aged in this so long unprofitable
branch of colonial and commercial intercourse. It is pure raw sugar,
obtained direct from the cane-juice, without any secondary process
of decoloration or solution, and by which all necessity for any
subsequent process of refining is entirely obviated. It is obtained
in perfectly pure, transparent, granular crystals, being entirely free
from any portion of uncrystallisable sugar or colouring matter, and
is prepared by the improved process of effecting the last stages of
concentration in vacuum, and at a temperature insufficient to produce
any changes in its chemical composition; the mode of operation
first proposed by the late Hon. Ed. Charles Howard, and subsequently
introduced, with the most important advantages and complete success,
into the principal sugar-refineries of Great Britain.

By this improved and scientific process of manufacture, the
application of which to the purpose of preparing raw sugar from the
cane-juice has now first been proposed, the most singular advantages
are secured to the planter, in an increased quantity of sugar, the
product of his operation, and in saving from the immense quantity of
deteriorated material, uncrystallisable sugar and molasses, which
were products of the former mode of operation, from the intense and
long-continued degree of heat employed in the processes. The time
and labour of the operation are also greatly decreased; the apparatus
possesses the power to make double the quantity in the same space of
time as the old method, and this is ready for shipment in four days,
in lieu of three weaks, as heretofore. The sugar likewise readily
commands an advanced price in the market to the planter of ten or
twelve shillings per cwt.

This improved sugar readily ensures a preference for all purposes of
manufacture, solution, or domestic economy. It is a purer sweet, and
of a richer mellifluous taste than even the best refined; it is not
apt to become ascescent in solution; and, from its superior quality,
it well answers all purposes of the table. In the manufacture of rum
from the molasses, which are separated during the first process of the
operation, there is no danger of deterioration in the production of
empyreuma, and a far purer spirit is obtained than that made from
ordinary molasses.

This improved process is now in complete and successful operation on
eight estates in Demerara. The general introduction of the process
is considered by th