Table IV.
The cane and beet sugar crops of the world for 1909–1910, with the average of the crops for the seven preceding years from 1902–1903, in tons of 2240 lb.
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).
| Country | Crop, 1909–1910 |
Average crop, for 7 years end- ing 1908–1909 |
| Africa— | Tons avoidupois | Tons avoidupois |
| Egypt | 55,000 | 67,592 |
| Mauritius | 220,000 | 183,688 |
| Réunion | 45,000 | 33,299 |
| Natal | 45,000 | 27,857 |
| Total in Africa | 365,000 | 312,436 |
| America— | ||
| Argentina | 120,000 | 132,410 |
| Brazil | 276,000 | 218,214 |
| British Colonies— | ||
| Trinidad | 45,000 | 45,352 |
| Barbadoes | 40,000 | 37,492 |
| Jamaica | 12,000 | 13,253 |
| Antigua and St. Kitts | 25,000 | 21,857 |
| Demerara | 115,000 | 114,922 |
| Lesser Antilles | 6,000 | 10,715 |
| Total in British Colonies | 243,000 | 243,471 |
| Costa Rica | 2,500 | 2,657 |
| Cuba | 1,700,000 | 1,180,203 |
| Danish Colony, St Croix | 15,000 | 12,857 |
| Danish Colony, Surinam | 15,000 | 13,149 |
| French Colonies— | ||
| Martinique | 40,000 | 34,279 |
| Guadeloupe | 40,000 | 37,500 |
| Total in French Colonies | 80,000 | 71,779 |
| Equador | 7,000 | 6,143 |
| Guatemala | 7,500 | 8,016 |
| Haiti and Santo Domingo | 90,000 | 56,043 |
| Mexico | 130,000 | 114,790 |
| Nicaragua | 4,500 | 4,260 |
| Peru | 150,000 | 143,619 |
| Salvador | 6,500 | 5,646 |
| United States— | ||
| Louisiana | 325,000 | 300,714 |
| Texas | 10,000 | 9,571 |
| Porto Rico | 280,000 | 176,286 |
| Hawaiian Islands | 490,000 | 404,424 |
| Total in United States | 1,105,000 | 890,995 |
| Venezuela | 7,500 | 8,016 |
| Total in America | 3,995,000 | 3,107,252 |
| Country | Crop, 1909–1910 |
Average crop, for 7 years end- ing 1908–1909 |
| Asia— | Tons avoidupois | Tons avoidupois |
| British India and Dependencies |
3,750,000 | 3,600,000 |
| China | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Dutch Colony— Java and Madoera |
1,200,000 | 1,019,739 |
| Japan and Formosa | 130,000 | 94,225 |
| United States possession— Philippine Islands |
145,000 | 125,468 |
| Siam | 7,000 | 6,000 |
| Total in Asia | 5,232,000 | 5,845,432 |
| Australia and Polynesia— | ||
| British Colonies— | ||
| Fiji Islands | 69,000 | 49,928 |
| Queensland | 136,000 | 144,000 |
| New South Wales | 14,500 | 20,706 |
| Total in Australia and Polynesia |
219,000 | 214,634 |
| Europe— | ||
| Spain | 16,000 | 19,743 |
| Total in Europe | 16,000 | 19,743 |
| Summary— | ||
| Africa | 365,000 | 312,436 |
| America | 3,955,000 | 3,107,252 |
| Asia | 6,232,000 | 5,845,432 |
| Australia and Polynesia | 219,500 | 214,634 |
| Europe | 16,000 | 19,473 |
| Total production of cane sugar in the world |
10,787,500 | 9,499,227 |
B.-Beet sugar (compiled from data furnished by the Statistisches Bureau für die Riibenzucker Industrie des Deutschen Reiches, of Mr F. O. Licht, Magdeburg).
| Country | Crop 1902–1903. |
Crop 1903–1904. |
Crop 1904–1905. |
Crop 1905–1906. |
Crop 1906–1907. |
Crop 1907–1908. |
Crop 1908–1909. |
Estimated crop 1909–1910. |
Average of 7 years 1902–1903 1909–1909. |
| Tons avoidupois |
Tons avoidupois |
Tons avoidupois |
Tons avoidupois |
Tons avoidupois |
Tons avoidupois |
Tons avoidupois |
Tons avoidupois |
Tons avoidupois | |
| Austria-Hungary | 1,040,987 | 1,149,516 | 875,383 | 1,485,944 | 1,322,716 | 1,402,157 | 1,376,501 | 1,240,102 | 1,236,172 |
| Belgium | 220,550 | 200,233 | 173,679 | 323,577 | 278,338 | 228,682 | 254,258 | 246,051 | 239,902 |
| Denmark | 36,004 | 46,258 | 44,161 | 64,958 | 65,942 | 53,147 | 64,367 | 6,973 | 53,548 |
| France | 820,050 | 791,605 | 612,592 | 1,072,473 | 744,153 | 716,218 | 794,312 | 811,970 | 793,058 |
| Germany | 1,734,624 | 1,897,234 | 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 |
| Russia | 1,236,409 | 1,187,848 | 938,565 | 953,204 | 1,417,386 | 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 countries | 201,510 | 249,254 | 205,548 | 246,384 | 289,220 | 268,498 | 289,935 | 274,594 | 250,050 |
| Total crop of the world | 5,665,796 | 5,977,189 | 4,840,798 | 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 parliament 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.
