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The mean throughout the river is probably not 

 more than 25 tons of cane and 2 tons of sugar 

 per acre, and the cost per ton between £,8 and 

 £9 at the factory. 



The following varieties are under cultivation : — 



Inhamacurra. — Yuba (principal) ; red, striped and claret 



Java; Bourbon; Green Natal. 

 Mutamba. — Inhambane Green (principal); Yuba (a little); 



Big Tanna ; "White Tanna ; Nos. 33 and 131 ; Yellow 



Tanna ; Lusier. 

 Villa Fo7ites. — Green Natal (principal) ; Lusier ; 125 D ; 



Yuba; Tanna and other Mauritius varieties. 

 Mopea. — Green Natal (principal) ; Lusier. 

 Marromeu. — Green Natal (principal) ; Lusier ; Yuba ; 



109 D. 

 Lusitania. — A native green ; a purple (Port Mackay ?, 



a good cane); Yuba (a little). 

 Inhanguvo. — Yuba (principal) ; Green Natal ; White 



Tanna ; Striped Tanna ; Mauritius 33 ; No. 87 ; Lusier ; 



Senville. 



Labour is to be the limiting factor to the 

 development of the sugar industry in the 

 Province, and the adoption of labour-saving 

 methods should be the first care of capitalists. 

 The most is certainly not made of irrigation or 

 of cultivation. All resources seem to be directed 

 to increasing the area under cultivation, but if 

 by irrigation, steam cultivation, and scuffling 

 you can increase your yield of cane per acre 



