ON THE TRADE IN NUTS. 



457 



In 1850 the following quantities of foreign nuts were sold in the mar- 

 kets of London and Liverpool : — 







London 



Liverpool 





No. 



Markets. 



Imports. 



Cocoa-nuts . 



1,250,000 



325,000 



Black Spanish, Barcelona, 



Black Sea 







Nuts, &c. 



. bushels 



72,500 



66,000 



Brazil nuts . 



• »« 



11,700 



27,000 



Chestnuts 





26,250 



3,000 



Walnuts 





36,000 



2,000 



Other sorts . 



)j 



8,000 



3,000 



A comparison of prices with those of seven or eight years ago, will 

 show that the variations are considerable in some kinds, especially in 

 almonds, which, as respects the sweet almonds, have nearly doubled in 

 price. The price of chestnuts has risen fully 50 per cent. Cocoa-nuts, 

 although the imports are so much larger, keep up in price. Walnuts 

 are about the same, but small nuts have advanced in price. 

 Average Prices of Nuts. 



Almonds, Jordan, per cwt. 

 Spanish 



do. 

 do. 



„ Morocco 



„ Bitter do. 



Chestnuts, per bushel 

 Cocoa-nuts, per 100 

 Small nuts, per bushel 

 Walnuts, per bushel 



1854. 



£ s. d. 



6 10 



3 17 6 



2 10 



3 

 6 9 

 14 3 

 10 

 7 6 



1861. 



£ s. d. 



7 6 10 



11 7 



• 4 4 6 



2 9 



9s. 3d. to 10s. 



8s. lid. to 12s 5d 



13s. to 14s. 6d. 



6s. 9d. to 8s. 8d. 



The duties have varied as follows : — On 9th July, 1842, a duty of 

 11. 6s. 3d. per cwt. was fixed on Jordan Almonds, and 10s. 6d. per cwt. 

 on other than Jordan. On the 4th June, 1853, the duty on all 

 kinds of sweet almonds was reduced to 10s. per cwt. Bitter Almonds 

 were made free of duty on the 19th March, 1845 ; and Sweet Almonds 

 in March 1860. Chestnuts and cocoa-nuts have been free of duty since 

 1845. Small nuts and walnuts, on which a duty of 2s. Id. per bushel 

 was levied in May, 1840, were lowered to Is. per bushel on the 4th June , 

 1853 ; and have been entered free of duty since the 7th March, 1860. 



Almonds. — The almond gives rise in France, Spain, and Italy, to a 

 large commerce. Although there are a great number of varieties 

 arising from cultivation, all are derived from the Amygdalus communis. 

 There are, however, two well defined kinds of fruit, the bitter and the 

 sweet. 



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