?86 



15,800 acres — 8000 of which are under cultivation; the 

 estates are connected by 63 miles of railway with 7 locomotiv 



)loyed; 1800 tons of cane are crushed per day 



em 



cut by men with cutlasses and headed out by labourers to trucks 

 on to the nearest rails — and 1000 tons of sugar per week are 

 turned out during the season, or some 14,000 tons in all (Inter. 

 Sugar Journ., July 1909, p. 321). On three estates within 

 100 miles of the Zambesi river (cultivating *' Uba '' as above 

 mentioned) the output of sugar averages in a season 10,000 tons 

 each; the factories are well equipped with up-to-date milling 



each having a Krajewski and four mills of three rollers, 



14. rnllpra in all fn. similn.r i^bla.nt is at St. Kitts — see Kcw 



making 



Quad 



ruple Evaporators, Vacuum Pans, Centrifugals, etc, and two 

 estates have also large irrigation works, the cost of irrigation 

 running from 205. to 305. per ton of sugar (Morris, I.e.). 



entirely one for the sugar expert, and 



almost 



in view of the world-wide importance, it is not surprising to 

 find an extensive hterature, the following references to which 

 are confined to books. 



-Re/.— The Practical Sugar Planter, Wray, pp. 1-415 (Smith. 



Elder & Co., London, 1848). The History of Sugar and 



Sugar Yielding Plants, Reed, pp. 1-206 (Longmans, Green & 



Co., London, 1866). La Canne a Sucre, Delteil, pp. 1-118 



(Challamel Aine, Librairie Algerienne et Coloniale, Paris, 1884). 

 Sugar Growing and Refining, Lock, Wigner, & Harland, 



pp. 1-752 (E. & F. N. Spon, London, 1885). Sugar : Kinds 



of Sugar which may be classed as Refined, Miller, in the Agric. 

 Ledger, No. 6, 1893, pp. 1-3. — —An Introductory Manual for. 

 Sugar Growers, Watts, pp. 1-151 (Longmans, Green & Co., 



London & New York, 1893. Chemical Composition of Sugar 



Cane and Raw Sugars, Leather, Agric. Ledger, No. 19, 1896, 



pp. 1-21, and in No. 3, 1897, pp. 1-35. Sugar Cane, Stubbs, 



pp. 1-208 (Bureau of Agric, State University, Baton Rouge, 



Louisiana, 1897). The Sugar Cane in Egypt, Tiemann, 



pp. 1-74, illustrated (Inter. Sugar Journ., Altrincham, 1903). 



Science in Sugar Production : An Introduction to the Methods 

 of Chemical Control, Heriot, pp. 1-104 (Norman Rodger, Man- 

 chester, 1907). Sugar: A Handbook for Planters and Refiners, 



(1st ed.. Lock & Newlands 1888), Newlands Bros., pp. 1-876 



(E. & F. N. Spon, Ltd., London, 1909). Cane Sugar and Its 



Manufacture, GeerHgs, pp. 1-350 (Norman Rodger, Manchester, 



1909). Report for the year 1908 on the Sugar Industry of 



South Formosa, Dip. & Cons. Rep. Japan, No. 675, Misc. Series, 



1909, pp. 1-19. The Wax of the Sugar-cane and the Possi- 



biUty of Its Technical Production, Wijnberg, pp. 1-198, in 



Dutch (Amsterdam, 1909). Cane Sugar : A Text Book on 



the Agriculture of the Sugar Cane, Deer, pp. 1-592 (Norman 



Rodger, Manchester, 1911). The World s Cane Sugar Industrj^, 



Past and Present, Geerligs, pp. 1-399 (Norman Rodger,Manchester, 



