Something about sugar : $b Its history, growth, manufacture and distributionRolph, George M. (George Morrison)
History
Something about sugar : $b Its history, growth, manufacture and distribution
Rolph, George M. (George Morrison)
Sugar
It also parceled out land to Chinese sugar growers and granted them
special concessions in consideration of the entire product of the land
being sold to the company at an agreed figure. Prices and terms changed
from year to year, however, and much confusion and dissatisfaction
resulted. War, cane pests, cattle diseases and labor troubles still
further complicated the situation. In 1648 the company’s plantations
produced 124 tons and in 1652 the outturn was 723 tons. The increase in
West Indian production hurt the Javan factories and the war in Bantam
in 1660 stopped development. In 1652, twenty mills were running, but
in 1660 half of the number had closed. Peace with Bantam was concluded
in 1684 and matters then began to improve. By 1710, one hundred and
thirty mills were in operation and the industry was extended to Bantam,
Cheribon and Japara. The policy of the company, however, was to restrict
production so as to keep up prices, and to this end it prohibited the
erection of any new mills and limited the output of those that were
running to eighteen tons per annum each, thus fixing a maximum total
of 2340 tons. This amount was not realized, however, as the number of
factories decreased until in 1745 only sixty-five were in operation in
the territory near Batavia. The company then decided to raise the number
to seventy, and five years later it added ten more. As years went on the
number of factories diminished, but their capacity increased, and in 1779
fifty-five mills furnished 6176 tons of sugar to the company.
The Dutch East India company was dissolved in 1795 and the Dutch
interests in Java passed under the control of the Batavian republic,[86]
afterward the kingdom of Holland, which was brought under French rule
when Holland fell into the hands of Napoleon. In 1811 it was seized by
England and was finally restored to Holland in 1816.
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