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Exhibitors should have contributed some samples of 

 the lowest class of Sugars and the refuse of their fac- 

 tories or molasses. Thus, the public would have got 

 an accurate notice of every steps followed in the 

 manufacture of sugar cane, and whilst our best sugars 

 stood unrivalled, in the opinion of competent judges, 

 our lowest marks might have sustained comparison 

 with the Indian-made sugars. That these inferior 

 classes would have attracted the attention of the 

 Indian population, is unquestionable ; for, it must not 

 be forgotten that it is chiefly our raw sugars which 

 are sent to the Indian markets, and that it is only 

 coarse sugar or goor which is made use of in the daily 

 requirements of the natives of India. 



Amongst the Colonies which had exhibits in that 

 Class, were British Guiana, the Northern Territory of 

 South Australia, the Dutch possessions of Java, 

 Sumatra and Samarang, the Straits Settlements, Ton- 

 quin and Cochin China, the Presidencies of Bengal, 

 Bombay and Madras and our Colony. 



Some of the sugars of Demerara were of a very 

 fine appearance, specially the yellows and darkgrays, 

 which are in great demand for the U. S. of America. 

 For that description of sugars the Plantation '' Enter- 

 prise " won a Gold Medal. 



The Northern Territory of South Australia con- 

 tributed some yellow sugars obtained by open pan 

 evaporation and concentration, from canes grown on 

 very red ironstone lands and estimated to yield three 



