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13^ ; Indiana, 12| ; Connecticut, 10 ; Massachusetts, 8^ ; 

 Illinois, 8. The average yields (in lb. per acre) of the 

 various districts in 1875 were : — Connecticut, 1600 ; 

 Pennsylvania, 1600 ; New Hampshire, 1600 ; Massachu- 

 setts, 1350 ; Missouri, 850 ; Arkansas, 822 ; New York, 

 800; Florida, 750; Ohio, 700; W. Virginia, 680; Mary- 

 land, 675 ; Tennessee, 675 ; Kansas, 670 ; Texas, 650 ; 

 Kentucky, 630 ; Virginia, 630 ; Illinois, 550 ; Georgia, 

 650; N. Carolina, 500; Indiana, 500; Wisconsin, 500; 

 Alabama, 465 ; Mississippi, 317. The exports from 

 New York in 1878 were :— 37,484 hogsheads, 2561 bales, 

 and 2,218,200 lb. manufactured, to Great Britain ; 

 15,570 hh., 207 bales, and 14,800 lb. manufactured, to 

 France ; 35,700 hh., 78,331 bales, and 147,400 lb. manu- 

 factured, to N. Europe ; 23,150 hh., 6058 bales, and 

 120,000 lb. manufactured, to other Europe; 4628 hh., 

 14,360 bales, and 4,780,200 lb. manufactured, to 

 S. America, E. and W. Indies, &c. Baltimore exported 

 66,039 hh. in 1878. The shipments from New Orleans in 

 1877-8 were :— 1226 hh. to Great Britain, 743 to France, 

 4552 to N. Europe, 3222 to S. Europe, Mexico, &c., and 

 4500 coastwise. Philadelphia, in 1879, exported 9,564,171 

 lb. of leaf tobacco, 52,000 cigars, and 515 lb. of snuff. 

 The total American export of unmanufactured leaf in 

 1879 was 322,280,000 lb. 



The census bulletin on this branch of industry, recently 

 issued, is of a very interesting nature. The tobacco pro- 

 duct in the United States is divided into classes, types and 

 grades, the basis of a class being its adaptation to any 

 specific purpose ; of a tjpe, to certain qualities or proper- 

 ties in the leaf, such as colour, strength, elasticity, body 



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