T H E CUB A REVIEW 



Lamborn Statistical Report 



A statistical survey of the world's sugar 

 production and consumption for the crop 

 year ending August 31 and for the calendar 

 year 1923 has been issued by Lamborn & 

 Company. The review, with detailed sta- 

 tistics for a large number of individual 

 countries, fills a book of 64 pages and 

 forms one of the most complete statistical 

 studies of sugar available. It is in part a 

 revision of a statistical survey for the crop 

 year published early in the year, but has 

 been expanded by the addition of figures 

 covering supplies and requirements to the 

 end of the year. 



According to the estimates published in 

 the survey, the world's production for the 

 crop year ending with the close of the 

 present month is 18,955,000 long tons, and 

 for the calendar year will be 19,337,000 

 tons. Probable consumption for the calen- 

 dar year is placed at 19,375,000 tons, in- 

 dicating a depletion of stocks on hand at 

 the beginning of the year of 38,000 tons. 

 As compared with the crop year ending 

 August 31, however, the final four months 

 of the year are estimated to show a sur- 

 plus of production over consumption 

 amounting to 313,000 tons. 



For the United States consumption dur- 

 ing the calendar year is estimated at 4,- 

 800,000 long tons, and stocks at the close 

 of the year are placed at 100,000 tons as 

 compared with 210,000 tons on January 1. 

 Allowance is made for the distribution of 

 300,000 tons of beet sugar and 140,000 

 tons of Louisiana sugar of the 1923-24 crop 

 before the end of the year. 



— Facts About Sugar. 



Sugar in Germany 



Some 267 beet sugar factories and re- 

 fineries in Germany will operate during 

 the 1923-24 season the same as last sea- 

 son, according to a canvass just conducted 

 by the Association of German Sugar Indus- 

 tries. Consul Cornelius Farris, Stettin, 

 informs the Department of Commerce that 

 the acreage under sugar beet cultivation 

 is estimated at 847,853 acres, against 898,- 

 938 acres for 1922-23. — Sugar. 



Java Sugar Production for 1923-24 



The May estimate of sugar production, 

 made by the Java Producers' Association, 

 forecasts a total of 1,538,716 long tons of 

 sugar of all kinds, as compared with the 

 April estimate of 1,543,237 long tons. 

 Mills not connected with the association 

 generally produce about 182,100 long tons 

 annually. The combined output of asso- 

 ciated and independent mills may there- 

 fore be estimated at 1,720,816 long tons. 

 Estimated production, by grades, of the 

 mills comprising the Java Producers' As- 

 sociation is as follows: 



Long tons 



Superior head sugars 843,803 



Superior soft sugars 17,844 



Channels and muscovados 656,383 



Molasses sugar 20,234 



Bag sugar 452 



Total 1,538,716 



— Consul Parker W. Buhrman, Soerabaya. 



The Petree Process 



The Petree process is attracting a good 

 deal of interest in Cuba, where four mills 

 will have the complete system installed 

 for the coming crop. Central Guira. which 

 is to be moved from its present location 

 in Havana province to Carmita in Santa 

 Clara, will put in the process, as will Cen- 

 trals Preston and Maceo, in Oriente, and 

 Central Estrada Palma, now under con- 

 struction, will be similarly equipped. In 

 addition to these installations, more than 

 twenty new Dorr clarifiers will be used by 

 various mills. 



The working of the Petree process at 

 Central Preston will be closely watched, 

 as it will there have its first trial in a large 

 three-tandem mill. Central Soledad, of 

 Cienfuegos, reports that it is well satisfied 

 with the process, which was installed there 

 just before the last campaign. 



— Facts About Sugar. 



Cuba's Debt 



Cuba has won the distinction of being 

 the first nation to completely discharge its 

 war debts to this country. The final pay- 

 ment on a ten million dollar war-time loan 

 recently was received by the state depart- 

 ment. 



