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planted to Bourbon cane amounted to only about one-third of the 

 total cane area. The Bourbon cane is a product of the island once 

 known by that name but now known as Reunion. 



The area used for cane has not increased materially during the 

 last 20 years. It has varied during that time from 66,582 acres in 

 1897-98 to 78,968 in 1903-4. The annual average area of cane was 

 69,724 acres for the decade 1893-94 to 1902-3, as against 74,461 for 

 the decade 1903-4 to 1912-13. The statistics of production of sugar 

 are not available prior to 1907-8, but in that year it was stated at 

 112,825 tons, 149,062 for 1908-9, and 129,071 for 1909-10. The 

 exports of sugar decreased from 114,802 tons in 1893-94 to 94,957 

 in 1898-99, increased to 141,063 in 1902-3, and decreased to 87,159 

 in 1911-12. The average exports of sugar were 115,165 tons for 

 the decade 1903-4 to 1912-13, as against 116,427 for the decade 

 1893-94 to 1902-3. The consumption of sugar in 1909-10 was stated. 

 at 8,400 tons, or about 50 pounds per capita. The sugar industry 

 is the leading industry in British Guiana and furnishes employment 

 to about one-third of the population. Other important agricultural 

 products are rice, cacao, rubber, coffee, and coconuts. The sugar pro- 

 duced there is an unrefined product of a slightly yellowish color and 

 known under the trade name of Demarara Crystals. This sugar has 

 a special flavor not found in other sugars and brings a higher price 

 on the English market than any other cane sugar. The three prin- 

 cipal markets for that sugar were the United Kingdom, the United 

 States, and Canada. 



PARAGUAY. 



CANE SUGAR. 



The sugar-cane industry of Paraguay is of comparatively recent 

 development and bids fair to be profitable in the future. The supply 

 of domestic sugar has been less than one-half of the nation's require- 

 ments. The area devoted to the growing of sugar cane in 1886 was 

 estimated at 7,286 acres and in 1911 the area was said to be about 

 49,000 acres. Official data are available only for the five years ending 

 with 1914. In 1909-10 there were 16,994 tons of cane used for sugar, 

 which decreased to 10,000 tons the following year and increased to 

 50,824 tons in 1913-14. The sugar produced amounted to 900 tons in 

 1909-10, 500 tons in 1910-11, and 2,821 tons in 1913-14. The sugar 

 extraction was slightly more than 5 per cent of the weight of the 

 cane, or about 100 pounds of sugar per ton of cane. The imports of 

 sugar during the five years 1910-1914 averaged 2,312 tons annually, 

 and the average annual consumption was 3,582 tons, or a per capita 

 consumption of about 9 pounds. Exports are given for only one 

 year, 1914, amounting to 464 tons, all of which was sent to Uruguay. 



