TABLE IV.
The cane and beet sugar crops of the world for 1909-1910, with the averag§ of the crops for the seven preceding years from 1902-1903, in tons 0 2240,
A.-Cane sugar (compiled from the Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal of Messrs Willett & Gray of New York, and books and reports published under the authority of the government of India).
Average crop I Aver e ro
Country. I Crf?'Io for 7 years end- Country. I gtg? 0 for 7 yigrsfengl-909 9 ing 1908-1909. 9 9 91 ing 1908-1909,
Africa- Tons aV0l.'d.p0I5 Tons aV0ll'dLlp0lS. Tons 3, V0i|:dup0i5 T055 avoifdnpgig Egypt 55,000 67,592 Venezuela .... 3,000 3,000 MaU1°}tlUS - 220,000 133,633 Total in America 3,955,000 | 3,107,252 Réunion 45,000 33, § 99 7 ' " "
Natal 45,000 27, 57
Total in Africa 365,000 3I2li36 4 ASia
A ' British India and Depennigggtina
120,000 132,410 denc1es ...... 3,750,000 3,600,000 Brazil 276,000 | 218,214 ghlnfg ...... 1,000,000 1,000,000 B"hC1' uc oonyrilggnidazonlss
45,000 45,232 ' lava and Madoera 1,200,000 1,019,739 Barbadws 40,000 37,492 Japan and Formosa 130,000 ] 94,225 Jamaica .... 12,000 13,253 United States possession-Antigua and St Kitts 25,000 21,857, Philippine Islands 145 000 125,468 Demerara ..... I 12,000 1 14,922 Siam ' 74,00 6 000 Lesser Antilles ., OOO ' 10,715 T 1 ° A ° ' 8 Total in British Colonies 243,000 243,471 ota m S13 ' ' 7 6232000 ' 5' 45'432 Costa Rica . .... 2,500 2,657
Cuba ...... 1,700,000 1,180,203 ' A al. d P I
Danish Colony, St Croix 15,000 12,357 u§§ ti;§ 36:31 On?e§ ieSla Dutch Colony, Surinam 15,000 13,149 Fiji Islands 69 O00 49 928 French Cglgnies- Queensland .... 136,000 144,000 lwiartinique 40,000 34,279 New South Wales 14,500 20306 Guadeloupe 42,000 37,500 Total in Australia and Total in French Colonies 80,000 71,779 P01YU¢S13 —~ 219,500 214,034 Ecuador ..... 7,000 6,143
Guatemala ..... 7,500 8,016 E m e...
Haiti and Santo Domingo ~ 90,000 56,043 uSp§ in 16,000 19,473 Mexico —-~ 130,000 114,790 Total in Europe 16,000 19,473 I Nicaragua .... 4,500 4,260
Peru 150,000 143,619 Sumngary-Salvador
6,500 5,646 Afl'lCQ- 365,000 l 312,436
United StateS America . ~. 3,955,000 3,107,252 ~ sia ... .. 6,232,000 I 5,845,432
4333212 3fg;£ Jégigragia and Polynesia 212,500 214,634 Porto Rico . 280,000 176,286 P """ ' fufqo l%f73 Hawaiian Islands .. 490,000 404,424 Total production of cane Total in United States 1,105,000 890,995 sugar in the world . 10,787,500 9,499,227 4
B.-Beet sugar (compiled from data furnished by the Statistisches Bureau für die Riibenzucker Industrie des Deutschen Reiches, of Mr F. O. Licht, Magdeburg).
Crop, Crop, Crop, l Crop, Crop, Crop, I Crop, Estimated Average of 7 Country' 1902-1903. 1903-1904. 1904-1905. 1905-1906. 1906-1907. 1907-1908. I9OS'1909.,9g;) § ';)Io Y§§ 'f91,9§§ ;1§ ;'f3 avogldllapois. avo'i'rl)ixvFp0is. avoiignuiok.
EVOIIILZIIIISPOIS- avorilrilxzspois. av0'i11171111Spois av0'i'r?il|1Sp0is. l av0'i'r(d1i|1sp0is. av0111'<v?l?1i;>0is.
Austria-Hungary 1,040,987 1,149,516 875,383 1,485,944 1,322,716 1,402,157 1 1,376,501 1,240,102 1,236,172
gelgiumk 220,550 200,233 173,679 32357; 278,338 228,682 4 254,258 246,051 239,902 91111131 ~ - ”6,004 46,258 441151 64,95 05,942 53,1 7 6, 67 6, , 43
France 820,050 791,605 612,592 1,072,473 744,153 715,213 794,312 8131375 738,253
Germany - - 1,734,624 1,397,234 1,572,923 2,379,959 2,203,810 2,095,959 2,049,951 2,007,730 1,990,637 Holland 100,793 121,600 134,394 203,912 178,551 172,417 210,958 196,841 160,375 Italy 82,433 128,794 77,143 92,433 104,702 133,818 162,701 114,168 111,718 R'1§ S1a ~ - - 1,230,409 1,187,848 938,505 953,204 1,417,385 1,337,732 1,237,530 1,131,840 1,194,105 United States 192,376 204,847 206,410 279,236 426,171 433,248 377,945 418,288 302,890 Other countnes 201,510 249,254 205,548 I 246,384 289,220 268,498 289,935 274,594 250,050 Total crop of the world 5,665,796 5,977,189 4,840,790 7,102,080 7,030,989 6,891,876 6,818,458 6,505,607 ' 6,332,455 The matter temporarily dropped, but certain Liberal members of parhament continued to press for the withdrawal of Great Britain from the convention, it being stated that a promise had been privately given by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman that the government would withdraw as soon as practicable. On the 15th of July 1908, Mr Asquith said that Sir Edward Grey had announced in the House of Commons on the 6th of June 1907 that the British government intended to negotiate with the powers for the renewal of the convention, on condition that they would relinquish the penal clause, and that none of the obligations in the convention as renewed were penal or required statutory authority.
Tables II., III. (p. 773) and IV. (p. 774) give statistics of cane and beet sugar production.
The quantities for India have been computed from information furnished by the India office, and publications made under authority of the secretary of state and the commercial intelligence department of the Indian government.
The whole of the sugar produced in India is consumed In the country and sugar is imported, the bulk of it being cane sugar coming from Mauritius and java, and about 85% of the import, is of high quality resembling refined sugar.