, 1874-07-22

IIdIJIl AAPAAi "ACS AALt O,OOGS dLlu
June O.359. 1t will be remarked from
what was stated above, that the canes of
the South yield the greatest quantity of
sugar, in other words, the yield of the canes
is the greatest where the rainfall is the
least.
The water of the rivers which rise in the
richly woodel highlands of the North and
interior, was formerly, and is still TO some
extent, utilized for working the mills Of
the island, and canals for conducting it to
them are still found every where; but al
though water is thus at disposal at con-
siderable heights aud might be convent
emily used for irrigation, we saw no at
tempt made at it, although several parts
have suffered almost lis much (perhaps al
together as much) as our island during the
last 3 years from drought. In the North
there has been no want of rain, as the Ab-
be's lists of rainfall and the Indigenous
vegetation abundantly show. There is
an abundance Of fruit everywhere, and
native provisions Of all kinds are so extern
slvely cultivated, as to constitute the
greater part of the food Of tie inhabi-
tants.
Ga our way to NJ. Cheyy's property in
the centre of the island, some 1916 miles
to the north Of the one already visited,
we paid a flying visit to the U<ine Soudon,
managed by NJ. BriGre de lISle. We
were received and treated, as everywhere
else, with a benevolence aud politeness
surprising all we could expect, and the
manager gave us the Statutes of another
Factory of which he is director, rUsine
Simon. He also gave us a copy of the
contract between this latter and its
Contrlbutory Estates, The number of these
documents was increased by others re-
ceived from the Notaries in st. Pierre and
other gentlemen.
The Soudon gives 6 p. Ct. net of the
weight of the canes. 1t makes 5000
Boucauts, but can make 10000, when the
railways are still further extended, so as
to reach some estates that cannot yet give
their canes. The totaI length of railway
Is 26 kilometres, Il kiIometre about 3 )
mile) mostly over a very mountainous
tract, receiving the canes from % Estates.
The greatest gradient on these roads is 7
feet in 100, which occurs in a few places
and is found to be very inconvenient,
whereas 81 give no trouble. The yield
this year is about I p. CT. The director
said that the Factory could give 6 p. CT.
of the weight of the canes ever in bad
years and pay, and he also declared that
heavy manaring was equally advantageous
to both parties, manufacturers and grow,
ers. The salary Of the Administrator is
10000 TOGO, 900 trcs, that of the Under
Director, 5000 frcs. pr. annum The
~Bookkeeper gets 1000 frcs. The Factory
works night aud day. The machinery Of
the usual kind the distiIlery remarkably
complete aud makes IS casks ofrum daily
from one mill, each cask containing so
gallons. 4 mistake was made in erecting
this Factory 50 far from the sea, causing
more expense in the transporting of sugar
from, and supplies Chiefly coaD to, the
Factory.
AS a final result Of our visit to Marti-
nique, we have come to the conclusion
that our island is well adapted for Central
Factories, provided they are judiciously
and economically erected and we'll manag-
ed, it having been proved by repeated
experience in Martinique, that wherever
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