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on the increase, appears from the above numbers ; 

 but it is more clearly shown by the following 

 table, exhibiting the quantities consumed at each 

 of the last four decennial periods : — 



Years. 



1821 

 1831 

 1841 

 1851 



Total 

 Consumption. 



lbs. 

 15,598,152 

 19,533,841 

 22,309,360 

 28,062,841 



Population. 



21,282,960 

 24,410,439 

 27,019,672 

 27,452,692 



Consumption 

 per Head. 



12 

 13 

 13^ 

 17 



In the column showing the consumption per 

 head, I have rejected the decimal, so as not 

 to confuse the reader; thus for 11-71 oz. I 

 have given 12 oz., and so of the rest. I give 

 the table on the authority of Mr. Johnston, 

 quoting the ' Journal of the Statistical Society,' 

 xvi. 50. 



These numbers, continues the same authority, 

 show that, during the last of these periods of 

 ten years, the consumption of the United King- 

 dom increased one-fourth, or from 13.j to 17 oz. 

 per head. But these last numbers do not truly 

 represent the consumption in either of our two 

 islands. Great Britain, as in the case of tea 



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