Analysis of the foregoing Statement, showing the total comparative outlay for sundries connected with the cultivation of Sugar at Natal and Mauritius, computed at the lowest ruling prices. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | MAURITIUS | NATAL | Difference | | | in | | |favor of Natal ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Land, 100 acres |70s. 350 0 0 |10s. 50 0 0 | 300 0 0 Manure, Guano 10 loads |£6 60 0 0 | | Cattle Manure, 10 loads| | 1s. 0 10 0 | Live Stock, 10 mules. |£30 300 0 0 |£15. 150 0 0 | 150 0 0 ---- 10 oxen |£12 120 0 0 | £3. 30 0 0 | 90 0 0 Two drivers per mouth | £1 2 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 0 15 0 Coolies, 10 with keep | 10 0 0 | } | 2 10 0 Kafirs, 10 ditto | |15s. 7 10 0} | White men, 10 | £4 40 0 0 |£4. 40 0 0 | Beef, 100 lbs. |at 6d. 2 10 0 |1½d. 0 12 6 | 1 17 6 Bread, 100 loaves | 6d. 2 10 0 |6d. 2 10 0 | Butter,100 lbs. |1s.3d. 6 5 0 |6d. 2 10 0 | 3 15 0 Rice, 100 lbs., food | 0 8 4 | } | for Coolies, Indian | | } | 0 5 7 Corn, 100 lbs., food | | 0 2 9} | for Kafirs | | } | Oats | 0 12 6 | 0 10 0 | 0 2 6 Beans, 100 lbs. | 1 2 6 | 0 10 0 | 0 12 6 Coals | 2 0 0 | 2 0 0 | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | £897 8 4 | £288 0 3 | £554 18 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- The immense saving obtained by ploughing, &c., over the Mauritius hand labor with the hoe, is not shown in the above figures. Table showing the cost of producing Muscovado sugar, and the quantity produced or available in the several countries mentioned, as made up from the evidence given before the Committee on Sugar and Coffee Plantations; by T. Wilson.