in the manufacture of sugar.

The following is a Comparative Statement of the number of Sugar
Manufactories, and the Quantity of Beet-root upon which duty was paid
for the Manufacture of Sugar in the Zollverein during the years ending
the 31st of August, 1846 and 1847:--

-------------------+-------------+-------------------------------------
| |Quantity of Beet-root upon which duty
| |was paid for the Manufacture of Sugar.
| +---------+---------+-----------------
| Number of | | | Comparison in
Name of the State |Manufactories| | | 1846-7 with the
of the Zollverein | | 1845-6 | 1846-7 | preceding year.
+------+------+ | +---------+-------
| | | | | More in |Less in
|1845-6|1846-7| | | 1846-7 |1846-7
-------------------+------+------+---------+---------+---------+-------
Prussia | | |Cwts. ** | Cwts. | Cwts. | Cwts.
Eastern Prussia | 2 | 2 | 12,393| 29,941| 17,548| --
Western Prussia | -- | -- | -- | -- | --- | --
Posen | 7 | 8 | 101,422| 121,914| 20,492| --
Pomerania | 5 | 4 | 89,865| 121,061| 31,196| --
Silesia | 16 | 22 | 590,545| 711,632| 121,087| --
Brandenburg | 3 | 3 | 140,421| 148,066| 7,645| --
Prussian Saxony | 38 | 42 |2,676,084|3,547,891| 871,817| --
Duchies of Anhalt | 4 | 5 | 266,345| 288,082| 21,737| --
Westphalia | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | --
Rhenish Provinces | 2 | -- | 2,479| -- | -- | 2,479
-------------------+------+------+---------+---------+---------+-------
Total in Prussia | 77 | 86 |3,879,554|4,968,587|1,079,043|
-------------------+------+------+---------+---------+---------+-------
Luxemburg | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | --
Bavaria, Kingdom of| 8 | 7 | 50,952| 46,142| -- | 4,810
Saxony, " | 1 | 2 | 20,887| 34,230| 13,343| --
Wurtemburg, " | 2 | 2 | 59,521| 141,366| 81,845| --
Baden, Grand Duchy | 2 | 2 | 316,968| 328,608| 11,640| --
Hesse, Electorate