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are the result of a great number of local state- 

 ments, that Europe consumes in it's present state 

 of civilization, 



Franks. 



23 millions of pounds of cacao, at? ^ goo 000 



120 fr. the hundred weight. ) 

 32 millions of pounds of tea, at? 128 qqq 000 



4 fr. a pound . . . 

 140 millions of pounds of coffee, at? qqq 



114 fr. the hundred weight S 

 450 millions of pounds of sugar, at? 243 000,008 



54 fr. the hundred weight . .> 



Total value*, 558,200,000 



233,000 hogsheads, at 14 cwt.,or 326,000,000 pounds; of which 

 Jamaica alone, with 350,000 negroes, furnished 189,000,000 

 pounds. The produce of Cuba and that of St. Domingo 

 together have been estimated at 120,000,000 pounds of 

 sugar. When we state the annual consumption of cacao 

 in Europe at 23,000,000, and that of sugar at 450,000,000 

 pounds, we think we give the real numbers, exact to one 

 fifth. This degree of precision may be attained by estimating 

 with care the exportation of those countries, that furnish the 

 greatest quantity of cacao and sugar for the European trade.; 

 for instance, with respect to cacao, the exportation of the 

 ports of Terra Firma, Guayaquil, and Guatimala; and for 

 sugar that of the English, Spanish, and French West India 

 islands. We shall remark on this occasion, that the con- 

 sumption of sugar is stated, in the statistical tables of 

 France, to amount in 1800 to 51,000,000 ; in 1817, it was 

 56,400,000 pounds. 



* In 1818, the price of cacao at London was, for the cacao 

 of Caraccas, from QL to 6/. 105.; for cacao of inferior quality, 



