 United States, known as Dutch Saucer, which is similar 

 in all respects to the German Saucer, except that it is 

 thinner and more silky in texture. The other types 

 taken are very much like those required for Germany, 



