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Statement exhibit! ng the number nf hngshmdn of iabacco exported from the United States from 1790 

 to 1835, incliisii^e, and the average price per pound, and gross value from, 1802 to 1835, inclusive, 

 y/lso the number of pounds of manufactured tobacco and snuff exported from 1791 tu 1835, inclu- 

 sive, and gross value from 1817 to 1835, inclusive. 



It may be proper to remark, that the weight of 

 a hogshead of tobacco is much greater now thani 

 formerly. Originally, tobacco being less com- 1 

 pactly pressed, the hogsheads averaged only 600! 

 lbs., but they gradually increased, and in 1770, 

 reached 1,000 lbs. average. At this time Ken- i 

 tucky averages about 1,300 lbs. per hogi^head, 

 and the average of ail kinds (Kentucky, Virginia, i 

 Maryland, and Ohio) we have estimated at 1200 

 lbs. per hogshead, which we believe to be very i 

 nearly right. The annual averaire exportation 

 for the last 21 years, from 1815 to 1835, inclusive,! 

 is within a fraction of 82,760 hogsheads. Taking! 

 our estimate of 1,200 lbs. per hogshead to be the! 



true weight, we shall thus have 99,313,000 lbs. as 

 the annual average for the last tvventy-one years; 

 and we have seen that the annual average ex- 

 portation (or the four years ending in and includ- 

 ing 1775, was 99,374,785 Ihs., which establishes 

 the remarkable fact, that the exportation of leaf 

 tobacco has remained stationary for a period of 

 60 years. 



On a careful exan)iiiation of the foregoing state- 

 ments, it appears, that when our exports of leaf 

 tobacco, for two or three successive years, mucli 

 exceed one hundred millions of pounds; for some 

 succeeding years they are proportionably reduced 

 below that standard. It is also evident that the 



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