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CULTIVATION OF THE SUGAR CANE. 



schemes for benefiting the Colonies are open to ; the sub- 

 stitution of the plough for hand-hoeing, and the greater 

 care of the cattle, require no fresh investment of capital. 

 Secondly, the results are not problematical but certain. 

 Thirdly, these improvements can be adopted by every 

 individual proprietor, independently of the co-operation of 

 his neighbours. Fourthly, they are attainable without 

 the assistance of Government. Fifthly, the consequence 

 of such improvements will be to develop an abundant 

 labouring population, in places which at present are sup- 

 posed to require the aid of immigration. And, sixthly, 

 the system I have indicated will tend to keep the rate of 

 wages at a regular and moderate standard, and to render 

 the peasantry orderly, civil, and industrious — qualities 

 which have rarely been developed during the last fifteen 

 years. 



In the succeeding portion of this work, I shall endeavour 

 to show clearly the imperfections in the various stages of 

 the process of manufacture, as at present practised ; to 

 indicate the losses sustained in each of these stages ; and to 

 point out such methods as science and successful practice 

 have demonstrated to be effectual in preventing such losses, 

 and in rendering the product more valuable to the manu- 

 facturer. 



This portion of my subject will necessarily be distinct 

 from the former, as requiring the investment of capital in 

 effecting certain improvements in the machinery and 

 apparatus employed. I hope to demonstrate satisfactorily, 



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