Concentration of the juice takes place in double, triple or quadruple effects of rather an old type, which means lack of economy in steam and consequent large fuel consumption. As the quantity of bagasse available does not afford sufficient fuel to generate all the steam that is required, a considerable amount of wood and coal is used in addition for the purpose. The unwise and short-sighted policy of denuding the hillsides of their timber has had the effect of lessening the rainfall, a condition that has brought great injury to the planter. The vacuum pans are small and of old style; the centrifugal machines, too, are of obsolete design and slow to operate. After the liquor has been boiled to grain in the pans and the sugar crystals have been separated from the mother liquor in the centrifugals, the sugar is dried and packed for the market in barrels or bags. The first molasses is reboiled and the resulting massecuite sent through the centrifugals. After this operation has been repeated three or four times, the final molasses is made into rum. Today there are eighteen factories in Guadeloupe and fifteen in Martinique. The average extraction of sugar is 9.70 per cent of the weight of the cane, the loss of sugar in the bagasse is 2.15 per cent, the mechanical loss in manufacture is .90 per cent, and the percentage of sugar not recovered from the molasses is 1.75. This gives an average total of 14.50 per cent of sugar in the cane. The manufacturers are dependent upon the small farmers for their raw material, and the price paid for the cane is determined by a very complex agreement, which nevertheless seems to be entirely satisfactory to both buyer and seller. The outlook for the sugar industry in Guadeloupe and Martinique is far from bright. There is labor in abundance, but the natives are averse to working steadily, and consequently are unreliable. There are great possibilities for improvement, but little can be expected under the circumstances that prevail at the present time. Since 1894 the production of the two islands in long tons has been as follows: MARTINIQUE GUADELOUPE 1894 36,353 42,395 1895 28,777 29,394 1896 33,886 42,616 1897 34,185 39,493 1898 30,971 36,550 1899 31,165 39,259 1900 33,234 27,895 1901 39,121 38,086 1902 38,905 39,995 1903 28,578 37,891 1904 23,561 35,348 1905 29,986 26,905 1906 42,231 42,535 1907 36,764 38,345 1908 35,943 35,485 1909 37,757 24,812 1910 39,950 44,289 1911 35,438 38,384 1912 39,433 39,368 1913 40,000 32,000 1914 38,730 39,920 1915 40,000 40,000 1916 40,000 40,000 MEXICO