STATEMENT SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF CANE SUGAR CONSUMED IN THE UNITED STATES, ANNUALLY, WITH THE PROPORTIONS THAT ARE DOMESTIC OR FOREIGN, DURING THE YEARS STATED—THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31. | Years. | Foreign. | Domestic. | Total. | | 1850. | lbs. 319,420,800 | lbs. 283,183,040 | lbs. 603,603,840 | | 1851. | 406,530,880 | 240,661,120 | 646,206,400 | | 1852. | 440,289,920 | 265,796,160 | 706,086,080 | | 1853. | 449,366,400 | 386,128,960 | 835,495,360 | | 1854. | 337,912,960 | 522,954,560 | 863,067,520 | | 1855. | 431,432,960 | 304,731,520 | 846,164,480 | | 1856. | 594,254,080 | 276,568,320 | 848,422,400 | | 1857. | 541,553,600 | 87,360,000 | 628,913,600 | | 1858. | 548,257,920 | 310,740,160 | 870,222,080 |
STATEMENT SHOWING THE AMOUNT, IN GALLONS, OF MOLASSES CONSUMED IN THE UNITED STATES, ANNUALLY, WITH THE PROPORTIONS WHICH ARE FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC, DURING THE YEARS STATED—THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31. | Years. | Foreign. | Domestic. | Total. | | 1850. | Gals. 24,806,949 | Gals. 12,202,300 | Gals. 37,019,249 | | 1851. | 33,238,278 | 10,709,740 | 43,948,018 | | 1852. | 29,417,511 | 18,840,000 | 48,258,511 | | 1853. | 28,576,821 | 26,930,000 | 55,536,821 | | 1854. | 24,437,019 | 32,053,000 | 56,493,019 | | 1855. | 23,533,423 | 24,251,207 | 47,266,085 | | 1856. | 23,014,878 | 16,584,000 | 39,608,878 | | 1857. | 23,266,404 | 5,242,380 | 28,508,784 | | 1858. | 24,795,374 | 20,373,790 | 45,169,164 | Note. The above table is taken from the Shipping and Commercial List, and New York Price Current, January 22, 1859. The sources of supply are the same as when the first edition went to press, and the proportions from slave labor and free labor countries respectively, has undergone very little change. The year ends December 31st, while the Congressional fiscal year ends June 30th. The value of imports of Sugar, for the year ending June 30, 1858, from a few principal countries, stood thus: Cuba, $15,555,409; Porto Rico, $3,584,503; British West Indies, $386,546; British Guiana, $255,481; British Honduras, $26; Hayti, $851; San Domingo, $5,529.
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