222 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Ava., 1901. 
Tropical Industries. 
THE WORLD’S SUGAR PRODUCTION. 
Mr. Licht, the German sugar statistician, reported the total beet sugar 
production for the year 1899-1900, ending 1st September, 1900, at 5,528,000 
tons, an increase of 277,000 tons over the previous year. or the current 
‘statistical year, which does not end until the lst September, 1901, Mr. Licht has 
made the following estimate :— et 
ostimate, 
BEETROOT-SUGAR CROP, 1900-1901, 
Tons. 
Germany ... ay ys nee ..- 1,950,000 
Austria-Hungary... ay in ... 1,075,000 
France wo} gts tee ... 1,125,000 
Russia eit HN ee. 5 ... 890,000 
Belgium ... at oc Prrneer rm k(). OU) 
Holland ... or tex) a .-. 170,000 
Other countries ... sy; 0 .-- 400,000 
Total beetroot... ws .-- 5,950,000 
CANE-SUGAR CROP. 
Java ate ee) ab x, ... 670,000 
Cuba a: be ox; ie ... 500,000 
Louisiana, &e.  ... aa Hw .» 340,000 
Hawaiian Islands... on ites .. 32411,000 
Mauritius ... ie or, Be ..- 160,000 
Brazil on) rh bk ht .» 150,000 
Peru “pe ona ae xx 10,000 
Demerara ... re; ty ies) ry 90,000 
Egypt xx) ree d5 oun: so _ toa yl) 
Antilles... A: 333 th _ 85,000 
Porto Rico a rts we ute 70,000 
Philippine Islands of. ood ax 50,000 
Trinidad ... ar tx! oo xe 45,000 
Barbados ... orks _ =o $x 40,000 
Jamaica ... ot = nee ive 80,000 
Martinique oi oe one “4: 30,000 
Guadeluupe ore a0 iT me 80,000 
Réunion ... ber Pe An ate 30,000 
Total cane sugar... ve .-» 2,850,000 
Grand total ... and 8,800,000 
_ As against this estimated production of 8,800,000 tons of sugar of all kinds 
there will bea probable consumption of, say, 8,500,000 tons, as against 8,200,000 — 
tons the year before. If the consumption be no greater than this, and if the 
estimate of the total production be accurate, there would be an increase of 
some 300,000 tons in the stock on hand 1st September, increasing it to 900,000 
tons as against 600,000 tons last September. 
Messrs. Willett and Gray, the New York sugar statisticians, estimate the 
beet sugar production for the year 1900-1901 at 6,077,000, including the 
American beet sugar crop, as against about 6,000,000 given above by Mx 
Licht. Messrs. Willett and Gray estimate the cane-sugar crop of 1900-1901 
