TOBACCO. 



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The whole crop of 1840 was 219,163,319 lbs., which, at the 

 estimate of 1,200 lbs. to the hhd., would be equal to 182,636 hhds., 

 and at the average price of that year, 81 dollars 5 cents, per hhd., 

 would make the value of the crop of the United States 14,802,647 

 dollars 80 cents. The average annual export for the ten vears 

 ending with 1840, was 96,775 hhds. The actual exportation of 

 1840 was 119,484 hhds. The principal exports are formed of the 

 produce of Yii'ginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland, and Xorth 

 Carolina. The exports are chiefly to the following countries — 

 about 30,000 hhds. annuallv to England, 15,000 hhds. to France, 

 20,000 hhds. to Holland, 25,000 hhds. Germany, and about 22,000 

 hhds. to other countries. The whole crop for 1845 was put down 

 at 187,422,000 lbs. In 1839, it was ascertained that one and a 

 half million persons were engaged in the cultivation and manufac- 

 ture of tobacco in the United States, one million of whom were 

 so occupied in the States of Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, and 

 MissourL In the cit}^ of Xew York the consumption of cigars is 

 computed at 10,000 dollars a day, a sum greater than that whicli 

 the inhabitants pay for their daily bread ; and in the whole country 

 the anuual consumption of tobacco is estimated at 120 million 

 pounds, being 7 lbs. for every man, woman, and child, at an annual 

 cost to the consumers of 20 million dollars (more than four 

 million pounds sterling) . 



It is estimated that the manufacture of tobacco in the United 

 States is increasing at the rate of 2,000 hhds. per annum. 



hhds. 



The quantity manufactured in 1851, was stated at 5.5,000 

 Exportations for the year estimated at . . 120,000 



175,000 



The production for 1852 is supposed to be as follows : — 



hhds. 



Virginia . . . . . . 27,000 



Maryland ...... 33,000 



"Western States, including frosted . . . 65,000 



Total production .... 125,000 

 Deficiency in the year's crop . . 50,000 



The quantity produced in the United States, in 1847, was 

 220,164.000 lbs., worth, at 5 cents per lb., nearly 11 million dollars 

 (more than two million sterling). The principal producing States 

 were — Kentucky, 65 million lbs.; A^irgiuia, 50 millions ; Tennessee, 

 35 millions ; Xorth Carolina, 14 millions ; Ohio, 9 millions ; 

 Indiana, 4 millions ; Illinois, Connecticut, and a few others in 

 smaller proportions. 



The production in 1848 was 218,909,000 lbs., which, valued at 

 four cents per lb., would be worth nine million dollars. From 

 persons largely interested in the tobacco trade, and well informed 

 in relation thereto, I have gathered the following general 

 statements : — 



The crops of tobacco to come to market in the year 1851, were esiimated as 

 follows — 



