2l6 sugar production in mozambique. 



Plantations. 



No figures are at hand for the time the Estate was under the 

 control of the French Company. When the Sena Sugar Factory, 

 Ltd.. took it over there were about 2.500 acres under culti\-ation, 

 which number was increased to 



3,460 Acres in the same year 



5,580 „ „ 1911 



6,940 ,, „ 1912 



7,220 ., „ 1913 



Steam Ploughs in Use: — 



From 1910 I set 



1912 3 sets 



All su])])lied by Messrs. John Fowler & Co.. Ltd.. ]>eeds 



Iirigation Machinery: — 



I Portable Ctmipound Engine with 12" Centrifugal pump, 

 ca]iacity 180,000 gallons per hour. 



Railway Line and Rolling Stock: — (24" gauge). . 



12! miles .... 21 lb. Track. ' » 



4 24 lb. 



1 28 lb. „ 



2^ Portable Railway Track. 



2 . . 6 \\'heeled Coupled Tank Locomotives. 



,3 • • 4 " v >• »> 



260 . . Cane Trucks. 

 25 . . Sundry Trucks. 



DrauiiJit Oxen : — For Transport from fields to Perm nent Line. 

 68 Native Bred. 



Field Labour : — 



Supervision : — y \Miite men, 4 Coloured Demerara men. 

 36/50 Native Capitaos. 



Manual Labour: — During Crop time — i.e., from about May 

 until December — an average of 62 Skilled Native Labourers per 

 dry, 2,000 Labourers per day (Natives). 



During Off-Crop, an average of 1,200 Labourers per day. 



Factory. 



This l\ictory was l)uilt by the Fives Lille Eng^ineering Com- 

 pany of France. 



Since the business was taken over in 19 10 l)y the Sena Sugar 

 Factory, Limited, a large amount of money has been spent to 

 bring the Factory up to its present capacity. 



The buildings are throughout of Steel, of spacious construc- 

 tion and wide spans, the walls being filled up with concrete, giving 

 a sub.stantial appearance. 



