INDEX. 



Analyses of bagasse ash, 74. 



Analyses, cane, district of Bago, 34, 35 ; 

 district of Ilog-Cabancalan. 54 ; district 

 of Pontevedra-La Carlota, 42 ; district of 

 San Carlos, 63. 



Analyses, mechanical, of Negros soils, 69. 



Analyses, soil, district of Bago, 30-33 ; dis- 

 trict of Bais, 66-67 ; district of Binal- 

 bagan-Isabela, 45-47 ; district of Ilog- 

 Cabancalan, 57 ; district of Pontevedra- 

 La Carlota, 39-41 ; district of San Carlos, 

 58-61 ; district of Silay, 22. 



Aphidae, 141. 



Approximate cost, of plowing, planting and 

 caring for 1 hectare of land, 88. 



Approximate daily cost of operating sugar 

 mill in Negros, 113. 



Area and production of district of Bago, 

 29 ; of district of Bais, 65 ; of district 

 of Binalbagan-Isabela, 44 ; of district 

 of Pontevedra-La Carlota, 38 ; of district 

 of San Carlos, 57 ; of district of Silay, 

 22. 



Artificial fertilizers, 74. 



Ash, analyses of bagasse. 74. 



Average composition of Negros cane, 76 ; 

 of purple cane, 76. 



Average temperature at Bacolod, 14 ; at La 

 Carlota, 13. 



Bacolod, average rainfall at, 13 ; average 

 temperature at, 14 ; maximum and mi- 

 nimum rainfall at, 13 ; maximum and 

 minimum temperature at, 14. 



Bagasse ash, analyses of, 74. 



Bagasse, mill juice per 100 fiber in, '97, 98. 



Bais, analyses of soils of, 66, 67 ; area and 

 production of, 65 ; haciendas of, 64 ; 

 harbor of, 64 ; location of, 15, 64. 



Bago, analyses of cane from, 34, 35 ; anal- 

 yses of soils of, 30-33 ; area and pro- 

 duction of, 29 : composition of soils of, 

 28 ; location of, 27 : sugar soils of, 28 ; 

 total yield of sugar in district of, 29. 



Bago River, 28. 



"Bankil" soils, 50. 



Beetle, cane root, 140. 



Berbice soils, 72. 



Binalbagan-Isabela. analyses of soils of, 

 45-47 ; area and production of, 44 ; 

 topography of, 43. 



"Bombon," 49. 



Boiling, of sugar, 102 : losses during, 103. 



Bolo, used in cutting the cane, 91. 



Borer, cane tip, 141. 



"Bucan," 19. 



"Bugan," 19. 



Bullocks, used in transporting cane to mill, 

 91. 



Bureau of Internal Revenue, 9. 



Burning of cane, 82. 



Cana morada, 18. 



Cane, analyses of from Bago, 34, 35; from 

 Ilog-Cabancalan, 54 ; from Pontevedra- 

 La Carlota, 42, 43 ; from San Carlos, 

 63 ; transporting to mill, 91 ; methods 

 of transporting, 91 : burning of, in prep- 

 aration of soil, 82 ; cost of cutting and 

 transporting to mill, 92 ; cultivation of, 

 after planting, 84, 85 : cultivation of 

 ratoon, 85 ; determination of weight of, 

 114, 115 ; diseases of, 19 ; Egyptian, 80 ; 

 growth of, 86 : Hawaiian Island, 79 ; 

 insect enemies of, 19 ; irrigation as a 

 source of increasing yield of, 126 ; Java, 

 80 ; Louisiana, 80 : Louisiana purple, 

 19 ; low content of bagasse ash in, 74 ; 

 manufacture of sugar from, 92 : Negros, 

 76 ; other varieties grown in Negros, 77 ; 

 present production of sugar, in Negros, 

 82 ; sugar content of, 81 ; varieties of, 

 grown in Negros, 18 ; West Indian, 81. 



Cane fulgorid, 142. 



Cane root beetle, 140. 



Cane tip borer, 141. 



Caingins of San Carlos, 57. 



Capital, lack of in Negros, 134. 



Carabaos, number necessary for 1 hectare 

 of land, 83. 



Central factory, advantages of, 133 ; cen- 

 tral sugar, 127, 130 : profits from, 130. 



Chinese bullocks, used in transporting cane, 

 91. 



Clarification of juice, 101. 



Climate, 11. 



Composition of Negros soil, average, 68-69. 



Content of sugar in cane, 81. 



Cost, approximate, of plowing, planting and 

 caring for 1 hectare of land, 88, 89 ; 

 average, of production by present meth- 

 ods, 123 ; of manufacture of sugar, 112 ; 

 of shipping sugar to Iloilo, 114 ; sum- 

 mary of cost of production in Negros, 

 123. 



Cutting the cane, 90. 



Danao River, 11. 



nemerara soils. 71. 



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