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in mind the peculiar circumstances under which the 
samples sent from here were prepared, he thought it was 
hardly fair to compare them with the samples from 
Mauritius. Another thing was that this colony was 
placed at a disadvantage by reason of its distance from 
India. Sugar was a perishable article, and the voyage 
from here to Calcutta being at least three times as long 
as from Mauritius, the samples sent from here could not 
be expected to arrive in the same condition as those 
from Mauritius. Demerara need not fear to compete 
with Mauritius in the production of sugar. If placed on 
an equal footing he was confident this colony would 
beat Mauritius any day. 
Mr. Nind said the bulk of the Mauritius sugar went to 
Australia, and was manufactured to suit the Australian 
market — in very large-grained crystals, which presented 
a very fine appearance. He fancied the gentleman who 
had written the letters in which the exhibits from this 
colony had been described as inferior to those from 
Mauritius must have judged merely by the appearance 
of the samples, not from their saccharine richness and 
marketable value. 
The President said we did not compete in the Austra- 
lian market ; therefore to make sugar like the samples 
on the table would be useless. The planters here took 
as their standard the sugar which commanded the best 
price in England, the best market in the world. If it 
were necessary to make large-grained crystals like those 
on the table, it could be easily done ; but the aim here 
was to produce sugar which would sell freely in London. 
Awards at the Calcutta Exhibition. — The President 
laid over the following list of awards made at the Cal- 
