Order No. 412. 
THE SUGAR INDUSTRY IN THE ISLAND 
OF NEQROS. 
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By Herbert S. Walker. 
145 pages, 10 photographic plates, and 1 map. 
Price $1,25 United States currency, postpaid. 
ABSTRACT OF CONTENTS. 
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Introduction; general and geograpliical information regarding Negroa ^^^9 
Mountains, rivers, and climate *" "^''Sros a 
Tlie sugar-producing districts of Negros {4 
.^„°V'"^'" P'''"l"?tion in Xegros; varieties of ;aneg"rown"i"n Negros ■ 
Lbor diZnnvf '"'?* T""*^'' r"""'^''*^ °f the%lanters ; .nS 
labor, (lilhculties, past and present la 
lllZl coSh rT tP'^ '"*'! *''^* °* •"*''" «ugar-p"roducing-"countH;s:; 68 
Average composition of the purple or native sugar cane in Negros • other 
varieties of cane grown in Negros; cane Tn the Hawaiiaf^ islands 
Egyptian cane ; Java cane ; Louisiana cane ; West Indian cane Ne"ro3 
as compared with other countries in respect to the qualfty of 
desirability of mtroduc iiir ntlior ,r»,;o(.;„„ „t ^ ^ 
82 
The cuu,-,..;i^' tl ^i™^^"'^'"^ other ^varieties of cane .....1 L '. 76 
at 
the 
ratoon canes; periV^d of growth^o?ti:e";:nr;^rosro7cufiiVaTir- 'cTttin^ 
fnrt^a-^^Xg^f^oMi^e^mT ^° "'^ "^"'' ^^^ ^^ cuttg" thT^^nf 
"^'"of'^'r froXe tZ "" "^T '' ^^i«"'°f 'the'IuiceV man,5arf;i^e 
01 sugar irom the juice; quality of the sugar produced in Nesros- cost 
aleTsf^f :':«;''-^"^P"'-'^"°" -<^ -^-^ "^ thePsugar;'es?imarof arr' 
'^"aS^wST::u^ ''^'^™"'^ the -^^iiS-ofsui^-p^ducS- from 
Calculation of the average cost of producinglugaTin Ne'.^Vos'w thrmethod^^ ^ ^* 
92 
^ sugar cane exist in Nem-oa " '^^"'"^ " diseases of the 
Index 126 
143 
Ma.T^o-no°lTof t^ 'ie''fo^!f.Ll". 'a^^en^tt '"ITea'^f X^oX'-i"^-^^ or Science. 
FOREIGN AGENTS. 
Mr. Martinus Nijhoff, Nobe straat 18 The liaeurR' iV*°3"°' '^^ C" England. 
Messrs. Mayer & Mtil er PrinV T n„;f 'c ^- ^^^^ue. Holland. 
Mes-sra. Kelley & Wa slT; UmUed 32 l^aSl'."1?i*^'^^^^^^^ 2' ^^^""' ^- ^- Germany. 
Me.sr. A, M. & j. r.rkusoTll' iliSt^iLll^^^^^^^^^ Settlement! 
CIKCTIIARS AND DESCRIPTIVE MAXTEE SENT ON APPUCATIOK. 
