Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-11-06

oil who should be guilty Of taking snuff or tobacco
in the church of ST. l'eter at Rome.
In 1897, great Quantities of tobacco already were
! produced in the pala,ina,e of Hesse.
In l7Oe, the yearly exports of tobacco from A.
meTica for the last ten years. were 2s s5s ,666
pounds; of which II 1905 pounds were annu-
ally consumed in Great Britain, and 1883 OO7
pounds in the countries Of Europe.
| In l7le, the Senate of Strasburg prohibited the
culture Of tobacco from an apprehension ,ha, it
would diminishthe growing of corn.
In l724, Pope Benedic, XIV. revoked the Bull
accommodation published BY Innocent, because
he had acquired the habit of taking snuff.
In 1892, tobacco was male legal tender in
Maryland, a, one penny pound.
In l747, and the two years previous, there were
annually exported 10 England from the merican
| colonies, 1o,oo0oOO pounds of tobacco, 1000 600
Of which was consumed in England. The annual
revenue was about S450O,OOO.
In 1853, The King of Portugal farmcd ou, the to-
bacco trade for about So, 500, OO0 The revenue O.
the King of Spain from tobacco, was Sc $50 900.
In 1889, the duties on tobacco in Denmark
brought in $40 900.
In ITO, the Empress Of Austria received re
venue from tobocco of SsO0,OOo.
| In 1913, the duties on tobacco in the two Sici
lies, amounted to $4,000.
In l775, the annual export of tobacco from the
United States, for the last four years. was one nu
lion pounds for tho last thirty years it averaged
40,000000 pounds, of which 1000 900 were con.
sumed in Great Britain, and 33 100000 in the
other European countries
In 1850, the King of France received ffom 10
bacco revenue of about S7,25O00O
In l7s2, the annual export of tobacco during the
preceding seven years war of the Revolution, had
been l2,37s,5G4 pounds. OF the total seven years
expectation, 33,974,949 pounds were captured by
the British.
In 1887, the quantity imported into ireland was
i,s77,579; in 1929, 4,l24,742 pounds.
In 1889, the quantity exported from the United
States, together with the two previous years. avera-
ged about 80 coo 600 pounds.
In 1920, the quantity Of tobacco grown in France
had doubled the three years, being 80 ,ss7 500 lbs
In 1928, the revenue oa tobacco in the State of
Maryland was S27,275.
In 1880, the revenue on tobocco and snuff ia
Great Britain was nearly thirteen million dollars.
In 1894 the value of tobacco used in the United
States was estimated at $4,000, 900; of which
s9,0O0,000 were suppos d to have been for smo.
king Spanish cigars, Sc 100000 for smoking A.
metican tobacco and chewing and $500 600 snuff
In ls3s. the annual consumption of tobacco in
the United States estimated at one hundred
million pounds valued at tcenty million dollars
cost to the consumers, being seven pounds 10 each
individual of the whole population.
In lsi0, it was ascetaned by committee APP
pointed 10 procure and report statistical IIf3rma ion
on the subject, that abou, one million fire hundred
thousand persons were engaged in the manulac-
ture and cultivation of tobacco in the United States;
one million Of whom were in the States OF Virginia,
Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri. Allowing the
population Of the whole country TO he seventeen
millions, it will be that nearly one tenth are
some way engaged IN cullivatng or The manufacture
of this article. The value of the export during that
year nearly $4,000, ,OOO.- Northern Light
Albany, September, lS4l.