| White labor, each | per month, £3 10s. to 4 0 0 | FUEL. Cane trash or wood | Cane trash or wood MILL POWER. Steam or water | The same | IMPLEMENTS. All agricultural | All agricultural labor labor is performed by the | is performed with the hand-hoe, very expensive | plough, harrows, and in its nature. | scarifier, with oxen | so much less expensive | than the hand labor at | the Mauritius. | PRODUCE of the Cane. Average | From 2 to 3 tons from 1 to 4 tons. | CANE. Periodical renewal of | Not yet ascertained, the cane, according to the | and depending on the soil quality of the soil, every | 3 to 10 years | | £. s. d. | £. s. d. PROVISIONS, &c. Beef, | PROVISIONS, &c. Beef, per lb. 6d. to 0 0 8 | per lb., 1½d. to 0 0 2½ Bread, per loaf 0 0 6 | Bread, per loaf 0 0 6 Butter, per lb., 1s. 3d. | Butter, per lb., 6d. to 0 0 9 to 0 1 6 | Rice, the food of the | Indian corn, (maize per Coolies, per bag of | 180 lbs. 5s.) per 150 150 lbs., 12s. 6d. to 0 15 0 | lbs. 0 4 2 Oats, per bag, of 100 | Oats, per 104 lbs., 10s. lbs. 12s. 6d. to 0 15 0 | to 1 0 0 Bran, ditto, 100 lbs. | Bran, not used. 12s. to 0 13 9 | Beans, ditto, 100 lbs. | Beans, per 180 lbs., 13s. 22s. 6d. to 1 5 0 | to 20s., or per 100 lbs. | 7s. 2d. to 0 11 0 Coal, per ton, 40s. to 2 10 0 | The same | CHARGE OF MANUFACTURE. | The Mauritius principle The manufacturer reaps | may be adopted in this and carries to the mill | colony, with such the canes of the grower, | modifications as may be but the latter provides | called for by local his own bagging, and | exigencies. carts away his half of | the sugar, the other | half being the | remuneration of the | manufacturer |