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DUUUS, KAJICOTICS, ETC. 



Virginia . 



Ki-ntu -ky, Tennessee, and Missouri, about 

 Maryland, about .... 

 Ohio, about .... 



hhda. 



30,000 



50,000 



22,000 



14,000 



From tbe above estimate it will be seen that tbe quantity produced in 1850 

 is less than two-thirds of the usual production in the States named. The en- 

 tire crop of Virginia \\ill be required for home consumption. About 15,000 

 hhds. Kentucky, and 5,000 hhds. Maryland will also be wanted for home use. 

 Owing to the increase of population by immigration and otherwise, the domestic 

 consumption, which was a few years ago so small as not to be considered worthy 

 of notice, has now increased to a very important item, and affords a steady home 

 market for a large portion of the production. 



The quantity of Maryland tobacco left for export to Bremen and Holland, in 

 1851, will only be about 17,000 hhds., which is not more than half the amount 

 usually shipped to these countries every year. 



Of the Kentucky tobacco contracted for last year by France and Spain, 

 through their age .is in this country, less than one third has yet been purchased, 

 and those governments will this year require the deficiency to be made up, in 

 addition to their annual average supply, which, with the quantity required for 

 England, will take the entire crop, leaving nothing for the rest of Europe, 

 Africa, South America, the West Indies, &c. The tobacco markets throughout 

 the world are in a much more healthy condition than has ever been known, and 

 it is thought prices will rule very high the coming season. In Maryland, while 

 the production has been not more than half an average crop, the price is nearly 

 three times as high as usual ; so that the planter will receive more for his 

 diminished crops than in ordinary seasons of plenty. 



QUANTITY OF TOBACCO 

 Exports for Year ending 



September 30th, 1821 . . 



1822 . . 



1823 . . 



1824 . . 



1825 . . 



1826 . . 



1827 . . 



1828 . . 



1829 . . 



1830 . . 



1831 . . 



1832 . . 



1833 . . 



1834 . . 



1835 . . 



1836 . . 



1837 . . 



1838 . . 



1839 . . 



1840 . . 



1841 . . 



1842 . . 



June 30 (9 ms.) 1843 . . 



(12 ms.) 1844 . . 



1845 . . 



1846 . . 



1847 . . 



1848 . . 



1849 . . 

 1850 



EXPORTED ANNUALLY FROM 1821 TO 1850. 



hhds. 



66,850 



83,169 



99,000 



77,889 



75,986 



64,099 



100,020 



96,279 



77,136 



83,810 



86,718 



106,800 



83,153 



87,979 



94,353 



109,042 



100,232 



100,593 



78,995 



119,484 



147,828 



158,710 



94,454 



163,042 



147,168 



147,998 



135,762 



130,665 



101,521 



145,729 



Stocks in Europe, year ending hhds. 



December 31st, 1821 . . 



1822 . . 



1823 . . - 



1824 . . 



1825 . . - 



1826 . . 



1827 . . 



1828 . . 69,485 



1829 . . 63,670 



1830 . . 50,672 



1831 . . 54,690 



1832 . . 61,868 



1833 . . ' 50,643 



1834 . . "63,413 



1835 . . 57,458 



1836 . . 68,918 



1837 . . 38,703 



1838 . . 31,067 



1839 . . 38,715 



1840 . . 37,623 



1841 . . 50,880 



1842 . . 62,496 



1843 . . 91,196 



1844 . . 88,973 



1845 . . 91,213 



1846 . . 100,774 



1847 . . 88,858 



1848 . . 80,391 



1849 . . 70,527 



1850 . . 66,777 



It is a curious fact that, notwithstanding the variety of climate and soil in 



