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TABLE XX. 

 .Quantities and Yalues of Imported Tea and Coffee Retained in the 

 United States for Consumption, and the Estimated Consumption 

 per Capita of Population, during the Years 1830, 1840, and from 

 1850 to 1881 inclusive. 



Note. — The consumption of tea and of coffee In the United States, for each year from 

 1830 to 1866, inclusive, is estimated by subtracting the amount exported from the 

 amount imported. For the years 1867 to 1880, inclusive, the amount of the respective 

 articles entered for consumption at the custom-houses is taken as the consumption. 

 The population is estimated for years other than the census years 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 

 1870, and 1880. In 1870 it was 38,558,371 ; in 1880 it was 50,153,866. 



