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and other sugars at prices much under our market. We have recently learned 

 through our correspondents in Mauritius of the sale of 15,000 tons of their sugars to 

 Spain. This is the first time, in recent years anyway, that any of these sugars have 

 been shipped to Spain, although other European countries besides the United King- 

 dom have been buyers of these sugars in normal years including France, Belgium 

 and Italy. 



Under the direction of the Food Administration a plan has been devised by which 

 the export business in Refined Sugar to the Allies and Neutrals will be conducted on 

 the following percentage basis: 



British 

 Commission 



American S. R. Co 42.456% 



National S. R. Co 13.340% 



Arbuckle Bros. 



7.388% 



Warner S. R. Co 6.912% 



Colonial S. R. Co 2.441% 



Federal S. R. Co 9.659% 



W. J. McCahan S. R. Co 2.781% 



Pennsylvania Sugar Co 5.069% 



Revere S. R. Co 3.335% 



Savannah S. R. Co 2.401% 



Leon Godchaux 1.601% 



William Henderson 1.363% 



Imperial Sugar Ref. Co 1.254% 



New York, N. Y., February 10, 1919. 



Neutrals 



44.268% 



15.676% 



8.684% 



8.124% 



2.868% 



11.352% 



5.956% 



1.600% 

 1.472% 



MAURITIUS SUGAR 



In previous reports from this office it 

 was made known that the British Gov- 

 ernment would likely not take a very 

 large portion of the Mauritius sugar crop 

 for 1918-19, estimated at about 255,000 

 tons, although the Royal Sugar Commis- 

 mission had already arranged to pur- 

 chase 50,000 tons thereof. 



With a view to aiding the planters un- 

 der the circumstances, the Governor of 

 Mauritius, on September 7, issued an 

 ordinance, with the advice of the Council 

 of Government, whereby the government 

 of the colony will advance 7.50 rupees 

 ($2.43) per hundredweight, taking over 

 the whole of the vesou (cane) sugar of 

 the 1918-19 crop coming within certain 

 grades, except the 50,000 tons already 

 sold to the Royal Sugar Commission and 

 that intended for local consumption. The 

 sugar so taken over will be sold by the 

 Government to the best advantage and 

 the profits obtained, after repayment in 

 principal and interest of the sums bor- 

 rowed by the Colonial Government, will 



be distributed to the sellers. Article 6 of 

 the ordinance provides that funds for the 

 advances made may be borrowed by the 

 Colonial Government through the Crown 

 agents, the amount not to exceed 1,570,- 

 000 pounds sterling. 



The Royal Sugar Commission offered 

 on July 23 for the first 50,000 tons, 17s. 

 6d. per hundredweight as middle price, 

 with variations of 4d. up and down for 

 superior and inferior grades, and for any 

 further purchases, not then anticipated, 

 6d. less. By a telegram of September 6, 

 the British Government advised the Gov- 

 ernor of Mauritius that in the event of 

 any future purchases by the Royal Sugar 

 Commission, the prices would be the 

 same as for the first 50,000 tons. Accord- 

 ing to the Mauritius Commercial Bulletin 

 and Comparative Statement of Sugar, the 

 local sugar committee has recently ar- 

 ranged a private sale of 7,000 tons of 

 sugar at the same prices offered by the 

 Sugar Commission, and another sale of 

 4,500 tons at 17s. 8d. per hundredweight, 

 f. o. b. Port Louis, Mauritius. — Consul J. 

 G. Carter. Tananarive, Madagascar. 



