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Show - . V II . J H Duties Upon Sugar. t1 'M The duties collected upon sugar dur- M iug the month of February, aa reported M from tlie leading customs ports, wcro M about $2,000,000. This is larger than H usual during February, but is not so M much as the collections aro expected to M be during the remainder of tho spring - M and summer. Tho aggregate revenuo H expected from sugar in tho course of a H year is nearly $00,000,000, or at. the lato M of $5,000,000 per month. The fact that H the collections arc usually larger during fl the summer than during the winter M would nffoid collections during tho next H few months of coneitlerahly -moro than H $5,000,000. The' total collections from H customs during February were $15,040,- H 0S0. If $2,000,000 more should be col- lected fiom sugar during March, with- M out other changes in thej customs M revenue thecollectionB, JhjBuiontli,, . M Planters Journal. - ' |