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In my Report on the Calcutta International Exhi' 

 bition, I entered into some details with regard to the 

 Sugar industry as it is carried on in India^ and the pre- 

 sent exhibition shows that this peninsula has not im- 

 proved by a lota its processes of manufacturing since the 

 Calcutta Exhibition. — The Statistics of the Sugar pro- 

 duction in that country also bear evidence as to be 

 stagnancy of the cultiTation of the Sugar Cane and 

 on the other hand, the consumption is slightly. 



It is gratifying to be able to point out, that several 

 cargoes of sugar have been shipped to Calcutta since 

 the International Exibition held in the Capital a few 

 years ago, and there is every hope that the more our 

 Sugar is made known to the people in India, the larger 

 will be the amount of the shipments there. 



It is much to be regretted that the steps recently 

 taken by Sir John Pope Hennessy have failed to induce 

 the Indian Government to entertain the request made 

 by his Excellency, who, fully aj^preciating the impor- 

 tance of the Indian market as an outlet for our staple 

 product, endeavoured to have it made known far and 

 wide amongst the natives, that we were prepared to 

 supply them with a class of sugar produced without the 

 aid of animal charcoal, or anything which might hurt 

 their creed prejudice. 



However, it is reasonable to look to India as the 

 great market for our sugars for many years to come, as 

 it becomes evident that, with the vastly inereasino" 

 production in Queensland, Fiji and New Soutli Wales, 



