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A.—QUANTITIES CHARGED FOR DUTY, verified, in the Beet-root Sugar Factories of Belgium.

B.—TABLE showing, for the Years 1831 to 1874, the DUTIES collected on. SUGARS, together with the RATE of EXCISE.

Period. 63 to Charged for Duty. Period. Charged fc >r Duty. 1843-44 1844-45 1815-46 1846-47 1847-48 1848-49 1819-50 1850-51 1851-52 1852-53 1853-54 1854-55 1855-56 1S56-57 1857-58 1858-59 :!1 •21 27 25 i>5 24 2L 28 1!) 41 45 is i<; 52 60 Kilos. 2,861,238 2,498,423 2,439,351 4,299.719 ■ 5,700,268 4,698,932 5,600,367 6,164,087 7,143,803 9,455,769 10,498,937 8,074.9 49 10,723,105 13,300,909 18,564,413 17,115,999 Lbs. English. 6,272,728 5,190,530 5,300,572 5,059,331 12,540,589 10,337,650 11,320,807 13,560,991 15,716,366 20,802,690 23,097,661 17,764,887 23,590,963 29,261,999 40,841,703 37,655,197 1859-60 1860-01 1861-62 1862-63 1863-64 1861-65 1865-66 1866-67 1867-68 186S-69 18G9-70 L87O-71 1871-72 1872-73 1878-74 1874-75 63 65 69 74 79 84 100 106 104 107 115 131 152 174 173 173 Kilos. 20,642,661 13,669,212 17,322,709 22,061,446 18,742,363 21,894,809 41,551,834 39,132,879 31,093,093 37,07S,463 43,552,052 55,739,218 72,546,421 76,250,942 70,770,696 71,819,473 Lbs. English. 45,413,854 30,072,266 38,109,959 49,855,181 41.233,198 48,168,579 91,414,034 86,092,333 68,404,804 81,572,618 95,814,514 122,626,279 159,602,126 167,752,072 155,708,731 158,002,840

Duties collei ;ted on Sugars. Rato of Excise per 100 K: ilos. Customs. 'ears. Excise. Toti a. Foreii itive. Raw >ugar. Rofinei Sugar. Francs. 114,472 252,685 231,109 286,229 211,647 231,227 229,256 199,782 184,304 294,927 244,724 258,150 173,758 178,334 111,568 294,768 256,353 270,077 292,506 305,687 146,988 340,267 347,261 272,385 328,663 253,735 206,206 287,352 241,295 246,244 322,204 258,821 235,988 174,047 £ 4,578 10,107 9,244 11,449 8,465 9,249 9,170 7,391 7,372 11,797 9,789 10,326 6,950 7,133 4,462 11,790 10,254 10,803 11,700 12,227 5,879 13,610 13,890 10,895 13,146 10,149 8,248 11,494 9,652 9,849 12,888 10,352 9,439 6,961 Franca. 45,936 12,124 121,142 48,367 1,262 177 649 206 810 4.205 1,917 712 269J 508i 2,089 . 4,541 3,01'J 4,249 10,960| 13,332 8,10ll 8,340 7,847 6,487 6,308 5,981 14,474 2,385 1,396 1,308 35,277 60,271 46,157 1,395 £ 1,837 485 4,845 1,934 48 7 26 8 32 168 77 28 11 20 83 182 121 170 438 533 321 333 314 259 252 239 578 95 66 52 1,411 2,411 1,846 56 Francs. 1,085,858 2,023,378 2,079,485 1,669,730 1,714,623 205,579 509,565 1,306,964 1,206,850 974,584 780,854 815,273 930,235 3,663,111 2,612.665 2,843,380 1,410,529 3,072,488 3,810,428 3,158,935 3,058,702 3,500,000 3,651,858 3,655,670 3,837,922 4,350,278 4,500,500 4,786,349 4,761,646 5,589,528 5,573,298 5,941,147 5,954,920 5,487,401 £ 43,431 80,935 83,179 66,789 68,585 8,223 20,382 | 52,278 48,274 38,983 31,234 32,611 37,209 146,524 104,506 113.735 56,421 122,899 152,417 126,357 122,348 140,000 146,074 146,226 153,517 174,011 180,020 191,454 190,467 223,581 222,932 237,610 238,196 219,496 Francs. 1,246,266 2,288,187 2,431,736 2,004,326 1,927,532 436,983 739,470 1,506,952 1,391,961 1,273,716 1,027,495 1,074,135 1,104,262 3,841,953 2,726,322 3,142,689 1,669,901 3,316,814 4,113,894 3,477,954 3,213,791 3,818,607 4,006,966 3,934,542 4,172,893 4,609,994 4,721,180 5,076,086 5,004,337 5,837,080 5,930,779 6,260,239 6,237,065 5,662,843 £ 49,850 91,527 97,269 80,173 77,101 17,479 29,578 60,278 55,678 50,948 41,099 42,965 44,170 153,678 109,053 125,717 66,796 133,872 164,555 139,118 128,551 153,941 160,278 157,381 160,915 184,399 188,847 203,043 200,173 233,483 237,231 250,409 249,482 226,513 Fr. c. 37-02 English. £ 1. d. 1 9 7} Fr.o. English. £ s. i. 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1S50 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1S56 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 45 00 1 16 0 20-00 30-00 34-00 40-00 37-00 0 16 0 14 0 1 7 2| 1 12 0 1 9 7i 3800 3900 1 10 4} 1 11 2i 4800 45-00 1 18 5J 1 16 0 4200 4500 1 13 7i 1 16 0 18(55 165,825 6,633 110,551 4,422 5,927,757 237,110 6,204,133 248,165 (1 class 4600 )2 „ 45-00 )3 „ 4300 (.4, „ 40-50 1 16 9i 1 16 0 1 14 4| 1 12 4J ) * 1 16 0 1866 212,616 8,504 6,003,593 240,143 6,216,209 248,648 1867 448,8io' 17,952 6,808,621 272,345 7,257,434 290,297 rl class 48-07 )2 „ 45-00 13 „ 4091 C4 „ 34-26 1 18 5i 1 16 0 1 12 91 1 7 41 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 '873 871 605,651 974,790 989,185 2,053,407 2,74ti,879 1,700,778 1,846,644 24,226 38,991 39,567 82,136 109,875 68,031 73,805 5,835,049 6,204,213 5,581,284 4466,087 4,769,509 4,776,566 4,802,380 233,402 248,184 223,251 178,643 190,780 191,0<i2 194,495 6,440,700 7,179,403 6,570,469 6,519,494 7,516,388 6,477,344 6,709,024 257,628 287,176 262,818 260,779 300.655 259,093 2(38,361 ... f * This dul ■cation, the y being equality collected ot the inii by agrei >ost betw cment upoi een the twi the qii sugars i tantity of is niaintai; uigar of the second class liable to charge at thi led.