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treacle, may ruQ from them, ami when thoroughly drajned) the CASE 

 siigfir is known in commerce as loaf sugal*. ■<^' . , . ^3. 



Note in tliis On.se drawings of dift'erent varieties of sagar 

 cane cultivated in Mauritius, also photograph of liower-heatl of 

 sugar cane, called the ** Arrow," and of a cane field in Jamaica 

 during the process of (jutting, and samples of molasses, and 

 runiy a well-known spirit distilled from molasses or cane juice. 



This Case contains two native robes from Tahiti, made of CASE 

 Tai>a cloth (sec Museum No. I., Case 98), pruamented ^ith 94. 

 the cuticlq of the leaves of the sugar cane, ^ . , . \ 



Various samples of raw sugar arc shown in this Case, chiefly CASE 

 from Fenang, Hong Kong, Japan, Siam, Formosa, and India. 95, 



The total import^, of unrefined sugar from all countries 

 during the year 1893 amounted to 16,036,935 cwts., and of 

 refined sugar and candy during the same pteriod to 11,569,739 

 cwts, ■ ■ ■' '■'"■'"' ■'>■-■; - 



On the bottom shelf observe models of sugar presses, as used 

 in India. 



In the upper division are specimens of sugar cane from CASE 

 Grenada, Natal, Formosa, and Queensland. Also a portion of a 95. 

 stem of a variety knoAvn as the Elephant sugar cane from Saigon. 



No. 170. Specimens of Sugar Candy anjcjr other sweet- 

 meats made from sugar. ' , ' r ' '/ 



Observe in middle division a specimen of Megasse, or 

 Bagasse, the refuse of the sugar cane after passing through the 

 rollers of the sugar mill for the expression of the juice. It is 

 generally used in the tropics as fuel, but latterly an attempt 

 has been made to use it for paper makiiigi ,^ Sg-mples of paper 

 made from it are shown. ,: 



Note illustrations of the diseases of the sugar cane; also 

 plate showing " seed" of the sugar cane and the germinatiou 

 observed at Kew in 1890. ' ■ . \iiiuu jI .,;:-,;; .;. 



[On the wall under the circular window, bet^Veen' bases 98 

 and 99, observe an oil painting illusti-ating the manufacture of 

 sugar at Katipo, near Tete, in Eastern Tropical Africa. It 

 represents the cutting of the cane into lengths, crushing it in 

 the mill, and the subsequent boiling and crystallisation of the 

 juice. A painting of the Sugar Cane is shown on the wall 

 under the circular window between Cases 103 and 104.] 



No. 171. Ropes, twine, mat, and fibre from the stems of 

 the Mux JA {Saccharirm Jie«w/«, Roxb.), a common grass in' 

 Northern India. The .fibre is valued on account of its elasticity' 



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