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siderable figure of 22,068 hectares ; this year a reduction 

 is to be noted, as official reports bring the total to 21,108 

 hectares only. 



The Grand Duchy of Baden participated in the above 

 figures with 7788 hectares for 1883, and 7617 hectares 

 for 1884. 



Notwithstanding this difference, the result of the crop 

 will not essentially be smaller (as regards the weight of 

 the total), the new produce proving heavier in weight and 

 in substance. While in 1883 the hectare produced about 

 1900 Mlo., it is supposed that for 1884 it will yield from 

 1800 to 2000 kilo. These figures tend to prove that the 

 1884 tobacco is richer in quality, and consequently more 

 durable, and less capable of treatment than that of the 

 preceding years ; although the quality is somewhat 

 inferior to tha't of 1882 and 1883 it may fairly be con- 

 sidered as good. 



The subjoined remarks deal with the tobacco trade of 

 Bremen. The number of casks of Kentucky tobacco sold 

 in 1884 fell considerably below that disposed of in 1883. 

 This is explainable by the circumstance that lugs and 

 cuttings were altogether wanting. The prices of leaf 

 on the whole remained steady, except in October and 

 November, when they soon regained their firmness 

 through no more supplies from America being expected, 

 owing to the continued demand for strong tobacco in that 

 country. Business in Virginia tobacco also suffered from 

 the want of inferior qualities. Prices, considered high 

 from the beginning, showed even a rising tendency at thu 

 end of the season. Transactions in Maryland and scriibs 

 exceeded the average of the last five years. Ohio and Bay 



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