TOTAL VALUE. 



As shown, this amounted to $ 1 1 8,749,573 in 1 880, 

 including customs, which should not be neglected, for 

 when the foreign sugar question is discussed, and the 

 benefit tp be derived from the utilization of home capital 

 and labor considered,the customs duty is a benefit to the 

 Government, but it is of little help to the individual 

 in the way of actual employment, when compared to 

 what it would be if invested in the home sugar indus- 

 try. It is an immense help towards making our people 

 realize the importance of the question of home pro- 

 duction, and is the only practical method to be 

 adopted. Such being the case, it becomes evident 

 that the importance of home sugar manufacture can- 

 not be overestimated. 



Whilst in this country the consumption is nothing 

 like what it is in England (for example, there the aver- 

 age is nearly sixty-four pounds per capita), it is on the 

 increase, and will, without doubt, attain that figure 

 within the next ten years ; for whilst in the eighth 

 decade 28.10 pounds were consumed per capita, it was 

 in the ninth 38.29 pounds ; and in the tenth decade, 

 if the same ratio of augmentation should exist, the 

 above expectation will not be an exaggeration. The 

 consumption of foreign sugars has more than doubled 

 in twenty years. For 1860 it was 660,777,673 pounds ; 

 in 1880, 1,601,200,417 pounds; and the consumption 

 of home sugar has decreased 100,000,000 pounds in 

 the same time. 



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