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The increase is chiefly evident in the province of Saxony, where, 

 in 1846-7, an augmentation of 1,087,851 cwt. of beet-root, in com- 

 parison to the preceding year, took place. If we compare the 

 quantity of beet-root employed in Saxony with that of the whole 

 Zollverein, we find that the former province requires 63 per cent, 

 of the whole quantity used for the manufacture of sugar. The 

 great activity in that province (chiefly in the district of Magde- 

 burg) is rendered more apparent by the following table : 



Comparative Statement of the Number of Manufactories, and their 

 Machinery and Utensils, employed for the Manufacture of 

 Beet-root Sugar in the Prussian Province of Saxony during 

 the years 1841-2 and 1846-7 respectively. 



The increase of power by machinery is surprising, chiefly by 

 steam and hydraulic presses, wliicli lias not only effected a greater 

 produce, but likewise a much larger increase of the quantity of 

 beet-root required for manufacture. The works where draught 

 cattle are employed have decreased, and are only in use where the 

 manufacture of beet root sugar is combined with a farm. 



In Eussia, in 1832, there existed only 20 manufacturers of beet 

 .root sugar, but this number subsequently increased to 100, and 

 they annually produced the twelfth of the total quantity of sugar 

 which Eussia receives from foreign parts. The number of those 

 manufactories in 1840, was 140, and the importation of sugar, 

 which reached to 1,555,357 Ibs. in 1837, amounted to only 

 1,269,209 Ibs. in 1839. The production of indigenous sugar is 

 now set down at 35,000 tons. 



