nor biting. The best is
grown on the margins of rivers which are periodically overflowed, and
is called "De rio." It is distinguished from other tobacco by a fine
sand, which is found in the creases of the leaves.

The tobacco plantations in Cuba increased in number from 5,534 in
1827, to 9,102 in 1846. The production of tobacco has nearly doubled
in the province, of which St. Jago is the port, in the last ten years.

The following figures show the exports from the Havana:--

Leaf tobacco. Cigars.
1840 1,031,136 lbs. 147,818 thousand.
1841 1,460,302 " 161,928 "
1842 1,053,161 " 135,127 "
1843 2,125,805 " 153,227 "
1844 1,197,136 " 147,825 "
1845 1,621,889 " 120,352 "
1846 4,066,262 " 158,841 "
1847 1,936,829 " 1,982,267 "
1848 1,350,815 " 150,729 "
1849 1,158,265 " 111,572 "

The class of tobacco shipped at the port of Havana, is not the same as
that gathered in the districts from which the manufacturers of cigars
there receive their supplies--it would cost too dear. However, it is
not a rare occurrence to find among a number of bales a few of a
quality about equal to that employed there, and this happens in years
when the crop has been very abundant, as in 1846 and 1848. The various
classes are paid in proportion to the capa, or outside leaves, which
are found in an assortment; the three first classes are employed as
covers, and often, if the tobacco is new, they may be found in the
fourth and even in the fifth. In parcels well assorted, one-fourth is
composed of capa--say, first, second, and third, and the rest is
composed of tripa, or interior of the cigar. In the first-named, there
generally comes more of the _capa_ than is necessary to use; the
remaining bales, which contain the inferior class, are fit only for
fillings.

The following is an analysis of the ashes of Havana tobacco:--

Salts of potash 24.30
Salts of lime and magnesia 67.40
Silica 8.30
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Hayti exported in 1836 1,222,716 lbs.
Porto Rico, in 1839 43,203 cwt.

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