SUGAR. 



The shipments to England were returned at, for 



Kilos. 



1873 54,818,208 



1874 70,413,070 



Kilos. 



1875 90,489,660 



1876 99,111.936 



In 1852 the yield of beetroot was 32,000,000 cwts.; in 1862, 

 44,000,000 cwts.; in 1872 it was 118,183,758 cwts., valued at 

 2 fr. 15 c.the cwt., making a total value for the raw material of about 

 10,150, OOOZ. The duty paid on beet sugar in France was, in 



Francs. 



1860 37,606,000 



1870 54,953,000 



1874 105,437,000 



Progress of sugar Consumption in France, distinguishing the foreign 

 or cane sugar from the home production of beet : 





Year. 



Cane Sugar. 



Beet. 







1870 

 1871 

 1872 

 1873 

 1874 



kilos. 

 95,805,210 

 79,688,738 

 90,678,552 

 95,208,542 

 77,113,591 



kilos. 

 192,411,885 

 145,707,349 

 166,062,460 

 176,193,577 

 257,943,198 







Total 



438,494,633 



938,313,469 







Average 



87,298,925 



187,663,693 





In the Zollverein the progress of beetroot sugar manufacture is 

 shown by the following figures. In 1863 there were but 253 sugar 

 works ; in 1873, 328 ; and the quantity of roots delivered to the 

 manufacturers has risen in the same period from 19,955,760 cwts. 

 to 31,815,590 cwts. About 12J- cwts. of roots are required to make 

 1 cwt. of raw sugar. 



GLUCOSE, OR STARCH SUGAR. 



There is another description of sugar now manufactured largely, 

 which has to be taken into consideration by the sugar planters, as it 

 is used a good deal in brewing, by confectioners and others, and that 

 is glucose or sugar made from potato and other starch. The quantity 

 of starch used in Germany in 1873 for this purpose amounted to 

 885,000 cwts., of which 561,000 was liquid starch, and the rest dry. 

 There were fifty works, and those made the following quantities of 

 sugar : 



Cwts. 



1. Solid glucose 202,610 



2. Molasses or syrup 295,658 



3. Coloured starch 28,995 



Total 



527,263 



