SUGAE PRODUCTION IN U. S. AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 65 



MAURITIUS. 



CANE SUGAR. 



During the last ten years the annual area used for cane and the 

 production of sugar in Mauritius has exceeded that of any other 

 British possession except British India. The area used for sugar 

 cane in that island increased from 63,570 acres in 1893-94 to 83,935 

 in 1901-2, to 96,686 in 1908-9, and to 160,013 in 1913-14. The annual 

 area under cane during the decade 1893-1902 was 74,383 acres, which 

 increased to 109,964 acres during the decade 1903-1912, an increase 

 of 47.8 per cent. The production of sugar in Mauritius increased 

 from 78,993 tons in 1893-4 to 171,209 in 1902-3 and to 275,250 in 

 1913-14. The annual average for the decade 1903^t to 1912-13 was 

 207,696 tons, as against 153,052 for the preceding decade. The in- 

 crease in production of sugar during the last decade over the preced- 

 ing one was 35.7 per cent, as compared with 47.8 per cent increase in 

 area used for cane. The annual exports of sugar from Mauritius for 

 the 15 years 1899-1913 were 204,671 tons, of which 26,089 tons, or 

 12.7 per cent, went to the United Kingdom. The exports to the 

 United Kingdom increased from 8.1 per cent during the five years 

 1899-1903 to 19.2 per cent for the five years 1909-1913. 



During the sugar campaign of 1913 there were 59 sugar factories 

 in operation, and the average sugar extraction per weight of cane 

 was 10.7 per cent. The 1913 crop of cane exceeded all previous years, 

 and the factories were required to operate at their full capacity and 

 worked from 18 to 20 hours per day. 



JAPAN. 



CANE SUGAR. 



The territory upon which sugar cane is grown in Japan is limited 

 to a small area in the southern part of Japan proper. The total area 

 under cultivation in 1913 was 14,000,000 acres, of which 51,293 

 acres, or 0.4 per cent, was in sugar cane. The area under cane de- 

 creased from 46,338 acres in 1906 to 43,493 in 1909, but increased 

 to 51,293 in 1913 and to 53,300 in 1914. The production of cane 

 amounted to 851,130 tons in 1906, decreased to 610,195 in 1907, and 

 increased to 946,348 in 1912 and to 954,758 in 1914. The yield of 

 cane per acre was 18.37 tons in 1906, but fell to 13.69 tons in 1907 

 and increased to 17.15 and 17.91 tons, respectively, for 1913 and 1914. 

 The number of sugar factories in operation has more than doubled 

 during the last 10 years. There were 7 factories in 1904-5, which 

 were increased to 16 in 1913-14. The cane used for sugar in 1906-7 

 amounted to 592,693 tons, or 97.1 per cent of the production. In 

 1911-12 the cane used amounted to 941,550 tons, or 99.4 per cent of 

 the production. The production of sugar increased from 56,078 tons 

 in 1906-7 to 75,797 in 1911-12, but decreased to 68,867 in 1912-13 



