THE CUBA REVIEW 



33 



EUROPEAN SHIPMENTS 



The continuity of shipments of raw sugar from Cuba transatlantic have entirely vindicated 

 t he opinion expressed in the May issue of the Cuba Rrrricw to the effect that indications 

 at that time were that shipments of raw sugar in 1917 would exceed those in 1916. I'p to the 

 present time there has been shipped from Cuba to Europe and England approximately 40,000 

 tons more than during a similar period last year. 



On the other hand, shipments of refined sugars from the United States have dccrea.sed, 

 and up to date are only 60 per cent, of what they were a j-ear ago. Shipments of raw sugars 

 from Cuba and refined from the United States in the aggregate are less this year than during a 

 corresponding period of last year. It is, therefore, natural to expect that the total shipments of 

 sugars transatlantic, including raw and refined, will be less in 1917 than actually took place in 

 1916, inasmuch as it is highly improbable that these large differences will be made up in view 

 of the available supply of raw sugar and the constantly increasing demand in the home market 

 for refined. In the meantime old crop sugars are in storehouse in Java on the eve of harvest- 

 ing a large new crop, but these sugars are not readily available to this market or to the Euro- 

 pean market by reason of the great shortage of steam tonnage for transportation. 



THE INDIAN SUGAR INDUSTRY 



Contrary' to public expectation, the area under sugar cane in India is slightly less than at 

 the corresponding date last year, the latest estimates being 2,354,000 acres in 1916 as against 

 2,508,000 acres in 1915. The figures, according to the Provinces which yield collectively 99 

 per cent of the total crop, are as under: 



Increase + 



Provinces. 1916-17 1915-16 or 



Acres. Acres. Decrease — • 



United Provinces 1,220,000 1,390,000 —170,000 



Punjab 358,000 354,000 + 4,000 



Bihar and Orissa 270,000 268,000 + 2,000 



Bengal 223,000 234,000 — 11,000 



Madras 99,000 85,000 + 14,000 



Bombay and Sind (including Native States).. 95,000 89,000 + 6,000 



Assam 35,000 36,000 — 1,000 



North-West Frontier Province 32,000 32,000 



Central Provinces and Berar 22,000 20,000 + 2,000 



Total 2,354,000 2,508,000 —154,000 



The bulk of the sugar is produced by primitive methods, and the average return does not 

 exceed a ton of sugar per acre- a glaring contrast to the yields in other parts of the world. 

 There is no reason why the sugar output of India should not be doubled without a single addi- 

 tional acre being put in cultivation, by the adoption of modern methods of cane-sugar produc- 

 tion.— T/jc Wist India Committee Circular. 



CENTRAL ALGODONES 



Central "Algodones," one of the new mills 

 in Camaguey Province, has recently placed 

 an order with the Baldwin Locomotive ^^'orks 

 for two latest tj-pe sugar road locomotives 

 for this plantation. 



SUGAR IN VERA CRUZ 



Owing to the fact that none of the estates in 

 ^'era Cruz is being operated to full capacity, 

 the demand for sugar there has exceeded 

 the supply, resulting in a price two or three 

 times that of normal times. 



