interdicting some branches of trade, and permitting all by sufferance, or
as a matter of favour rather than from necessity, or by right.

_Tea in Ireland_.--In Ireland, the consumption of tea in the year 1828,
was 1,300,000 lbs. _less_ than in 1827; and although the population of
Ireland has rapidly increased, indeed, nearly doubled itself, since the
commencement of the present century, yet the quantity of tea imported into
that country is 400,000 lbs. _less_ in 1828, than it was in 1800!


_Tea in America and England_.--

American consumption of tea.
1819--5,480,884 lbs.
1827--5,372,956
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Decrease! 107,828 lbs.

British consumption of tea.

1819--24,093,619 lbs.
1827--27,841,284
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Increase 3,747,665 lbs.


_Consumption of Sugar_.--

In France each individual, annually 5 lbs.
Hamburgh do. do. 10