TABLE IX.
Statement showing the Exports of Tobacco from America (United States) in decennial periods, from 1820 to 1850, and in 1855.
| Years. | Quantity exported. hogsheads |
|---|---|
| 1820 | 66,000 |
| 1830 | 83,810 |
| 1840 | 119,484 |
| 1850 | 145,729 |
| 1855 | 150,213 |
TABLE X.
ANALYSIS OF TOBACCO BY POSSELT & REINMANN.
| Nicotina | 0·06 |
| Concrete vegetable oil | 0·01 |
| Bitter extractive | 2·87 |
| Gum, with malate of lime | 1·74 |
| Chlorophylle | 0·267 |
| Albumen and gluten | 1·308 |
| Malic acid | 0·51 |
| Lignin and a trace of starch | 4·969 |
| Salts (sulphate, nitrate, and malate of potash, chloride of potassium, phosphate and malate of lime, and malate of ammonia) | 0·734 |
| Silica | 0·088 |
| Water | 88·280 |
| Fresh leaves of tobacco | 100·836 |