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In 1840, we imported from Java 75,583 cwt. ; in 1841, 

 87,342 cwfc. ; in 1842, 24,922 cwt. ; in 1843, 35,161 cwt. ; and in 

 1844, about 72,000 cwt. ; but most of this was only sent to Cowes, 

 for orders, to be transhipped to the Continent. 



JBhilippines. — The exports from Manila into this country in 

 1841, were 133,482 cwt. ; in 1842, 63,464 cwt. ; and in 1843, 

 48,977 cwt. In the fifteen years between 1835 and 1850, the ex- 

 port of sugar from the Philippine Islands more than doubled : — 





Tons. 





Tons. 



1835 . . 



.. 11,542 



1841 . . 



.. 15,321 



1836 . . 



. . 14,875 



1842 . . 



.. 18,540 



1837 . . 



. . 12,293 



1843 . . 



. . 22,239 



1838 . . 



.. 12,375 



1844 . . 



.. 21,528 



1839 . . 



. . 15,631 



1845 .. 



. . 24,500 



]840 .. 



. . 16,563 



1850 . . 



. . 28,745 



About a third of this is raw sugar, the rest is clayed or refined. 

 It is singular, that though these islands belong to Spain, the 

 export of this staple product to that country should be limited to 

 about 600 tons ; America taking about one-sixth, and England 

 and her colonies the remainder. There is now an increased demand 

 for the Australian colonies, consequent upon the large influx of 

 population to that quarter. 



Export of sugar from Manila in 1850. 



Piculs, 

 .. 146,926 

 50,830 

 . 142,359 

 ,. 12,749 

 .. 29,144 

 77,919 



459,927 



The sugar cane occurs in a wild state on many of the islands of 

 the Pacific, but in no part - of the American continent, notwith- 

 standing a contrary opinion has been expressed. 



The following are the chief varieties cultivated in the West 

 Indies, Louisiana, the East Indies, and Mauritius : — 



1. Common or Creole cane, so called from being introduced from the New 

 World. 



2. Yellow Bourbon, 



3. Yellow Otabeite. 



4. Otabeite witb purple bands. 



5. Purple Otabeite. 



6. Ribbon cane. 



^ My friend, Mr. L. Wray, in his " Practical Sugar Planter," con- 

 siders the Bourbon, and yellow, or straw-coloured Otabeite cane, as 

 identical, but merely altered by change of soil and climate. 

 The yield from these cane-plants seems to be about tlie same in 

 either Indies, viz., in good land about two-and-a-half tons of dry 

 sugar per acre — sometimes three tons. 



A very large species of red cane, grown at Gowhatty, in Assam, 



To Great Britain 

 „ Continent of Europe 

 „ Australian Colonies 

 „ Singapore, Batavia, and Bombay 



California and the Pacific 

 „ The United States 



