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Catalogue of the British Section.
GROUP IV.
WIEHE, James.—Sugar, 14 Samples.
PITOT Honourable H.—Sugars ABC,
crystalised in the Vacuum Pan, different sizes of
Crystals, filtered and manufactured without animal
charcoal, and purged by turbines. The juice of the
sugar-cane has been treated according to Dr. Icery’s
process. These three boxes, with the one marked F,
are white “Vesou” sugars. Sugars D and E have
been treated in the same manner as above, with
larger Crystals, and have been made from the syrup
or refuse from the “ Vesou ” sugars.
FLORE MAURICIENNE.—24 Bottles Pre-
served Fruits.
MOIZEAU, H.—Pickles.
STRONG, WlDOW J.—Pickles.
DUMAT, C.—Statistics of Sugar Production ;
Plan of first-class Sugar Mill.
A full and classified catalogue of the contributions
GROUP V.
BOURGUIGNON & COMPANY.—Rope
made of Aloe Fibre (Fourcroya Gigantea), 6 sizes.
D’UNIENVILLE, —.— Raw Silk.
GROUP XII.
KYSHE, J.—Mauritius Almanack, 1872 and
1873-
MOCO, —.—Photographs ; Types of the
Chinese, Indian, and Mozambique inhabitants of
Mauritius ; Views of Landscapes, &c., in Mauritius.
GROUP XVII.
MELDRUM, C., Govem?nent Observatory.—
Meteorological Charts.
JOURDAIN, Honourable H.—Madagascar
Products : Silk Lambas, Grass Cloth Nattes, Fine
Grass Cloth; Flax, Silk, Fibre, Cord; IndiaRubber,
Cigar Cases ; Spoons, Fork, Cups, and Specimen of
Crystal.
from Mauritius has been printed by Order of the
WEST AFRICAN SETTLEMENTS.
Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Gambia, and Lagos.
The total population of these Settlements, which are held by Great Britain principally
with a view of putting an end to the Slave Trade, amounts to 513,370 persons.
The revenue of each separate Settlement from 1866 to 1871 was as follows:—
Sierra Leone
Gold Coast
Gambia
Lagos
Total revenue of H.M. 1
West African Settlements j
1866.
1867.
I868.
1869.
1870.
1871.
£
62,26 3
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19.079
23,823
£
64,871
10,83g
22,415
30,195
£
59,272
15,404
22,088
33,896
£
69,617
24,127
15,518
40,622
, £
67,135
30,851
18,969
42,875
£
80,486
28,609
17,490
45,612
116,218
128,320
130,660
149,884
159,830
172,197
The expenditure has generally been kept well within the revenue, as may be sfeen
from the following figures :—
Expenditure.
Sierra Leone
Gold Coast
Gambia
Lagos
Totais
1866.
1867.
l868.
1869.
187O.
1871.
,£
60,532
11,589
17,681
23,602
£
70,984
10,993
18,664
30,195
£
55,694
11,651
17,082
33,7ii
£
70,465
18,836
20,236
39,431
£
68,033
35,609
21,937
42,379
£
76,130
29,094
16,662
45,6ii
ii3,4n
130,836
118,138
148,968
167,958
167,497