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250,000 tons. In 1914-15 it reached 277,164 tons. 

 Sixty years ago we imported large quantities of 

 Mauritius sugar ; but when the European bounties 

 were in full operation Mauritius only sent a very small 

 quantity to Europe, mostly after-products. 1 India 

 now imports annually 100,000 to 150,000 tons of white 

 Mauritius sugar. During the war, Mauritius has come 

 to the rescue by supplying us with some of her excel- 

 lent white sugar. Considering the troubles she suffered 

 during the bounty competition, we ought to have been 

 sufficiently grateful to give her, at all events, the full 

 market value. 2 



1 European imports fell to 7,000 tons, but recovered to 

 50,000 tons after the abolition of the bounties. 



2 In 1915 (war time), Mauritius sent us 111,875 tons of 

 raw sugar and 85,118 tons of refined. 



