, 1877-01-06
SUGAR PRODUCTION OF THE
WORLD.
lErom the RrikiaA Trade J~oNrA0L.l

The Sugar Refnors' Committee have
prepared, .at the request OF the BOARD OF
Trade, some interesting approximate sta.
tisties on the worlds sugar production, ana
the quantity taken for refining. The intor'
nation has been collected from VARIOUS
sources, both official and commercial 10
she matter Of production!t has been thougns
better to give the average produc'lon OF
each country In round numbers, rather
chan chs exact shipments OF any particular
wear, AS shipments are In most cases the
onlv data to be obtained. il must be fe0ol'
lsceed that the figures given may be very
far from representing the total production
OF the country. This lie especially the case
with such countries as China, India. Gen.
trail America, Brazil, and Peru. Ia one
instance the reverse 10 the case-statlstlcs
are given OF the Louisiana crop, where's
tho shipments from it are little OF nothing
Two eatimats1 are made OF the proportion
OF sugar which goes for refining. and they
are found to agree with to|erabIe accuracy;
che one 10 based on the nature OF the pro-
duotion in each country, the other on the
refining power OF Europe and America.
and Che proportion OF beet ard cane used
10 each refining country. They must be
taken as nothing more than rough approx
matious, amounting in some cases 70 mere
Ruesses. Still, It must be conceded, the
6gures are valuable as giving q fair idea OF
how much sugar undsrgoas q second manu-
fscture In Europe and Ameriea) before
being consumed. A third and even rough'
or estimate 10 attempted OF the relative
quantities produced by the various methods
st present In vogue. These are given only
10 totals, but they are based on estimates
made for each producing country. Thus
for instance. Cuba produces centrifugal,
mussovAdo, clayed. molasses sugar, and
melado. 10 relative quantities. according 10
che order enumerated. It 10 probable thSs,
With Che exception of the shipments 10
Spain. nearly ell the sugar shipped from
Cuba now goes for refining. The sugar
from Louisiana, on the other hand, may DO
said TO go. almost entirely. direct into con"
sumption. The bulk Of the British Guiana
erop now comes 10 the form OF crystallised
centrifugal sugar. and goes to the consum.
or. while she product Of the remaining
British West Indies, aud their Dutch and
Danish neighbours. goes 10 great part tor
ss6ning. account being. however. taken Of
che grocery muscovsdos from Barbados
and 81. Cfoix. and che iew centrifugals
from Trinidad and other islands. Among
che Peruvian shipments concrete occupies
Q prominent position. The proportion Of
elayed 20 muscovado exported from Manila
% officially stated to be about 40 two to one.
The French West India tslands are known
60 produce about 63 per cent. OF iae centri.
fugal susar. Q large proportion Of which 10
also known 90 enter rsinsries. The ship.
i. ments from Mauritius indicate that consider.
ably uaors than halt the crop goes for direct
consumption. whereas. irsm like indications
% may be concluded that at least 6vs.sixths
ofthe Java shipments are Afterwards fs6osd.
from Brasil nearly all 10 refined. The
China shipments have hitherto been mostly
20 Asiatic ports. and 10 10 only at The present.
moment that considerable quantities are
being diverted 20 other markets. Mexico,
shanks to some new export bounty, bee
suddenly appeared % an Important sugar
exporting country.