The Dutch papers state that in a single establishment in Voster Vick, in Guilderland, about five million pounds' weight of the beet-root are consumed in the manufacture of sugar.
The following is a Comparative Statement of the number of Sugar Manufactories, and the Quantity of Beet-root upon which duty was paid for the Manufacture of Sugar in the Zollverein during the years ending the 31st of August, 1846 and 1847:—
| Name of the State of the Zollverein | Number of Manufactories | Quantity of Beet-root upon which duty was paid for the Manufacture of Sugar. | ||||
| 1845-6 | 1846-7 | Comparison in 1845-6 1846-7 with the preceding year. | ||||
| 1845-6 | 1846-7 | More in 1846-7 | Less in 1846-7 | |||
| Prussia | Cwts. ** | Cwts. | Cwts. | Cwts. | ||
| Eastern Prussia | 2 | 2 | 12,393 | 29,941 | 17,548 | — |
| Western Prussia | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Posen | 7 | 8 | 101,422 | 121,914 | 20,492 | — |
| Pomerania | 5 | 4 | 89,865 | 121,061 | 31,196 | — |
| Silesia | 16 | 22 | 590,545 | 711,632 | 121,087 | — |
| Brandenburg | 3 | 3 | 140,421 | 148,066 | 7,645 | — |
| Prussian Saxony | 38 | 42 | 2,676,084 | 3,547,891 | 871,817 | — |
| Duchies of Anhalt | 4 | 5 | 266,345 | 288,082 | 21,737 | — |
| Westphalia | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rhenish Provinces | 2 | — | 2,479 | — | — | 2,479 |
| Total in Prussia | 77 | 86 | 3,879,554 | 4,968,587 | 1,079,043 | |
| Luxemburg | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bavaria, Kingdom of | 8 | 7 | 50,952 | 46,142 | — | 4,810 |
| Saxony, Kingdom of | 1 | 2 | 20,887 | 34,230 | 13,343 | — |
| Wurtemburg, Kingdom of | 2 | 2 | 59,521 | 141,366 | 81,845 | — |
| Baden, Grand Duchy | 2 | 2 | 316,968 | 328,608 | 11,640 | — |
| Hesse, Electorate | 2 | 3 | 25,376 | 23,529 | — | 1,847 |
| Hesse, Grand Duchy | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thuringia | 2 | 3 | 36,127 | 38,218 | 2,091 | — |
| Brunswick, Dukedom | 2 | 2 | 65,707 | 52,796 | — | 12,911 |
| Nassau, Dukedom | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Frankfort, FreeCity | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total, exclusively of Prussia | 19 | 21 | 575,538 | 664,889 | 89,351 | |
| Total in the Zollverein | 96 | 107 | 4,455,092 | 5,633,476 | 1,168,394 | |
| [** Prussian cwts. are equal to 80 English cwts.] | ||||||
This statement proves that the cultivation of the beet-root, and the subsequent manufacture into sugar, has greatly increased in the Zollverein. Eleven manufactories had been added to the number in the previous year, and an increase of 26 per cent. took place in the quantity of beet-root which was manufactured into sugar. Each manufactory used, upon an average, the following quantity during the undermentioned years:—
| 1841-2 Cwts. | 1844-5 Cwts. | 1846-7 Cwts. | |
| In Prussia generally | 38,161 | 50,384 | 57,774 |
| In the province of Saxony | 55,412 | 70,423 | 84,473 |
| In the province of Silesia | 33,595 | 36,909 | 32,347 |
| In the Zollverein, on an average in each manufactory | 27,237 | 46,407 | 52,634 |
The increase is chiefly evident in the province of Saxony, where, in 1846-7, an augmentation of 1,087,851 cwt. of beet-root; in comparison to the preceding year, took place. If we compare the quantity of beet-root employed in Saxony with that of the whole Zollverein, we find that the former province requires 63 per cent, of the whole quantity used for the manufacture of sugar. The great activity in that province (chiefly in the district of Magdeburg) is rendered more apparent by the following table:—
Comparative Statement of the Number of Manufactories, and their Machinery and Utensils, employed for the Manufacture of Beet-root Sugar in the Prussian Province of Saxony during the years 1841-2 and 1846-7 respectively.
| Province of Saxony | In the neighbourhood of Magdeburg | |||
| 1841-2 | 1846-7 | 1841-2 | 1846-7 | |
| No. | No. | No. | No. | |
| Manufactories | 40 | 39 | 15 | 15 |
| Apparatus for grating | 58 | 65 | 27 | 32 |
| Hydraulic presses | 136 | 209 | 72 | 93 |
| Clarifying pans, with openfiring | 81 | 68 | 24 | 24 |
| Ditto, by steam | 50 | 76 | 33 | 42 |
| Evaporating pans, with open firing | 130 | 123 | 55 | 54 |
| Ditto, by steam | 46 | 71 | 28 | 32 |
| Clarifiers, with open firing | 23 | 21 | 14 | 10 |
| Ditto, by steam | 23 | 28 | 19 | 21 |
| Boiling pans, with open firing | 76 | 61 | 33 | 24 |
| Ditto, by steam | 20 | 35 | 12 | 17 |
| Of which there are vacuum pans | 8 | 21 | 3 | 9 |
| Steam-engines | 19 | 40 | 12 | 20 |
| Horse-power | 210 | 457 | 153 | 267 |
| Cattle mills | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| Cattle employed | 79 | 38 | 19 | 12 |
| Cwt. | Cwt. | Cwt. | Cwt. | |
| Quantity of beet-root used for manufacture | 2,349,774 | 3,387,280 | 1,433,293 | 1,889,463 |
| Or on an average in each manufactory | 58,744 | 86,853 | 95,553 | 125,964 |
The increase of power by machinery is surprising, chiefly by steam and hydraulic presses, which has not only effected a greater produce, but likewise a much larger increase of the quantity of beet-root required for manufacture. The works where draught cattle are employed have decreased, and are only in use where the manufacture of beet root sugar is combined with a farm.