The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-16

FooD IN PARIs.-Hunt's Magazine for June con-
tains interesting statistics relative to food
and branches of industry relating to it in Paris.
1t states that the number OF butchers within the
ban iieute is limited to 400 by law, but the a ctuaI
| number is SOL They cannot buy cattle anywhere
but at the authorized markets, and they are obliged
to kill at the municipal abators Of these there are
five The butcher may sell either at his stall or at
the market.
Number of butchers 59l of whom 47O employ
from TO 10 men; 81, only Amount of business
in lS47, 1873 32 francs Animals butchered in
The bakers of Paris form sort of corporations;
they limited in number to 600, and are under
the superintendent of the Project of Police, who
takes the place of the crown officers of former
times called pcnneiers. The bakers are obliged
to keep supply of flour in reserve, 10 give six
months previous notice of intention to close bust
| ness, and not to diminish the number of their
ovens. In the thirteenth century they were liable
to heavy fine for baking Sundays and tte days.
On theee days fresh bread to be had in Paris.
Now baking is done every day, and public
bakery is maintained, at which, in case accident
at their own shops, the bakers can continue work
without interruption. Amount of business in 1847
60 POS $40 francs; in 1S4S, "A 579 400 france Mum
Der employed in 1877, 2646.
Coffee burning ia done almost entirely by gro
cers but of late the business has increased as it
has been asceraned that the process of roasting is
susceptible of great improvements. The object of
roasting is to burn off certain useless or injurious
| causes waste, and deprves the coffee of part of
| its aroma. The process of chartres, and others
lately introduced, are followed at numerous estab
lshments in different quarters Of Paris. The imi-
| tatons of coffee, such chickory, are not made
at Paris Chickory comes, all prepared, from the
| northern departments. The tables include one
large establishment for imitation OF coffee from
acorns. The number engaged in this business Is
forty five. Amount of business in lo47, 2o23,O90
francs; number of workmen, fifty nine.
The manufacture of chocolate has been greatly
| increased and improved in France, and partcu
arly in Paris, since the beginning OF the century.
| The direct importation of the choicest cocoas, ia
cilitated by the emancipation Of the Spanish colo
MICS, and the gradual fall in the price of sugar,
have remarkably favored the consumption of cho
colate. 1t is hardly thirty years since machinery
of any force used in grinding the chocolate.
Number of employers, "a; amount OF business in
! lS47, 1916 francs; number of workmen, 1876
Business in 1S4S, 2 So, 900 francs.
The art of confectionery 10 cminently Partisan,
and for century has made famous the quarter des
Lombards, the confectoners of which invented the
art OF giving various forms of sugar of making
satuettes out Of il, and limitations of fruits and
flowers. There are many subdivisions Of the trade;
some confine themselves to sugarplums, others to
sweetmeats or glazed chestnuts, pastils, pre-
parations of paste and dough. Number of en-
ployers, 81; business in 1877, 6,262 262 france;
number of persons employed, $685.