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Residence, Stewart Sugar Estate. 



SUGAR INDUSTRY OF CUBA 



By Consul General Henry H. Moraan, Habani. 



The total number of sugar mills in Cuba during the year 1916-17 was 201. Of this number 

 8 are in the Province of Pinar del Rio 21, in the Province of Habana, 40 in the Province of 

 .Matanzas, 71 in the Province of Santa (Jlara, 19 in the Province of Camaguey, and 42 in the 

 Province of Oriente. Cf the total, 68 are owned and operated by citizens of the United States. 



The 1916-17 crop w^ill jaeld about 2,800,000 tons. The production of sugar in the island 

 of Cuba has increased diu-ing the past seven years, as follows: 1911, 1,480,217 tons; 1912, 

 1,893,687 tons; 1913, 2,429,240 tons; 1914, 2,596,567 tons; and 1916, 3,006,625 tons. 



The 1917 crop was estimated at 3,500,000 tons, but not more than 2,800,000 tons will be 

 produced under favorable weather and other concUtions, the decrease being due to the de- 

 struction of cane by the revolutionists and the inability of the mills to grind while disturbances 

 lasted. The estimate for 1917 of 3,500,000 tons would have been exceeded but for the dis- 

 turbances. The losses of cane by fire from August, 1916, to May, 1917, according to the 

 Kabana estimate, were 374,283 tons. 



Apjrroximaie Production of Mills — Acreage Under Cnllivaiion. 

 The above estimate is far below the actual loss, for it is well known that the actual 

 destruction amounted to upward of 500,000 tons of sugar. The approximate possible produc- 

 tion of sugar in the different Provinces at present and the number of mills in operation in 

 each are shown in the following table: 



