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is pretty certain to show a steady advance for some years ; total for 

 1876, 16,018 liMs. The Chaguane quarter or Ward gave 3751 hhds., 

 and the Couva Union, 8944. This takes us to the watershed of the 

 Montserrat hills. The Guaracara estates, North Naparima and Savana 

 Grande, yielded 13,747 hhds. ; South Naparima, 11,122 hhds. ; Oro- 

 pouche, 1494 hhds. ; and Cedros, 3050 hhds. This sums up the yield 

 of the whole present sugar-making area of the colony. 



" Glassed under the various drainage districts, the result is as 

 follows : 



Hhds. 



North and west of the Laventille spur of hills . . . . 949 



The Oaroni basin 16,018 



The northern drainage from the Montserrat range .. 12,695 

 Drainage from the Montserrat ridge (northern slope 



of Guaracara basin) to Oropouche lagoon . . . . 24 , 869 

 From the lagoon to Cedros (the south-west peninsula) 4 , 544 



Total 59,075 



" In soil and vicinage, the Oropouche district and the strip of plain 

 across the lagoon (in which the first cane-pieces are now being opened 

 by the Messrs. Tennant), belong to Naparima, and may claim to 

 be classed as part of that superlatively fine cane district. 



"Summarizing this statement, it appears that the Colonial Company's 

 estates this year made 9262 hhds. ; those of the Messrs. Tennant, 

 8397 hhds. ; those of Mr. Turnbull (with Jones's estates), 4891 hhds.; 

 Mr. Burnley's, 4297 hhds. ; and Mr. Cumming's, 3300 hhds. It will 

 be perceived these figures account for more than half of the crop. The 

 Usine is down for 3164 hhds. Eight persons or interests besides the 

 above five, made over 1000 hhds., and two between 900 and 1000 

 hhds. Comparing with the previous year, 1875, the crop is about 

 11,500 hhds. short, the deficiency being spread over all the counties 

 except St. George, which made 2200 hhds. more this year than last. 

 Victoria alone is 8000 hhds. short, its soil and roads yielding most 

 readily to heavy rain. 



"Dividing the production of the year by 114, the average would be 

 518 hhds. (against 624 last year) ; but if by 124, which is about the 

 number of separately milled and worked estates, it will be seen to be 

 476 hhds. per estate. Only five estates made less than 100 hhds. 

 apiece. With a longer open season, the Naparima crop, in particular, 

 would have been a much heavier one." 



Exports of sugar from Trinidad : 





Cwts. 





Cwts. 







1867 .. . 



828,116 





549,464 

 .. 738,117 



1868 , 



830,708 



1862 . . 



1869 



929,365 



1863 .. , 



, 668,255 



1870 , 



, 819,043 



1864 .. . 



706,246 



1871 



1,071,839 



1865 .. . 



560,166 



1874 .. 



. .. 890,533 



1866 .. . 



813,339 







Martinique. — In this island the number of hectares under culture 

 with the cane in 1874 was 19,314, and there were 564 sugar pieces 

 and small plantations. The number of labourers employed was 







