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Besides its exports to Glreat Britain, Mauritius ships large 

 quantities of sugar to the Cape of Grood Hope and Australia. 

 Its local consumption is moreover set down at about 2,500 tons. 

 The progressive increase in its exports is marked by the follow- 





Cwt. 





Cwt. 



1826 . „ 



93,723 



3839 



604,671 



1827 . . 



. . 186,782 



1840 . , 



. , 690,294 



1828 . . 



, . 204,344 



1841 



. . 545,356 



1829 . . 



361,325 



1842 



. . 716,009 



1830 . . 



. . 297,958 



1843 



. , 696,652 



1831 .. 



. . 485,710 



1844 



. . 545,415 



1832 . . 



. . 517,553 



1845 ■ ' 



716,173 



1833 . . 



. . 521,904 



1846 ' ' 



.. 845,197 



1834 . . 



. . 516,077 



1847 ' ' 



1,193,571 



1835 . , 



. . 553,891 



1848 ' * 



. . 886,184 



1836 . . 



. , 558,237 



1849 ■ ' 



893,524 



1837 . . 



. . 497,302 



1850 ' ■ 



1,003,296 



1838 



. . 537,455 



1851 • ' 



. . 999,337 



^a&t Indies. — Sugar is a very old and extensive cultivation in 

 India. It would probably be within the mark, to estimate the 

 annual produce of the country at a million of tons. An official 

 return shows that the quantity of sugar carried on one road of 

 the interior, for provincial consumption, is about equal to the 

 whole quantity shipped from Calcutta — some 50,000 or 60,000 

 tons. 



India is fast becoming a great sugar producing country, al- 

 though its produce and processes of manufacture are rude and 

 imperfect. The Coolies who return from time to time to the 

 Indian ports, bring with them much acquired knowledge and ex- 

 perience from the Mauritius. 



In 1825, the import of sugar from the East Indies was but 

 146,000 cwt., and it fluctuated greatly in succeeding years, being 

 occasionally as low as 7 6,600 cwt. In 1837 the quantity imported 

 was just double what it was in 1827. In 1841, it had reached as 

 high as 1,239,738 cwt., and subsequently kept steady for a few 

 years at 1,100,000 cwt, — and for the last four years has averaged 

 1,400,000 cwt. 



Java. — Attention has been withdrawn, in a great measure, from 

 sugar cultivation in Java, owing to colFee being found a more 

 remunerative staple. The following figures serve to show the ex- 

 tent of its exports of sugar ; — 



Cwt, 



873,056 

 999,895 

 1,231,135 

 1,252,041 

 1,105,856 

 1,162,211 

 1,260,790 

 1,812,500 

 1,798,612 

 1,797,874 

 1,987,957 

 2,090,845 



1826 . . 



Cwt. 

 23,565 



1838 



1827 . . 



38,357 



1839 



1828 . . 



31,301 



1840 



1829 . . 



91,227 



1841 



1830 . . 



. . 129,300 



1842 



1831 . . 



. . 144,077 



1843 



1832 . . 



. . 292,705 



1844 



1833 . . 



.. 151,128 



1845 



1834 . . 



. . 443,911 



1848 



1835 . . 



.. 523,162 



1850 



1836 . . 



. . 607,336 



1851 



1837 . . 



. . 820,063 



1852 



