150 



SUGAR. 





Cwts. 



Cwts. 





Cwts. 



Cwts. 





Sugar. 



Molasses. 





Sugar. 



Molasses, 



1831 . 



. 4,103,800 . 



. 323,306 



1841 . 



. 2,148,218 . 



. 430,221 



1832 . 



, 3,773,456 . 



. 553,663 



1842 . 



, 2,508,725 . 



. 471,759 



1833 . 



. 3,646,205 . 



. 686,794 



1843 . 



. 2,509,701 . 



. 605,632 



1834 . 



. 3,843,976 . 



, 650,366 



1844 . 



. 2,451,063 . 



. 579,458 



1835 . 



. 3,524,209 , 



. 507,495 



1845 . 



. 2,853,995 . 

 . 2,147,347 . 



. 491,083 



1836 . 



. 3,601,791 . 



. 526,535 



1846 . 



. 477,623 



1837 . 



. 3,306,775 . 



. 575,657 



1847 . 



. 3,199,814 . 



. 531,171 



1838 . 



. 3,520,676 . 



. 638,007 



1848 , 



. 2,794,987 . 



. 385,484 



1839 . 



. 2,824,372 . 



. 474,307 



1849 . 



. 2,839,888 . 



. 605,487 



1840 . 



, 2,214,764 . 



= 424,141 



1850 . 



, 2,586,429 . 



. 470,187 



Mauritius. — In the year 1813 the exports of sugar from this 

 island were but 549,465 lbs., and increasing gradually to 128,476,547 

 lbs. in 1849, or two-hundred fold in thirty-six years. 



The equalisation of the duties in 1825, and the admission 

 of Mauritius sugars into England on the same footing as those 

 from the West Indies, had the effect of stimulating the sugar 

 trade of Mauritius, and advancing it to its present remarkable 

 success. Notwithstanding its immense crops, scarcely more than 

 three-fifths of the island is yet under cultivation ; but it has the 

 advantage of a cheap and abundant supply of labor, and much 

 improved machinery has been introduced. The planters first com- 

 menced introducing Coolies in 1835, and were for some time 

 restricted to the single port of Calcutta for their supply. 



The recent advices from Mauritius furnish some interesting in- 

 formation regarding the progress making in the sugar production 

 of that colony. In reference to the cultivation of the cane, it 

 is stated that by the introduction of guano upon several estates 

 in the interior, the production has been very largely increased ; 

 but as the value and economy of manure has not been hitherto 

 sufficiently estimated, its introduction has not been so general 

 as could be desired. The importance of free labor to the cul- 

 tivation of the estates, has now become fully appreciated by the 

 planters ; it being found that an equal amount of work can be 

 obtained by this means from a less number of hands, and that at 

 lower rates of wages than were current in previous years, the 

 average of which is shown in the following table : — 





Number of 



Aggregate 



Average 



Years. 



Coolies 



amount of wages 



wages per head 





employed. 



paid per week. 



per week. 







£ 



s. d. 



1846 



47,733 



33,484 



14 0 



1847 



48,314 



35,338 



14 9 



1848 



41,777 



26,627 



12 9 



1849 



45,384 



27,625 



12 2 



1850 



47.912 



31,664 



12 3 



1851 



42,275 



27,832 



12 2 



In 1826, to make from 25 to 30,000,000 lbs. of sugar, it required 

 30,000 laborers (slaves) ; at the present time, with less than 

 45,000 (from which number fully 5,000 must be deducted as 



