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
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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 |
|