The quantity of each description of glass brought to charge by the excise, in 1834 and 1836, was as follows : 1834. 1838.
Cwt. Cwt.
Crown . . 136,708 163,928 Flint . . 83,323 102,653 Plate . . 18,922 22,169 Broad . . 6,766 7,629 Bottle . . 344,014 448,789 In 1841-42-43 the quantities charged by the excise were as under :- 1841. 1842. 1843.
Cwt. Cwt. Cwt.
Crown . . 116,895 97,495 102,222 Flint . . 97,523 83,652 85,157 Plate . . 27,639 21,528 20,923 Broad . . 20,855 25,500 29,154 Bottle . . 501,194 390,485 336,014 -- - 764,106 618,660 573,470 Duty . £898,368 767,904 779,800 In 1843 the quantity of glass manu factured in England was 477,693 cwt. ; Scotland, 84,898 cwt. ; Ireland, 10,897 cwt.
In 1827 the real value of glass-ware exported from the United Kingdom was 534,5491. From 1828 to 1832 inclusive, the average annual value was 441,8491.
In 1832 the value of glass exported was only 402,7571. In the three following years, 1833, 1834, and 1835, the ex ports increased, and in 1835 amounted to 640,410/. The exports from 1838 to 5th of June, 1845, were as under: 1838 . . . £377,283 1839 . . . 371,208 1840 . . . 417,178
1841 . . . 421,936 1842 . . . 310,152 1843 . . . 339,918 1844 . . . 388,6081845, Jan. 5th to June 5th 215,639 The principal countries to which glass was exported from the United Kingdom in 1842 were as follows :— East India Company's Terri tories and Ceylon . . 74,211 British West Indies . . 45,539 British North America . . 43,259 British Australia . . . 32,324 Brazil . . . . . 21,445 Other parts of South America . 11,763 United States of North America 12,220 Cape of Good Hope . . 9,217Mauritius . . . 7,175 Northern Europe . . . 12,351 Southern Europe . . . 11,613 In 1836 the exports to Northern Eu rope amounted to 22.210l.; to Southern Europe, 15,4401.; to British North Ame rica, 103,481/. ; and to the United States of North America, 98,0451. ; but the exports generally in this year, especially to the United States, were much higher than usual ; still, in 1837, the exports of glass to the United States amounted to 63,800/. ; but recent alterations in their tariff have occasioned an increase in the domestic manufacture. In 1840 there were 81 glass-houses in the United States.