Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-05
TOBACCO TRADE.
VALUE OF THIS INTEREST TO THE CITY
OF RICHMOND.
Interesting Statement Of It's Magnitude
Aggregate Value and Tax Thereon
in 1885, &c.


nilude and importance OF the tobacco trade
of Richmond, Vs., during the year lSS5.
by which interest this city Is brought INTO
direct communication and dealings with di
The principal markets Of the world. IL Sc
lectlons Of lea: and productions OF manu-
factUred tobacco having justly Worldwide
reTutaiion-Its value aggregating Si3.60l.-
IA. 20, OF which amount there was paid into
the United States Treasury S1.135,SIS.R
revenue tax.
Reoeipts of Leaf Tobacco IN Richmond, Va.
During the rear 1855.
Receipts per rsilroads............. 6s,090, 49l
Receipts per steamship lines IoOOeV
Receipts per other convey
sDces, wagons, &c.........--..... o'ooo'foi
Total receipts IN Iss5.~....- 73.972o2
or the above receipts there was passed
through the tweniy.tbree inspection and
storage-wafeHouscs in Richmond, Va, In
1885:
oi,oOo eVO
ol,ooi'Ho
Receipts and Soies by The FortU Warehouses
and ComHtsst0R- Merchants.
46es5 4se
foVs0 o.
Naue ..........-so, ,O04'4Oo -
Cigarette and cigar Factories operated "a
Richmond, "a. during 1858.
Factories. F,PPpIayes GPfIaSosi invested. Sp
20 cssIe''e' c,esr 1880 s22e'ooo
Pounds.
Tobacco purchased and used in ci-
gafeffes
Tobacco purchased and used In ci-
garS-.........-.......
Cigarettes manufactured, La, 500 $40:
Cigarettes sold In valued AZ
United srates.~.-1s6.ss 100 s545,55o 40
Cigarettessod and
exported ............. 42,255,Ooo loo'Sol W.
Total. ............17s. .622.loO s7I4.4ss 40
Cigars manufactured. Is, ,96S,255.
Cfgars sold in valued ~
United States. Ie,342.O4o s56O,262 ~
Cigars sold and eX-
orted...'.............. 252,52O G.sis O4
Total ............... Is.694,669 s557OsO 81
ReCophUl0tion NJ Leaf ToIdcco Receipts and
Thar DistriJuti0a is Richmond. Va, du-
Pounds
Total receJ 78 si7 262
Distributed as follows:
Pounds.
Used by manufacturers .............2 2 ,24f 7s3
Shipped RS 645 500
Stock in warehouses stemmeries,
and factories in process. ...........I9 8 $50, $50
92956s3
73s4725l
TOtdI Leaf Tobacco, MANUFACTURED 105dcco
strips, scraps and stems slapped from
Rjchm0nd Gd.. IN 1885,
-%---Per Railroads.
Leaf SIPS Stems. Manrd. Total
Poupds. Pounds. Pounds. Pounds
14,3O2.3G3 l 1,232,9O9 1880 Gss 2s O6s 900
----Fer Steamship Lines.----
Leaf SIPS Stems. Maufd. Total.
Ponnds. POUNDS. Ponnds Pounds
1G.443 499 l.270, 500 4 1877 II ,qS7i70
Totals per Railroad and St'msh'p Lines
Leaf SIPS Stems. Manrd. Total.
Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. Pounds
O,645 $50 2.503.709 l6,906 eG5 5O.036,430
DisiiiJiifton Qr these Shipments IN 1855.
--To Southern and Gulf States ---
Lcsf SIPS Stems. Manrd. Total
Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. Pounds.
2,2bO,45G 1850 5.794655 61l6,31s
--To Western states.----
Leaf. SIPS Stems. Manrd. Total
Sclapt Tobacco.
Pounds. Pounds rounds. ROUNDS:
42o7.5C4 ------- 3'sl5. 9f2 S023.506
--Io Northern and Eastern States
Leaf. st'ps Stems. Manfd. Total.
Scraps. Tobacco.
Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. Pounds
6.539 1913 100000 2.59j,4 493 s434,es0
--To Foreign Countrles.---
Leaf SIPS Stems. Manfd. Total.
ScrapS Tobacco.
Pounds. Pounds Pounds Pounds
o. u - 4 fy A :
---Total Distributions
SCRAPS. Tobacco.
Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. Pounds.
30 CABS 2,50S, 100 I6,906, sos 50,056.430
S.nime,tes anr RehondIjng Fdcfories Opt-
rated IN Richmond. g.. bl 1885.
No.of Leaf
No OF Operatives Purchased.
Factories. Employed. Capital. Pounds
20 I,OsO S69t, coo 23.043.7 799
Production OF
StemmeTies and
Rehandiing Factories.
Pounds Value.
Leaf dried..~lI,S sos 500 sl.lse $50 90
STRIPS put up. 3.77S,2S6 500 742 90
scs5Ds etc lgT71q5 sf74g5 ass7d 1ss75 y y
Totals.........l7,22S.2 POP sI,7ss.4s4 9s
Plu0, Cheering. and Smoking Tobacco Manu-
factories Operated IN RichDtOs,d, Va, Du-
ring 1855.
Number Of Operatives Capital
Factories. kmployed. Invested
SO 4.94l <L7eS,6OO
Ndter,idLs Purchased and Used BY These Fac
tories.
Pounds.
Leaf tobacco. .....2O Oyb,92S
Scrnp. clipping. etc.........-........... 346.597
Stens...'..... ........ 46,505
Licorice, sugar and other mate
rials................... 3.1s5 O5s
Total used in pounds. 669.077
Pounds.
Total productions OF plug. chew
ing, and smoking tobacco. ,6l5, lo3
Total sales and ship p nents of
ufactuied, chewing and smOk-
ing. ETC.. including a balance
nom 1854 ...............-172I22 26o
Pounds Valued at
Chewing and
smoking sold IN
United States. IL 63S, ,072 s4,4OS,32o 53
Chewing and
smoking sold
and exported. 4,574,l7S SJf,S35 80
Leaf tobacco sold
and exported. l,206,91o 1oO,664 80
and exported. s4O.6se oe,4ss 10
Stems sold and
exported ....-.... 4,OOl,O24 4O,OlO "a
Total. l.............-.2s.s 1863, ,22o s5.645.274 IL
The aboye figures are from the report