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1904-05 4,613,540 1,183,347 25 .6 



1905-Ofi 0,733,620 1,229,736 18.3 



1906-07 7,334,207 1,444,310 19 .7 



1907-O.S 6,912,520 969,275 14.0 



1908-09 7,634,125 1,521,818 20.0 



1909-10 8,339,888 1,804,349 21 .6 



1910-11 8,431,524 1,483,451 17.6 



1911-12 9,066,964 1,895,984 20.9 



1912-13 9,232,534 2,428,537 26 .3 



1913-14 9,879,275 2,597,732 26 .4 



1914-15 10,165,565 2,592,667 25 .5 



1915-1(5 10,533,039 3,006,274 28 .-5 



1916-17 11,263,292 3,019,936 26.8 



These figures show very clearly that, except in time of internal trouljle and in an occasional 

 year of great drouth, Cuba has furnished the world with appro.ximatoly one-fourth of her cane 

 sugar, and also it brings out the great increase in cane sugar i)roduction that lias taken place 

 since the Brussels Convention. It shows also that in the future Cuba will have very much more 

 competition in selling her crop, and that after war influences cease, and European beet sugar 

 once more appears as an active competitor ol cane sugars, there will very probably be a period 

 of low prices and curtailment of production. Had the insurrection of last year not cut down 

 the crop so materially, it seems probable that the percentage corresponding to Cuba's pro- 

 duction would have been just about the same as that of 1915-16. 



The following table shows the total world production of all classes of sugar and the pro- 

 duction-furnished by Cuba for the same years as the table just given: 



Total Produc- Cuba's Pro- Cuba's 



Year tion Tons duction Tons Percentage 



1852-53 1,463,214 322,000 22.0 



1859-60 1,792,564 447,000 24.9 



1864-65 1,996,727 620,000 31.0 



1869-70 2,586,915 726,000 28 . 1 



1874-75 3,206,221 718,000 22.4 



1880-81 3,847,786 493,000 12 .9 



1883-84 4,695,300 558,932 11 .9 



1884-85 4,904,400 631,000 12 .9 



1885-86 4,472,200 V31,723 16.4 



1886-87 5,086,700 646,578 12 .7 



1887-88 4,908,200 656,719 13.4 



1888-89 5,914,900 560,633 9.5 



1889-90 5,674,700 632,369 11.1 



1890-91 6,276,800 816,980 13 .0 



1891-92 6,982,700 976,000 14.0 



1892-93 6,421,200 815,894 12 .7 



1893-94 7,394,000 1,054,214 14.3 



1894-95 8,257,200 1,004,267 12 .2 



1895-96 7,160,000 225,221 3 . 1 



1896-97 7,643,400 212,051 2.8 



1897-98 7,564,200 305,543 4.0 



1898-99 7,785,000 335,668 3.4 



1899-00 8,291,800 283,651 3 .4 



1900-01 9,589,700 612,775 6.4 



1901-02 10,880,500 863,792 7.9 



1902-03 9,372,600 1,003,873 10.7 



1803-04 10,333,674 1,052,273 10 .2 



1904-05 9,532,020 1,183,347 12.4 



1905-06 13,950,992 1,229,736 9.0 



