Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1878 — Sugar Statistics. [ARTICLE]

Sugar Statistics.

The annual production of the sugaf of the world has been approximately calculated as follows: Bengal, China and Siam, 300,000,000 pounds; British colonies, 440,000,000 pounds; Spanish colonies, 470,000,000 pounds; Butch colonies, 160,000,000 pounds; Swedish and Danish colonies, 20,000,000 pounds; French colonies, 160,000,000 pounds; France (beet), 360,000,000 pounds; Brazil, 150,000,000 pounds.; Zollverein (beet),' 550,000,000 pounds; Austria (beet), 178,000,000 pounds; Russia (beet), 100,000,000 pounds; Italy and Belgia (beet), 200,000,000 pounds; all other sources, including the United States, 400,000,000 pounds. Total, 3,420,000,000 pound. The annual consumption of sugar per head by different nations varies very considerably, as may be seen by the following figures, based on official data: In the United States, 33 pounds per head; England, 30; Scotland, 30; Holland, 16; Ireland, 5; Belgium, 6; France, 6.66; Spain, 6.24; Switzerland, 6; Portugal, 5; Denmark, 5; Poland, 5 ; Prussia (Zollverein), 10; Norway and Sweden, 9; Italy, 2; Austria, 2; Russia, 1. Surely there must be something wrong in the statistics that make the average Englishman eat more than four times more sugar than a Frenchman.