SUGAR PRODUCTION IN MOZAMBIQUE. 



215 



Year 



1909 



191O 



1911 



1912 



This year's crop, now in course of production, is estimated 

 at from 7 to 8,000 tons. 



The sugar produced since 1908 was disposed of as follows: 



Year 



1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 



U. K. 



1 ,683640 

 920000 

 1 ,000000 

 1,568-500 

 1 ,364 600 



Portugal Transvaal Province Other 

 of Ports 



4,318000 

 4,500440 

 3,209000 



1459-500 



Mozambique 



— 15040 



— 20080 



— 1650 



— 3250 

 50000 18650 



•034 

 50000 



White Sugar. 



Year. Tiansvaal. 



1908 — 



1909 791-520 



I91O 1,920794 



I9II 3,141 212 



I912 3,109728 



Province of 

 Mocambique. 



14000 



79685 



554635 

 840957 



Other African 

 Coast Ports. 



30040 

 •202 



52II22 



The Sena Sugar Factory, Limited, Marromeu. 



This Estate belonged formerly to the Companhia de Ex- 

 phoracao da Fabrica de A'ssucar de Morromeu, a French Syndi- 

 cate from whom it was taken over in October, 1910, by the Sena 

 Sugar Factory, Limited, already established at Villa Fontes. 



It is situated in the Prazo Luabo, in the territory of the 

 Companhia de Mocambique, on the right bank of the Zambesi 

 River, near the township Morremeu, the gec\graphical ]iosition 

 of which is : — 



Long ^35° 57' 19" E. 



Lat 18° 17' 17" S. 



The Estate measures about 7,500 Acres, and runs about 7^ 

 miles from the Zambesi and 2)4 miles inland. 



The Factory where the sugar is manufactured, with dwell- 

 ing houses for staff, offices, etc., is situated near the Zambesi 

 River, where is also the landing and loading place for cargo 

 received and Sugar to be shipped. 



A lo-ton Derrick Crane for discharging heavy machinery 

 and other cargo assists in the unloading of the River Steamers. 



From the Factory a railway line of a 24 inch gauge runs in 

 different directions through the Estate. 



