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Ecuniou lowest _ 1,100 lbs. 



do highest 9,625 " 



do average _ 3,200 " 



Mauritius 8,562 " 



Java 4,166 " 



I will add that the product in Louisiana before 



the war was about _ 1,100 " 



In Germany the average production from beets 



is about 2,100 " 



In France, average 2,200 " 



do highest 5,000 " 



It will thus be seen that an acre of land produces from beets a 

 larger average amount of sugar in France and Germany than is 

 produced from cane in Cuba, Martinique or Louisiana. In Mau- 

 ritius the system of cultivation is good, but it is a matter of noto- 

 riety that the sugar of Mauritius cannot compete with beet sugar 

 in France, notwithstanding it has an advantage over the latter, in 

 the French ports, of five francs the hundred kilogrammes, or 4.3 

 mills per pound. 



M. De la Sagra gives the following figures, showing the amount 

 of sugar produced to a " hand " upon several of the best planta- 

 tions in Cuba: 



LaPonina 4,238 Flor de Cuba 6,430 



Conchita 4,413 Delto '. 7,062 



St.Martin... 4,512 Las Canas 13,327 



On some well-ordered estates, both in France and in Germany, 

 the production of sugar to a " hand" exceeds 14,000 pounds. 



The production of sugar at Martinique in 1832 was 30,000 tons. 

 In 1850, in consequence of emancipation, it fell to 15,000 tons. 

 In 1864, the production again reached 30,000 tons. Emancipation 

 produced a similar result in Guadaloupe. In Reunion, by reason 

 of immense importations of Coolie labor, production has increased 

 fourfold since emancipation ; but intelligent observers see that 

 Coolie labor is but another form of slavery, for which reason the 

 supply must cease. It does not, like slavery, reproduce laborers, 

 for ninety to ninety-five per cent of the Coolies are males. The 

 increased production is also due to an extended area of cultivation, 

 and not, as in Mauritius, to improved methods of culture. In fact, 

 some of the most intelligent planters in several of the French 

 colonies have abandoned sugar cane, and cultivate other crops. 



