our several classes o£ Exhibits^ with sueli notes and in- 

 formations as I have been able to gather on the subjects 

 dealt with in this rapid sketch. 



Sugar 



Foremost amongst our Exhibits^ as might have 

 been expected was sugar, of which there were forty eight 



samples shown. The samples exhibited embraced most 

 classes of sugars manufactered in the Colony, from the 

 raw concrete, to the purest white crystals. It is sa- 

 tisfactory to note that no Sugar Colony had no finer 

 samples to show in the Exhibition ; but it most also be 

 allowed that in that respect, the Queensland Sugars 

 shared the superiority with our Exhibits. It is a well 

 known fact that the manufacture of our staple product 

 has of late reached in Mauritius, a very high standard 

 of improvement. We must also bear in mind that, as 

 a new Sugar producing Colony, Queensland has not 

 been long in following in our Steps, in both Colonies, 

 the latest and most approved methods have been intro- 

 duced, and the same processes of manufacture are being 

 extensively used, which have brought results equally 

 advantageous both as regards increased yield and im- 

 proved quality of Sugar. Besides Mauritius and Queens- 

 land and amongst the other British Colonies which had 

 samples in that line, I will mention New South Wales, 

 Fiji, Jamaica^ Trinidad, Barbados and the other islands 

 forming part of the West Indies. British Guiana, Natal, 

 India, Hong-Kong and Canada. 



