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the demand for Mauritius sugar will be considerably 

 dimiEislied in the Australasian Colonies. 



Fortunately^ Mauritius is not so badly off as the 

 West Indian Colonies ; its markets have not been so 

 seriously affected by the bounty fed beet as by other 

 causes. 



Nowhere ha s the continued depreciation in the price 

 of sugar been so severely felt as in the West Indies. 

 XJnfortunately, as in Mauritius^ all minor industries 

 were systematically ignored^ and even since the decline 

 in prices, the outlook in the West Indian trade has been 

 most unfavourable, 



It is earnestly to be hoped that our Colony will learn 

 a lesson from the West Indies and took round and start 

 new industries to help and supplement without sup- 

 planting the sugar industry^ a thing which would be 

 undesirable. 



I have attempted several times since my arrival, to 

 visit some important sugar refineries in England and 

 except on two occasions, and even with the best intro- 

 ductions to be had, I have failed in doing so, so anxious 

 are the proprietors and managers of refineries here not 

 to disclose what they think to be their secret methods of 

 working the juice. I will add that that kind of ostracism 

 is the more difficult to be overcome, as it is a Mauritian 

 or a West Indian who seeks the favour of a visit. In 

 the two cases referred to, however, an important sugar 

 refinery in Bristol and one of the biggest manufactories 

 situated at Silvertown, in the neigiibourhoodof London, 



