42. 
countries, principally in eme Kingdom. This has been done, how- 
ever, without diminishing the consumption of cane sugar in those 
u ta 
years has pe een enis more to rely largely on beet veh and the 
u : 
displacement of cane sugar in its pr oportionate importance in the 
market of the United Kingdom, are points of special interest ; 
which may be further illustrated.” 
ANNUAL Imports of Sucar into the Unirep KrxaGpow, 
distinguishing CANE from BEETROOT SUGAR, &e. 
qune or n or 
ecrease in ecrease in 
dem 1877-78. | 1882-83. | 1886-88. | 1882-83 from | 1886-88 from 
1877-78. 1882-83. 
Cwts. Cwts. Cwt. Cwts. Cwts. 
Raw cane sugar from 5,450,000 5,168,000 8,292,000 — 282,060 — 1,876,000 
British Possessions 
From foreign countries 7,100,000 8,073,000 6,585,000 + 973,000 — 1,488,000 
Total - - | 12,550,000 | 13,241,000 9,877,000 + 691,000 — 3,364,000 
Raw beetrootsugar  - 3,220,000 6,861,000 7,456,000 + 3,641,000 + 595,000 
Refined cane sugar - 215,000 125,000 748,000 — 90,000 + 623,009 
Refined beetroot sugar, 3,132,000 2,900,000 5,999,000 — 232,000 + 3,099,000 
i.e., refined sugar from 
beet: -growing countries. 
Total - -| 19,117,000 | 93,127,000 | 21,080,000 + 4,010,000 + 953,000 
* Thus, REN though it Basi largely in the five years ending 
e expense of cane sugar, but since the d ate 
is a loss of cane ount and proportion, and a gnin of beet. 
The imports of raw cane su rom British possessions alone have 
bou 
of 21 million ewts., the greater part 
in the last five yea At the 6 smi time the im of raw cane sugar 
from foreign eonia which increased nearly 1 million ewts. in the 
rst five eni show a falling off of about 14 million ewts, in 
the 
subsequent five years, making a small net balance of decrease in the 
ar from beet countries, on the other hand, has m 
doubled in amount in the 10 , the increase being from 6,350. 
ifference, moreover, in the A E 
iods. Between 1878 a 
gar , 
g. Since 1882 the increase of 
,000 ewts., or 
as much as the total imports of refined from beet countries five years 
ago. 
