| 1848. | 1849. | 1850. | 1851. | 1852.
| lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs. | lbs.
Unmanufactured|34,090,360|41,546,848|35,166,358|31,061,953|33,205,635
Manufactured | | | | |
and snuff | 1,512,714| 1,905,306| 1,557,618| 2,331,886| 2,930,299
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------
|35,603,074|43,452,154|36,723,876|33,393,839|36,135,934

Gross duty received:--

| 1848. | 1849. | 1850. | 1851. | 1852.
| L | L | L | L | L
On raw tobacco| 4,267,579| 4,328,217| 4,337,258| 4,386,910| 4,466,533
Cigars, snuff,| | | | |
&c. | 97,655| 96,814| 92,873| 98,858| 94,298
|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------
| 4,365,234| 4,425,031| 4,430,131| 4,485,768| 4,569,831

The amount of tobacco consumed is so limited that the trade will not
admit of an excessive growth. In the two most thickly populated
countries in Europe--France and England--not more than a certain
quantity finds its way there. In France the trade is monopolised by
Government, which gives out contracts to deliver a stipulated quantity
at certain prices; in England the duty imposed is so enormous that
only a limited quantity of certain descriptions can be imported
without risk of loss. In Germany and Holland, where the trade is more
extensively carried on than elsewhere, the duty imposed is almost
nominal, and all classes of their citizens are enabled to use the weed
at prices very little higher than its first prime cost. The tobacco
trade constitutes so large a staple of American produce that it is
singular greater efforts are not made upon the part of that Government
to cause a reciprocal duty to be imposed, that more favor may be shown
by European Governments to this particular article. England, from the
duty imposed upon it alone, derives a revenue of L4,500,000, being
about L160 to the hogshead, or from ten to sixteen times its original
cost. France makes the trade a monopoly, from which she derives an
income of L3,000,000 sterling.

STATEMENT OF IMPORTS, SALES, AND STOCKS OF TOBACCO AND
STEMS, IN BREMEN, FROM 1840 TO 1850.
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| MARYLAND | VIRG