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BEET-ROOT SUGAR AND 



Since 1840 the production of beet sugar in France 

 has doubled every ten years. 



In 1830 the consumption of sugar in France was 

 about two pounds per head, of which the beet-sugar 

 manufacturer produced nine per cent. 



In 1865 the consumption was over fourteen pounds 

 per head, and the beet-sugar manufacturer produced 

 more than enough to supply the home demand, al- 

 though the total consumption had in the mean time 

 increased tenfold. 



There were sixty manufactories of beet sugar in 

 Austria in 1840; in 1865 the number had increased to 

 one hundred and forty. 



The states of the Zollverein have nearly quadrupled 

 their production in the past fifteen years, 52,586 tons 

 having been produced in 1850, against 180,000 tons in 

 1865-6. In the same time the quantity of imported 

 sugar has fallen from 52,568 tons to 12,562 tons, 

 proving that cane sugar is almost entirely expelled 

 from Germany. In 1865-6 there were thirty new 

 establishments built in Germany, and many old ones 

 enlarged their machinery. 



It will be seen by the following table which gives 

 an idea of the importance and progress of this indus- 

 try, that although the number of factories was but 

 ninety-six in 1845, against one hundred and forty- 

 five in 1840, yet the amount of sugar produced was 

 greater. Establishments were consolidated and en- 

 larged, it being found economical to work upon a 

 more extended scale. This table also shows the in- 

 creasing tax paid upon the raw beets, which rose 



