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Show SUGAR CROP IN JAVA INCREASES Present Figures Indicate Gam of 13.5 Per Cent An increase of 13 5 per cent over last year Is expected from the Java sugar crop of 192. according to estimates esti-mates published by the Duti h Bfct Indian Arrhtpelago which ptal tin- 1SI0 o'ltput at 24. 131. " I i- il- ! K', jr.fi nnm tonal. The lf-19 rron. according to the ame authority, ..mounted to 21.683.ofo p'oulu (1.31s.-I (1.31s.-I 510 long tons i. ..I I PI T Hi -I l-l I M it I It Ml.OOi 1in ''f he 1920 output 22.J06.00W plculs. ..r tu per cent of tho total. Is credited to the mills represented In the Java Sugar aaaocial ion. which up to the ii i '.f August hi produced IB 600,000 piculs i 94 1,000 long tonar. Prod n--lon for the three months following eas s'lmaied c I 4 197.000 Olctlls in September, i, 741,000 plculs In s4 and 2H.0OO plculs in November. . total of 6.2T.onu plculs. or 31.-090 31.-090 long tons. Development of new sugar estates and extension of existing properties Is proceeding In Java. uothvlth&tand-Ing uothvlth&tand-Ing the fsll of the sugar market In particular, a movement among planters plant-ers In central Java to abandon lo-arco lo-arco for cane cultivation l report -m.1 due to the low prices ruling for Java tObaVCCO and the loeaeS suffered uS the las', crop by heav ia,ln. nm-r' nm-r' n: issue of the Uuteh Kast Indian Archipelago contains announcement of the (Toposed conversion to esnr of liree estates recently brough' bj the i o i on la 1 bank Medarle Cultivation eompan I nd one purchased i. IhC liiwn I'ultlvatlon company, who h .lso proposes to put up a new Sector) at Kedongbanteng. i"ane fmm 'he Colonial Co-lonial bank plantation will be ground by the Medar e mill A fifth fi.rmer roba'-co estate near Kedonehan'i ng, la reported to be alfOatd planted to i atie. Mill t l lt..l Ml I I I S M 1. A new mill of larger capacity than the old one Is also to be installed b) the Amsterdam ' ommtrml association associa-tion on Its Itanu f'akis r;a:r- and 'he same concern is planning to lease' additional lands. In shirh ease its Hutuherdadle mill will be moved to the new locality and OaVBej from that estate will be crushed at Ngsddtredjo mill, the capacity gi Which H to Iw. increased A more Important dereioprnent in. its possibilities I" the gatahllefclllgaU of a sugar plantation on the eavst . ,ou' of Sumatra, where two previous previ-ous attempts at cane growing have failed. The wktr of the present! enterprise, whb h will be known as' Taia Mshsr and for which a location; ear Tebtng Tinggl Use bsen selected 1 more land available fV- no both Sum.-r, and . w,"' 1" Jav-ood Jav-ood sunabl for can'; Cntln ' |
