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Raw sugar ................................................................................................................................................................................................................8
Review of ougir market........................................................................................................................................................................8
Erection of sugar mills........................................................................................................................................................................9
Rice ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10
Salt ....................................................................................”
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“...steadi-
ness of prices has allowed of a brisk commission business with no
speculation.
The year 1905 was characterised by the large number of native- Ercction of
owned semi-foreign style mills erected. With one or two exceptions sugar mills,
the mills all employ foreign cane crushing mills driven by steam or
kerosene engines, but retaining the old style evaporating process.
47 mills were erected, ranging in size from a crushing capacity of
40 tons per 24 hours to 200 tons ; all were bought in Glasgow. As
regards motive power, however, 15 sets of steam and 3 sets of kerosene
motive powers were obtained from the United States owing to lower
prices. There are now 67 new style mills with a total crushing
capacity of 5,330 tons of cane in 24 hours, representing 60 to 70
per cent, of the total crop. Of these, six mills, representing a daily
crushing capacity of 1,350 tons, make centrifugal sugar, while the
remainder still manufacture the old style " brown sugar," but
considerably improved in quality...”
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