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lation; w^paay also study tables ofjplatistics, and 
express suspfep at the mass of figurjf, but we have 
no idea of thds&actual bulk of anyotpecial product 
unless we happ<lft, r to see a ship unloading, or, still 
better, pay a vis%|o the store Jhiildings or ware¬ 
houses of one of ouF&reat impoj| docks. 
These thoughts are Thought fo mind from what was 
seen in the course of an fe^iir qftwo on a recent visit to 
the West India Docks. In r |he lofty warehouses rising 
from the landing quays ofahese extensive recep¬ 
tacles of foreign merchandise, ase stowed property of 
almost fabulous value, ||Sd of cdiirse of great variety. 
One lofty block is perchance fille<l%ith tea, another 
with coffee, and another with sugafy each one of 
these articles has inJitself a history interesting enough, 
but, moreover, one that has been often told, and 
therefore it would seem that nothing nei^ can be 
learnt or said jibout them. On the contrary many 
scraps of inforlnation can be picked up at theseplaces, 
from the men in charge of the different floors, ti&each 
of which is allotted a special commodity, and thb%h 
these men are from outward appearance working 
men in Jthe true sense of the word, it is re 
markable the amount of intelligence displayed - 
rally, 
pessel 
sugar- 
bags often teemirffewith cockroaches. OJ &particular 
kind of sugar attracted our attention, occurring as it 
did in Jumps or massakapparently cloggy compressed, 
each mass or packagj^being between 2 and 3 feet 
long by 18 or 20 inches #|de, and Jffoot thick—these 
were sown up in a kind % coa,pe sacking, and we 
learnt that this particular kf%lbf sugar was shipped 
from Odessa ; this of course Jft|]pelled the notion of 
it being cane sugar, and went Improve its origin to 
be the Beet, which was ^eoncluif^ upon testing a 
sample,, which left in the*, mouth a strong earthy or 
rooty taste, lasting a long time. This%ugar is of a 
fairly light colour, and is, it seems, now brought into 
England in considerable quantities for the j*|rpose of 
clarifying and crystallising. A sample of sugar from 
the same port, anil from the same plant, crystallised 
before exporta,tion, was also shown to us, and 4Jiis, 
though in very small crystals, was as white as culi¬ 
nary lump ; br loaf sugar, illustrating the degree %f 
perfection&ttained in clarifying and crystallising sugaf 
obtained from this source—a source, moreover, from 
whence we are fast] obtaining our principal supplies, 
for Statistics show that the produce of the Cane 
derived from all countries during the year 1876 
amounted to 2,140,000 tons, while that from the Beet 
station became more luxuriant, Fig 
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