2l8 SUGAR PRODUCTION IN MOZAMBIQUE. ' *; 



Tons. 

 1902 2,950 



1903 1,190 



1904 3,500 



1905 1,900 



1906 700 



1907 1,200 



1908 2,000 



1909 2,011 



' I9IO 2,680 



The Sena Sugar Factory, Limited, Villa Pontes. 



This Company was formed in 1905, and commenced opera- 

 tions at the beginning of 1906 by marking out the plantation, 

 growing seed cane, and by preparing the land for the planting 

 in the following Rainy Season. 



At the end of 1906 a start was made with the foundations 

 of the Factory, Stores and Dwelling Houses, building of which 

 was commenced in 1907 and concluded in 1908. 



The Concesson of this Compnay is situated in the Prazo 

 Caia on the right bank of the Zambesi River, in the territory of 

 the Companhia Mozambique, and near the township of the Villa 

 Pontes, the geographical ]:)Osition of which is : — 



Long 33° 28' 21" E. 



Lat 17° 48' 33" S. 



It measures 5,500 hectares — or about 13,600 acres — and 

 runs for about 10 miles along the Zambesi, and extends inland 

 for about seven miles along the unnavigable River Zangue. 



The Factory where the Sugar is manufactured is situated at 

 about 2^ miles from YiWa Pontes, at a place called Changadeia, 

 which is connected with the township of Villa Pontes by a 

 railway. 



From the Factory there runs also a railway line, 7J/2 miles 

 long, to Marra, a small native village on the banks of the Zambesi, 

 about 6 miles below Villa Pontes, where the Company have 

 their landing and loading staton, where all the cargo received by 

 the River Steamers is discharged, and all the Sugar for export is 

 shipped to the coast port Chinde. 



Plantation. 

 Area Under Cultivation : — Acres. 



1905 49 



1906 661 



1907 1.329 



1908 2,138 



1909 2,400 



1910 2,822 



1911 ... 2,857 



1912 3,666 



1913 5,666 



