or per 100 lbs.
| 7s. 2d. to 0 11 0
Coal, per ton, 40s. to 2 10 0 | The same
|
CHARGE OF MANUFACTURE. | The Mauritius principle
The manufacturer reaps | may be adopted in this
and carries to the mill | colony, with such
the canes of the grower, | modifications as may be
but the latter provides | called for by local
his own bagging, and | exigencies.
carts away his half of |
the sugar, the other |
half being the |
remuneration of the |
manufacturer |

Analysis of the foregoing Statement, showing the total comparative outlay for sundries connected with the cultivation of Sugar at Natal and Mauritius, computed at the lowest ruling prices.

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|   MAURITIUS   |     NATAL      |  Difference
|               |                |      in
|               |                |favor of Natal
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|               |                |
Land, 100 acres        |70s. 350  0  0 |10s.  50  0  0  |  300  0  0
Manure, Guano 10 loads |L6    60  0  0 |                |
Cattle Manure, 10 loads|               | 1s.   0 10  0  |
Live Stock, 10 mules.  |L30  300  0  0 |L15. 150  0  0  |  150  0  0
——­        10 oxen    |L12  120  0  0 | L3.  30  0  0  |   90  0  0
Two drivers per mouth  | L1    2  0  0 |       1  5  0  |    0 15  0
Coolies, 10 with keep  |      10  0  0 |              } |    2 10  0
Kafirs,   10 ditto     |               |15s.   7 10  0} |
White men, 10          | L4   40  0  0 |L4.   40  0  0  |
Beef, 100 lbs.         |at 6d. 2 10  0 |11/2d.   0 12  6  |    1 17  6
Bread, 100 loaves      | 6d.   2 10  0 |6d.    2 10  0  |
Butter,100 lbs.        |1s.3d. 6  5  0 |6d.    2 10  0  |    3 15  0
Rice, 100 lbs., food   |       0  8  4 |              } |
for Coolies, Indian    |               |              } |    0  5  7
Corn, 100 lbs., food   |               |       0  2  9} |
for Kafirs             |               |              } |
Oats                   |       0 12  6 |       0 10  0  |    0  2  6
Beans, 100 lbs.        |       1  2  6 |       0 10  0  |    0 12  6
Coals                  |       2  0  0 |       2  0  0  |
|               |                |
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|    L897  8 4  |    L288  0  3  |  L554 18 1
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The immense saving obtained by ploughing, &c., over the Mauritius hand labor with the hoe, is not shown in the above figures.

Table showing the cost of producing Muscovado sugar, and the quantity produced or available in the several countries mentioned, as made up from the evidence given before the Committee on Sugar and Coffee Plantations; by T. Wilson.