The consumption of sugar we find, then, has been steadily and rapidly increasing in this country, and if we add together to the refined and raw sugar and molasses used, it will be seen that the consumption of 1852 amounted to 400,178 tons; which is at the rate of 29 lbs. per head of the population per annum. Whilst the quantity retained for home consumption in the United 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. Cwt. | Foreign Raw. Cwt. | Total. 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 | Molasses. | Total | |
| Candy. 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 |
| 318,300 | 378,962 |
The production of sugar in the last four years, may be stated comparatively as follows:—