Si Report of the Agricultural Committee. 



ordered oo his arrival at Bourbon, and has since received 

 from France an extensive plant, including a Vacuum pan 

 on the principle of those at Queen Victoria and Phoenix. 



It is advanced by writers in Simmond's Colonial Maga~ 

 zine that the system of Agriculture in Mauritius is known 

 to be very rude and imperfect, and that « the Cuba plan- 

 ter can make a profit where our's (the British) cultivate 

 at a loss » not « because slave labour is cheaper » but 

 » because the Cuba planter made Cuba his home ; because 

 » the Cuba planter is an educated man ; because he culti- 

 » vates with economy ; because he manufactures with 

 » skill. » 



It is further stated that « the cultivation of Sugar is sus- 

 » cepfible of increase in Cuba. The only check it could re- 

 » ceive would be occasioned by plantation labour not being 

 » obtainable on as moderate terms as formerly, but this 

 » planters seek to remedy by the adoption of the most per- 

 » feet classes of Machinery on their Estates. » Among the 

 best, thb^ made by, « Derosne and Cail; Fawcett, Preston 

 » and C° ; and William Kemble » are cited. 



The following is extracted from the Revm des Deux 

 Mandes of June 1847 « Ainsi pendant que les pays 

 » civilises de I'ancien monde discutaient encore I'execution 

 » de leurs Raihoays, I'ile de Cuba avait d^ja les siens, et 

 » preparait activement cette vaste ceinture qui doit entou- 

 » rer I'lle entiere de cinq cents lieues de fer. Un mouve- 

 » ment analogue s'op^rait dans I'industrie agricole. Cuba fut 

 » une des premieres Colonies qui appliquerent les precedes 

 » ingenieux de MM. Derosne et Cail a la fabrication des 

 )) sucres. » 



» C'est par de tels progr^s, realises tour-a-tour dans I'agri- 

 V culture, dans la fabrication et dans les transports, que les 



