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nited Kingdom, in 1844; was but 4,130,000 cwt., the amount had risen in 1852 to upwards of 8,000,000 cwt. Sugar unrefined, entered for home consumption. Colonial Raw. Foreign Raw. Total. Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. 1848 5,936,355 1,225,866 6,162,221 1849 5,424,248 498,038 5,922,386 1850 5,201,206 911,115 6,112,321 1851 5,872,288 1,383,286 6,255,574 1852 6,241,581 687,269 6,928,850 To the foregoing should be added the following quantities of refined sugar and molasses, entered for home consumption. Refined Sugar and Candy. Molasses. Total Cwt. Cwt. Cwt. 1848 46,292 637,050 683,342 1849 75,392 812,330 887,722 1850 116,744 917,588 1,034,362 1851 338,734 773,035 1,111,769 1852 274,781 799,942 1,074,723 The quantity of sugar refined by our bonded refiners, and exported, is shown by the following figures. The increase in 1851, was one-fourth in excess of the previous year. Cwt. 1848 248,702 1849 222,900 1850 209,148 1851 258,563 1852 214,299 The following were the imports of sugar into Great Britain, in 1848 and 1851, respectively--and the quarters from whence supplies were derived:-- 1848--Tons. 1851--Tons. West Indies 121,600 153,300 Mauritius 43,600 50,000 East Indies 65,200 78,286 Java and Manila 11,000 20,850 Havana, Porto Rico, and Brazil 76,900 76,526 ------- ------- 318,300 378,962 The production of sugar in the last four years, may be stated comparatively as follows:-- +----------------------+---------+---------+---------+-----------+ | CANE SUGAR. | 1849. | 1850. | 1851. | 1852. | +----------------------+---------+---------+---------+-----------+ | | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | | Cuba | 220,000 |
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