The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-08-12
The Island of Cuba.

| iSinnd OF Cnbn, hcrTeSOuIccS and pro.
! duets, will be read with interest. We
ind very Interesting compilation from
an AUTHENTIC source which we give he
low. ! he length OF this gem of wealth
Is about ITO E"g'ish miles aud its
breadth vafi' $ from 25 10 90 miles.
The position OF the Island is ud,nira
bio, icing within Il few days suil Of the
a lan!ic ports of the United Slntrs. aud
TWO nnd half days by steam from
New Orleans. The soil is generally
lr't''c, producing the sugar cane in Tie
highest perfection no part Of the
world is more lnvorble for its growth,
and indeed the climate and soil ndmit
oi the cultivation Of oil kinds Of lropi
cnl fruits and productions, which might
be cultivated in quantity to reach Ten
Times the present amount. Us, of ,wen-
~ four million acres comprising The
snrfacc Of the Island, ony Two mill;ons
arc under cultivation. al out three mi
llonS being III natural raslu'ugc, five
hundred thousand in artificial p,s.u.
rage, fourteen millions in woodland,
and l''c rest, four and II half millions,
nrc barren iauds. In the western dc
pn'lmcnl about onc-iourh Of tie. land
is barren. onc.iourlh in woodland,
aud the remaining two.fnur,hs are
| cq"aily devoted to cultivation and pas.
lure. in the central department about
onc-lhirI is barren land, and onIv one.
! thirty seventh part is under cultivation.
| al S,l.
more than thrcc-fiGlhs arc woodland.
In the eastern department about n
twelfth is under cultivation, about one
fifth in pasture, two-lhirds in woodland,
, and onl v onc-slXth barren.
Suppo>ing the Island to be divided
into II paris, l3 would represent the
SIZE Of the western department., 81 The
central department, and 2S the eastern.
OF the cultivated land, onc-hali' is it.
HE western department, aud one -siXtn
III the central, and two.S,XtI,s in Tic
eastern ii, part,ncn,. The principal
agricultural prolu:tion are sugar c,,r.,
cn'lrr, molnsscs, honey, rum, Iouacco,
wax, rice, cocoa and cotton are also
produced, with many olnrr minor urll-
cics.
In lSil, when the number OF sugar
estates on The Island amounted 10 ,23S,
upon which were employed, recording
10 the census, but I3S,7UI persons,
giving an avcrnyr Of liz hands To u.cn
estate, the expiration ot sugar from
all the purlS OF The Island amounted to
about s5U,UOU boxes, according to the
custom house returns, winch would
allow, upon un average, $50 boxes to
each estate, OF SIN boxes 10 tacli h ma
nOwc,cr, making allowance ior The
sugar hN entered al the custom house,
a. ihr Article then pniu un export uu!y
OF 81 PER box, and also lakuiI INTO
cJnsiI Inliun lhut which was consumed
III ,nr Island, the produce OF each cslutc,
u,son an average, n"sit be about 9UU
boxes, or eish, 10 each iiand nor does
this amount appear 100 great 10 allow,
when the best lands afford upwards OF
5000 pounds OF dry sugar to the acre.
In Louisiana, wl,cIc tile be,l lands pro
ducc about 3,uuO pounds 10 lhc acrr,
~" average produce OF cucn hand IS
AbuuI 3,UoJ pounds.
BcsiucS The cultivation OF sugar cane
.a'H. ;iuuu.lics VI culitc are Produced
liowrIcr, inlS article is ,iui SO rA.clI.
sN,iy uu!,nu,vi as 1t was some ten
yeats silc' "I.u upwards OF fifty m,i-
i.nn, puunLs weight was exported
from d.lcicnl poi,> OF the Island Last
ycuI (lic most favorable during the
'">. i," !ru'>) >Iso"rd but All export ul
,hiil i've mt,l o $ T. unds of coii,c
lr has b an q I.u 10 iLri,tsn II. 5 pro
""ci al " lower r"1', aud consequent,
ili.l y! Brazil has .akcu The Iracc nI
Cuba Coilcc ~ the markets o! lhr lil-
q safes: ih' 'ciorr, sugar Is num PRO
uI.cu III many pats wnuic collie VAS
o.1cc cu'i'ra.cd: Or lhc hand" have been
turned over II new estates, III iic ter
Nc irS'uA> IN Ihc uclShUo'h ho1a Vt Car
dr's1,, Nc.
Ii'c c''hatc ana so's oi Cuba III &C.
neih! aic moi - i"|orhb'c tor the clIli-
\u'loh u Coilce as 10: The sugar cane,