875
1837 12,293
1838 12,375
1839 15,631
1840 16,563
1841 15,321
1842 18,540
1843 22,239
1844 21,528
1845 24,500
1850 28,745

About a third of this is raw sugar, the rest is clayed or refined. It
is singular, that though these islands belong to Spain, the export of
this staple product to that country should be limited to about 600
tons; America taking about one-sixth, and England and her colonies the
remainder. There is now an increased demand for the Australian
colonies, consequent upon the large influx of population to that
quarter.

Export of sugar from Manila in 1850.

Piculs.
To Great Britain 146,926
" Continent of Europe 50,830
" Australian Colonies 142,359
" Singapore, Batavia, and Bombay 12,749
" California and the Pacific 29,144
" The United States 77,919
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459,927

The sugar cane occurs in a wild state on many of the islands of the
Pacific, but in no part of the American continent, notwithstanding a
contrary opinion has been expressed.

The following are the chief varieties cultivated in the West Indies,
Louisiana, the East Indies, and Mauritius:--

1. Common or creole cane, so called from being introduced from the New
World.

2. Yellow Bourbon.

3. Yellow Otaheite.

4. Otaheite with purple bands.

5. Purple Otaheite.

6. Ribbon cane.

My friend, Mr. L. Wray, in his "Practical Sugar Planter," considers
the Bourbon, and yellow, or straw-coloured Otaheite cane, as
identical, but merely altered by change of soil and climate. The yield
from these cane-plants seems to be about the same in either Indies,
viz., in good land about two-and-a-half tons of dry sugar per
acre--sometimes three tons.

A very large species of red cane, grown at Gowhatty, in Assam, is
made favorable mention of for its strength of growth, early maturity,
and juiciness; and Mr. Wray strongly recommends the introduction into
the West Indies of another fine variety, generally grown in the
Straits' settlements, where it is known by the name of the Salangore
cane. He considers they would ratoon better than any other cane, and
the return from it is on the average 3,600 lbs. of dry sugar to the
acre.

"For my own pa