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the northern States, every State and territory in the Union produces some 

 tobacco. In many of the States its cultivation is, of course, a secondary object, 

 and perhaps in several it is attended to as a mere matter of curiosity ; but in most 

 of the States, probably a sufficient quantity has been grown, to show that with 

 attention to this object, it might, in case of necessity, be resorted to as a profit- 

 able crop. The States in which the great bulk of the crop is grown lie between 

 the latitudes of about 34 and 40 degrees. 



There is a considerable increase of consumption of American tobacco in 

 Europe, as well as in the United States, which should encourage the planters 

 of Virginia and North Carolina to cultivate this article more abundantly than 

 they have done for several years past ; and, since the home manufacture has 

 increased so much, and the Virginia tobacco is preferred in many parts of the 

 European markets, they may safely count on getting good prices for many years 

 to come. 



It is not in the power of Virginia to make any three years together more 

 than 56,000 hhds., even with good seasons, and 30,000 hhds. annually of this 

 will be wanted by our manufacturers. 



The planters, then, should enrich their lands, and aim to make full crops. 



The increased consumption in Europe is three per cent., and in the United 

 States four per cent, per annum. 



The crop of the United States from 1840 to 1850 inclusive say 11 years 

 averaged about 160,000 hhds. ; this embraces the large crops of 1842-43-44. 



The consumption of Europe from 1829 to 1838 was 96,826 hhds. it is 

 now 130,000. 



An account of the quantities of unmanufactured tobacco, manu- 

 factured called negro-head, and cigars, imported into the United 

 Kingdom in 1850 : 



Countries from whence imported. Unmanufactured. Manufactured. 



United States of America . . . 30,173,444 .. 1,191.001 



Venezuela, New Granada and Ecuador 895,623 .. 527 



Brazil 12,138 .. 56,802 



Peru 8,649 .. 6 



Cuba 589,627 .. 153,819 



British West Indies, including Dem- 



erara and Honduras . . . 26,169 . . 3,242 



British Territories in the East Indies 14,500 . . 25,332 



Philippine Islands .... 12,233 .. 51,210 



Hongkong and China . . . 2,706 . . 2,340 



Turkey, Syria, and Egypt . . 140,361 . . 2,882 



Malta 13,028 .. 7,818 



Italy, Sardinian Territories . . 431,939 . . 17 



Gibraltar 7 3,063 



Spain 307,641 .. 1,100 



France 29,950 . . 1,521 



Channel Islands . 149 1,342 



Belgium 29,922 .. 6,579 



Holland 2,418,732 .. 9,078 



Hanseatic Towns .... 50,610 . . 36,680 



Other parts 8,930 .. 1,980 



Total unmanufactured . . . 35,166,358 1,556,321 



Ditto manfactured . . . 1,556,321 



Snuff . . . 1,197 



Total . . . 36,723,876 



From the tobacco circulars of Messrs. Clagett, Son, and Co., 

 leading, brokers of London, dated Feb., 1st, 1850, I take the 

 following extracts : 



The exhaustion of the stock has resulted from the concurrence of a gradually 



