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refining purposes, and he believed a very favourable impression had 
been made with respe6l to them. With reference to the finest exhibition 
sugar, he said it might surprise some to hear that the finest sugar came 
from the North West Provinces of India. These exhibited a fine clear 
sugar of high polarisation, most tastefully and fancifully put up. Of 
course these exhibits must have cost a considerable sum of money, and 
it would not do for them as exhibitors to shew such specimens in the 
way that the sugar refiners of the North West Provinces set theirs out, 
Mr. Jones proceeded to state the form in which these exhibits 
were shown, and added that with great facility persons were afforded 
an opportunity to see exactly the size of the sugar exhibited. He 
was also struck with the great strides that had been made in 
Barbados, and it was also most curious to note the great change 
that took place in the sugar from that island after exposure to light 
and air for a few days. It would be hardly fair to make comparison 
between the sugar sent from this colony and that from Mauritius, which 
although they were smaller grains than ours, did not show that bright 
sparkling look that white sugars had here, but a dull grain which 
seemed an attempt to approach yellow. That class of sugar was not 
made here, nor would there be any demand for it if it were imported 
to American or English Markets, therefore, it would not be fair to 
compare them with the sugars of this colony. The sugar from New 
South Wales was very handsomely done and well put out, however a 
great number of the exhibits were considerably spoiled before the 
exhibition was over. The sugars that attracted considerable attention 
and required some consideration were those from Fiji, and amongst 
those were exhibits from a Company which showed both white and 
yellow samples, and very much larger grains than we made here. 
They were not put in good position however, as regards light. In 
mentioning these sugars he desired to call the attention of members 
of the Society to the package in which they were put up. They were 
put in mats of very good construction, almost water tight, and 
much better than the ordinary bag imported for use in this colony. 
When the sugar was emptied out, these mats were perfectly 
dry. Mr. Hawtayne obtained one of the mats which he brought 
out with him (the mat was shown to members) with the object 
of ascertaining whether they could be made in this colony.* He next 
* This sugar-bag is exhibited in the British Guiana Museum.— Ed. 
