TABLE X.
Reading edition
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. 319,420,800lbs. 283,183,040lbs. 603,603,840
1851.406,530,880240,661,120646,206,400
1852.440,289,920265,796,160706,086,080
1853.449,366,400386,128,960835,495,360
1854.337,912,960522,954,560863,067,520
1855.431,432,960304,731,520846,164,480
1856.594,254,080276,568,320848,422,400
1857.541,553,60087,360,000628,913,600
1858.548,257,920310,740,160870,222,080
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. 24,806,949Gals. 12,202,300Gals. 37,019,249
1851.33,238,27810,709,74043,948,018
1852.29,417,51118,840,00048,258,511
1853.28,576,82126,930,00055,536,821
1854.24,437,01932,053,00056,493,019
1855.23,533,42324,251,20747,266,085
1856.23,014,87816,584,00039,608,878
1857.23,266,4045,242,38028,508,784
1858.24,795,37420,373,79045,169,164
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.