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worked in 1839, and closed in 1842 for want of capital. In 1842 

 the copper raised from these mines, and sold at Swansea, yielded 

 nearly 18 per cent, of marketable metal, and realised a price of 

 £16. Is. 6d. per ton. The works are resumed under favourable 

 auspices, and the returns are said to be rich and abundant. 



" Maueitius. — This Island is the most productive of the sugar 

 colonies of the British Crown In 1H59 the revenue amounted to 

 £597,000 in respect of receipts within the colony alone, and was 

 augmented by £12,000 received by agents in London for dividends 

 and profits on investments. In the same year the expenditure was 

 3fc*553,000. The remittances to India on account of coolie immigra- 

 tion were £53,000. There are paper-currency notes in circulation 

 which exceed £200,000 in amount. These are covered by cash in 

 the Commercial and Oriental Banks, and by Consols which stand in 

 the name of the commissioners of the currency. The savings' bank 

 flourishes, and its utility is more appreciated as its operations are 

 known. About one-third of the depositors are Indian coolies, who 

 there hoard up the earnings which they take home when their term 

 of industrial residence has expired. In 1858 these depositors drew 

 £10,151, on their departure for India — a gratifying fact in a double 

 sense, as it shows their wages to be liberal, and that they are a 

 thrifty race. There can be no doubt of the readiness of the Hindoos 

 to work the soil of Mauritius when they can realise such large 

 emoluments, and it is clear that if the natives were proportionately 

 remunerated in their own country the charge of laziness so unjustly 

 preferred against them would disappear. Their employers will not 

 invest capital unless they have the certainty of high profits ; and 

 why should it be expected that labourers will work for them unless 

 they receive high wages ? In 1859 the sugar crop exceeded 

 115,000 tons, chiefly sold in English, French, and Australian 

 markets. The total value of goods imported was £2,025,890, and 

 of specie £414,931. Total value of goods exported, £2,544,000; 

 and of specie, £14,906. The declared value of sugar exported, the 

 produce of the colony, was £2,346,427. The tonnage of vessels 

 entered inwards was 304,616, outwards 308,642. 



The general population of the island is computed at 96,526 



Immigrant Indian population 201,979 



Alien population, chiefly Chinese 6,541 



305,046 



