208 SUGAR PRODUCTION IN MOZAMBiyUE. 



lower Zambesi River, mainly on its right bank, in the territory 

 of the Mozambique Company. 



It was in the year 1890 that the tirst sugar-growing and 

 manufacturing company in the Province was founded, i.e., the 

 Companhia do Assucar de Mogambique. whose estate has lately 

 been leased by Messrs. Hornung & Co. The first crop was in 

 1893, when 605 tons of sugar were ])roduced. The estate is in 

 the Prazo Maganja Aquem Chire, on the left bank of the Zam- 

 besi River. The factory is on the right bank of the Qua-Qua 

 River, near the old township of Mopeia. Other particulars 

 respecting this important concern are given later on in this paper. 

 The next of the leading sugar companies to start operations was 

 the Sena Sugar Factory, Limited (\'illa Pontes), which was 

 formed in 1905, and commenced working in 1906 in preparing 

 the land, its output now being the largest of all the sugar com- 

 panies. Its concession is in the Prazo Caia, on the right bank of 

 the Zambesi River, near the township of \'illa Pontes, in the 

 territory of the Mozambique Company. In October, 1910, this 

 company took over the property of the Companhia de Exploragao 

 de Fabrica de Assucar de Morromeu, a French syndicate, be- 

 coming known as the Sena Sugar Factory, Limited (Morromeu). 

 The estate is in the Prazo Luabo, on the right bank of the Zam- 

 besi River, near the township Morromeu. in the territory of the 

 Mozambique Company. 



Altogether there are seven sugar factories at work in the 

 Province of Mozambique — One at Mutamba, Inhambane, two on 

 the Buzi River, in the territory of the Mozambique Company 

 (namely, Inhanguvo and Lusitania), one at Inhamcurra, Queli- 

 mane, and the three just referred to on the Zambesi River at 

 Mopea, \'illa Pontes, and Morromeu. There is another very 

 small one at Inhambane. but, in a review of this scope, it is too 

 ymall for serious consideration. 



The approximate outjmts of these factories for 191 1 were as 

 follows : — 



Tons. 



1. Mutamba, Inhambane 1.500 



2. Inhanguvo. PUizi River 3.IOO 



3. Lusitania, Buzi River 1,700 



4. Morromeu, Zambesi River 3'50O 



5. Mopea, Zambesi River 6,500 



6. X^illa Pontes 11,000 



7. Inhamcurra, Ouelimane 300 



Total output for Province . . . . 27,600 



At that date the total number of Natives employed in grow- 

 ing and manufacturing the sugar was approximately 11,000 

 during crop time, and a little more than half that number during 

 ofif-crop time. The output of sugar per man employed was as 

 follows : — 



