THE INDIA REVIEW 
OF WORKS ON SCIENCE, 
AND 
JOURNAL OF FOREIGN SCIENCE AND THE ARTS, 
EMBRACING 
MINERALOGY. GEOLOGY, NATURAL HISTORY, PHYSICS, &c. 
REVIEW. 
Sugary as to the probability of an im- 
provement in the cultivation and quality 
ofy either through Europeans or Natives, 
in case of an increased demand From 
the report of the select commitees of 
the Houses of Lords and Commmons, 
appointed to enquire into the present 
state of the affairs of the East India 
Company, 1830-31. 
BelVs Comparative View of the External 
Commerce of Bengal, during the years 
1834-35 awe? 1835-36, lC6. 
A Treatise on the Cultivation of Sugar 
canes, and the manufacture of Sugar, 
comprehending instructions for plant- 
ing, and saving the cane, expressing 
the juice, ^c. Sfc. By W. Fitzmau- 
RiCE, many yearsa planter in the island 
of Jamaica, pp. 69, 1830. 
The nature and properties of the Sugar- 
cane, with practical directions for the 
improvement of its culture and the ma- 
nufacture of its products. By George 
Richardson Porter, Philadelphia, 
pp. 354, 1831. 
A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and 
Historical, of Commerce and Commer > 
cial Navigation ; illustrated with Maps 
and Plans. By J. R. McCulloch, 
Esq. Second Edition, / Corrected 
throughout, and greatly enlarged : 
with a Supplement, supplying the 
deficiencies and bringing down the in- 
formation contained in the work to 
October, Suo. jop. 1327. Long- 
man, Rees,Orme, Brown, Greene, 
AND Longman, London, 1835. 
(Continued from page 371.^ 
In our last we alluded to the views of 
Mr, Fitzmaurice on the cultivation of sugar 
in India. Before we revert to the evidence 
given before the Committee appointed by 
Parliament to enquire into the subject, 
by way of relief to ploughing, digging, and 
planting, we turn to the history of the 
sugar cane, in order to prefer the claims of 
this country to its discovery. Such informa- 
tion is at this moment of vital importance 
to the commercial community of British In- 
dia ; for, considered with reference to the 
vast amount of capital the sugar trade is 
likely to employ, and the extent of public 
revenue it will as a consequence yield, 
the trade will open an ample employment 
for our shipping, by commencing a steady 
and extensive market with all parts of the 
world, and such will be its increase that, by 
giving occupation to British sojourners in 
this country, distress, nay indigence, now too 
common among them, will disappear. Re- 
spectability and intelligence will result 
from the industry thus effected, and the 
mercantile interest of this country will pro - 
