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heavy tonnage of cane, and the other properties which have been previously 
mentioned as marking a sugar-cane of high economic value.” 7” 
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The President : It is very satisfactory to know that our own Govern- 
ment is to some extent awakening in these matters ; and we can only 
express the hope that when they have finished their operations in the 
West Indies they may find some little time and resource to devote to 
somewhat similar purposes in the old country. 
