Hops.
1O THE EDITIOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,-In reply to the inquiry of " A Subscriber" in your paper of thc 7th inst., I would be- leave to sy, that from a somewhat close attention te the subject, I take the average annual consumption of the article of hops to have been for soiel few year-, past from 130.i00 to 140,000 bags, which, in the manner the duty is calculated, would give as snany pounr(s sterling annual cluty. Whether the late alteration in the laiw in favour of private brewing will occasios any increase of consumption, remains to be seen. I am. Sir. vonr verr ohediont AN OLD BREIVER. November 10. 110P.S.