The Statistics Of Tobacco

The statistics of the total and individual consumption of tobáceo in the leading oountriea of the vrorld furnish interesting and suggestive figures. Some of the totals are enormous. i or instante, in Austria the consumption in 1876 was 31,614 tons; in France, during the same year, it was 31,435 tons, and 32,120 in 1877 ; in Italy, in 1876, it was 17,200 tons, and in Germany the estimated consumption was 80,000 tons. It is curious to observe how the consumption varies f rom one month to another. ïhus, taking the observatiou from two French and Italian factories, we find that in thos countries it increases in January, the cold weather ; decreases in March, with the beginning of spring ; rises again ; but during Ébepews of J uly f alls to a minimum, to rise gradually to a maximum during the cold weather ot December. The following table shows the approximate average consumption for several different coimtries per head and Austria i S.S5!(iermany 4.00 fiLE ::iaSSSf. ■::::::t"" 1 Jtaly 1.5S United Statos 3JSS How'inuoh motiey per lieacl of the population is spent by theirinhabitants is approximately deducible from the amount realized by tobáceo taxation m gome of the countries: Austria-llun-ary . . . Sl.M Kn-hm.l. ít Fntnce í.i.fnitwl State 1-08 Italy 1-Wl , ,, , From these figures it is apparent tnat the consumption of the stimnlatmg weed is increasiug rapidly.