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I observed notbing that is unknown to us ; but^ in one 

 pointy it struck me bow much our Mauritius manufac- 

 turers have to learn from tbeir European, competitors, 

 and that is in the scrupulous economy wbicb uniformly 

 attends the various stages of manufacture all througb 

 tbe processes of refining. Not only are tke best possible 

 methods judiciously applied to the treatment of the 

 saccharine matter but, there is practically no or scarcely 

 any waste product which is not in some way or other 

 turned to some practical profit. 



I have had on several occasions the privilege of 

 talking about the future of the sugar industry to some 

 experienced chemists, and they have in every case ex- 

 pressed it as their most conscientious opinion, that if 

 judiciously treated, the sugar cane may reasonably be 

 expected to outvalue the best industry. It will be 

 remembered that Mr. W. Newton, the President of the 

 Chamber of Agriculture, has already fully discussed 

 the question in his essay " La Crise Sucriere. '^ I will 

 give it here as the opinion of a competent chemical 

 analyst to whom I had the pleasure of communicating Mr. 

 Newton^s pamphlet, that, if the suggestions brought for- 

 ward by Mr. Newton be carried out, it will be reasonable 

 to look for brighter days for the sugar Colonies. 



It might be incidentally noticed here, that a new 

 coaltar product, has lately startled the scientific and in- 

 dustrial world, and perhaps some remarks lately made by 

 Professor Roscoe in a lectui-e on the recent progress of 

 Coaltar industry, might prove interesting. 



