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SUGAK. 



MAURITIUS. 

 PROA^SIONS, &c. Beef, per 

 lb. 6d. to 

 Bread, per loaf . 

 Butter, per lb., Is. 3d. to 

 Eice, the food of the 



Coolies, per bag of 



150 lbs., 12s. 6d. to . 

 Oats, per bag, of 100 lbs. 



12s. 6d. to . 

 Bran, ditto, 100 lbs. 



I2s. to 

 Beans, ditto, 100 lbs. 



223. 6d. to . 

 Coal, per ton, 40s. to 

 Charge or Ma^'ufac- 

 TURE. The manufactu- 

 rer reaps and carries to 

 the mill the canes of the 

 grower, but the latter 

 provides his own bag- 

 ging, and carts away his 

 half of the sugar, the 

 other half being the re- 

 muneration of the manu- 

 facturer 



Analysis of the foregoing Statement, showing the total compa- 

 rative outlay for sundries connected with the cultivation of Sugar 

 at Natal and ^laimtius, computed at the lowest ruling prices. 





MAUEITIUS. 



IfATAL. 



Difference 

 in 



faror of Natal 



Land, 100 acres 



70s.— 



350 



0 



0 



10s.- 



- 50 



0 



0 



300 



0 



0 



Manure, Guano 10 loads 



£Q— 



60 



0 



0 

















Cattle Manure, 10 loads 











Is.- 



- 0 



10 



0 









Live Stock, 10 mules . 



£30— 



300 



0 



0 



£15- 



-150 



0 



0 



150 



0 



0 



: — 10 oxen . 



£12— 



120 



0 



0 



£3- 



- 30 



0 



0 



90 



0 



0 



Two drivers . . per month 



£1— 



2 



0 



0 





1 



5 



0 



0 



15 



0 



Coolies, 10 with keep 





10 



0 



0 











2 



10 





Kafirs, 10 ditto . 











153.- 



— 7 



10 



o} 







0 



White men, 10 



£4— 



40 



0 



0 



£4- 



- 40 



0 



0 









Beef, 100 lbs. 



at 6d. 



— 2 



10 



0 



l|d. 



~ 0 



12 



6 



1 



17 



6 



Bread, 100 loaves 



6d. 



— 2 



10 



0 



6d. 



— 2 



10 



0 









Butter, 100 lbs. 



ls.3d. 



6 



5 



0 



6d. 



— 2 



10 



0 



3 



15 



0 



Rice, 100 lbs., food for Coolies 





0 



8 



4 

















Indian Com, 100 lbs., food for 

















9I 



0 



5 



7 



Kafirs 













0 



2 











Oats .... 





0 



12 



6 





0 



10 



0 



0 



2 



6 



Beans, 100 lbs. 





1 



2 



6 





0 



10 



0 



0 



12 



6 



Coals 





2 



0 



0 





2 



0 



0 











£897 



8 



4 





£288 



0 



3 



£554 



18 



1 



The immense saving obtained by ploughing, &c., over the 

 Mauritius hand labor with the hoe, is not shown in the above 

 figures. 



jS^ATAL. 



£. s. d. Provisioxs, &c. Beefjper 

 0 0 8 lb., l|d. to 



0 0 6 Breaci, per loaf 



0 16 Butter, per lb., 6d. to . 



Indian corn, (maize per 

 180 lbs. 5s.) per 150 

 0 15 0 lbs. . 



Oats, per 104 lbs., 10s. to 

 0 15 0 



Bran, not used . 



0 13 9 Beans, per 180 lbs., 13s 

 to 20s., or per 100 lbs 



1 5 0 7s. 2d. to 



2 10 0 The same 

 The Mauritius principle 



may be adopted in this 

 colony, with such modi- 

 fications as may be called 

 for by local exigencies . 



0 11 0 



