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Table S8. -Mauritius Island (British): Tobacco, acreage, 

 production, and 7leld per acre, 1897-1937 - Cont'd 



Tear j 

 beginning i 

 Jnly : 



Acreage 



• 

 • 



: Production 

 t 



I 



: Yield per acre 



• 



t 





Ipres 



Pounds 



founds 



1904 ; 



21 



29,000 



1,381 



1905 ! 



11 



I3tl25 



1.193 



1906 ! 



11 



13,200 



1,200 



1907 J 



11 



16,500 



1,^00 



I9O8 ! 



18 



26,250 



1,458 



1909 J 



26 



39,000 



1,500 



1910 J 



18 



27,000 



1,500 



1911 J 



18 



27,225 



1,512 



1912 J 



15 



22,500 



1,500 



1913 > 



15 



14,1+75 



965 



1914 : 



10 



10,000 



1,000 



1915 J 



5 



9tOOO 



1,500 



1916 i 



15 



12,000 



800 



1917 i 



15 



if, 500 



300 



1918 1 



18 



5,000 



278 



1919 ) 



! 52 



10,000 



192 



1920 ! 



\ 55 



12,000 



218 



1921 i 



1 io 



12,000 



200 





1 115 



20,000 



174 



1923 



\ 163 



32,000 



190 



1925 



\ 800 



330 • 000 



420 



1926 



! 2,000 



672,000 



336 



1927 ! 



\ 1,606 



683, U26 



ik 



1928 



{ 1,200 



UU8,000 



373 



1929 



\ 2,700 



1,000,000 



370 



1930 



\ 3,000 



900,000 



300 



1931 



\ 1,800 



600,000 



?33 



1932 



5 1,300 



600,000 



U62 



1933 



{ 2,081 



1.133.195 



► 5^5 



193^ 



! 1,000 



900,000 



900 



1935 



: i400 



600,000 



1,500 



1936 



: 661 



828,760 



1.25^ 



1937 



t 699 







1938 









Coopiled froB Statistical Abstract for the British Snplre; Blue Book 

 for the Colon7 of Mauritius; Colonial Beports; Tobacco notes of the 

 Tobacco Federation of the British fiopire; and International Institute 

 of Agriculture* 



