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Show Mauritius Crop Goes to British Buyers According to Information furnished by the governments of Mauritius and Kcunion. the sugar crops of theso Islands for 1920-21 are estimated at 250,000 metric tons In Mauritius and 10.000 tons In Heunlon. Consul J. G. Carter reports from Tnmatave. Madagascar. Mada-gascar. Most of the Mauritius factories fac-tories had begun grinding at the end of August, with weather conditions favorable ro the crop., The offer of "the British royal commission com-mission to purchases the entire exportable export-able output of Mauritius has been accepted. The French government h.us decided not to requisition the He-union He-union crop this year, but has announced an-nounced that authorization will be given for exportation only to France. Final figures on the Mauritius crop of 1919-U0. reported by 'the Mauritius Commercial Bulletin, show a total production of 235,200 metric tons. CxportS during the fiscal year, which ended July 31, were 237. MC tons, leaving In stocks of only S94 tons to be carried over to the new crop. These included 168, S60 tons shipped to Great Britain. 36.S1J tons to the continent con-tinent of Europe t chiefly to France). 24,218 tons to India, and B898 tons to America. The average sale price of the 1919-20 crops is figured as Its. 21-25 per 50 kilos, equivalent to f 26 cents a pou1 at normal exchange, ex-change, or about lis. 100.000.o00 i $31'. 400,000 for the entire crop. Sugars locally consumed are excluded ex-cluded from these figures. statistics statis-tics covering the past six years show consumption to have averaged 618 8 tons annually. |