22 BEET-ROOT SUGAR AND 



Tons. Pounds per head. 



Great Britain, .... 566,220 37r 3 <j 



France, .*.... 268,200 14^ 



Switzerland, .... 18,000 14! 



Zollverein, 150,000 9 



Spain and Portugal, . . 60,000 6 



Italy, Turkey, and Greece, 110,000 5^ 



Sweden and Norway, . . 15,000 5 



Poland, 10,000 4 



Austria, 50,000 2 



Russia, 57>ooo if 



Holland, Belgium, &c., 50,000 



Total, i,354>4 20 



From the two preceding tables it appears that 

 Europe produced from beets in 1865-6 nearly one 

 half her consumption. 



The chief sugar-producing plants are the sugar-cane 

 (Arundo saccharifera), the beet {Beta vulgaris), 

 the date-palm (Pticemix sylvestris), and the sugar- 

 maple {Acer saccharinuni). 



The total production of sugar in the world is not 

 far from 2,800,000 tons, in about the following pro- 

 portions : 



Sugar-cane, 7 r '4 2 P er cen ^5 r 2,000,000 tons. 



Beet, 22.50 " " 630,000 " 

 Palm, 5.00 " " 140,000 " 



Maple, i. 08 " " 30,000 " 



2,800,000 

 It will be seen that the beet furnishes nearly one 



