SUGAR I'RUDUCTION IN MUZAM F.KJUK. 20^ 



Inhambane 3 tons per man. 



Inhanguvo 3 ,, ,, 



Lusitania 2.8 ,, „ 



Zambesi 2.4 „ „ 



which are low hgiires. contrasting with al)out 4 tons per man ii> 

 Natal. 



The total area under cane, including new cultivation on 

 estates then working', was about 30.000 acres, but only a portion 

 of this was cropped in 191 1. 



Between thirty and forty varieties of cane are grown on the 

 estates, the ubiquitous Yuba being found on all of them. 



The estate with the highest yield of any in the Province is 

 that at Inhambane. where the Inhambane green variety of cane 

 is principally grown. This yielded 405 tons per acre, 10 tons 

 7 kilos of cane producing i ton of sugar. This is equivalent to 

 4 tons of sugar per acre. The cost of growing" and manufactur- 

 ing a ton was from £5 los. to £6. 



It is undoubted that the sugar industry is as yet only in its 

 infancy in the Province. As we have seen, the output in 191 1 

 was 27,600 tons, and it is calculated that the output for the year 

 1914 will be more than double that amount. At the present, 

 six more sugar estates are being opened up, whilst the present 

 concerns are rapidly extending their operations and putting up- 

 new plane. Of these new estates, one is on the Chire, and the 

 other at Bompona, where large areas have already been put under 

 cultivation, it being expected that in two years' time there will 

 be enough to justify the erection of a factory. Again, further 

 south, the Rhodesian Cotton Company, at.Ville Machado. has 

 been making experiments in growing sugar on the Pungue flats, 

 with very satisfactory results. So much so, that there is every 

 possibility of central mills being established and land allotted to 

 small farmers of about 100 hectares each, the enterprise being 

 under the auspices of strong financial groups. The success of 

 <uch an undertaking seems assured, as there is an"" open market 

 in Southern Rhodesia for the bulk of their product. The scheme 

 is somewhat similar to that proposed by the Municipality of 

 Chai-Chai, for sugar production in Gaza. 



Then, in Inhambane district, the Alutamba Sugar Estates, 

 Limited, which is a reconstruction of the Inhambane Sugar 

 Estates, Limited, is going in for extensive planting and large 

 development generally. 



Still further south, in the Lourcnqo Afarques district, we 

 have the Inkomati Sugar Estates, Limited, through whose pro- 

 jierty a railway, 90 kilometres in length, is now being constructed, 

 from Moamba to Xinavane. This new companv has already a 

 large area under Yuba cane, which will be ready for cutting next- 

 season. Plant for the erection and fitting up of a factor\- will 

 arrive in a few months. 



Again, in the Lourenco Marques district, the African Agri- 

 cultural Estates, Limited Toriginallv the Moven.e Estates, 



