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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 Preserved Fruits.
MOIZEAU, H.—Pickles.
STRONG, Widow J.— Pickles.
DUMAT, C.—Statistics of Sugar Production ; Plan of first-class Sugar Mill.
GROUP V.
BOURGUIGNON & COMPANY.—Rope made of Aloe Fibre (Fouirroya 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., Government Observatory .— Meteorological Charts.
JOURDAIN, Honourable II.—Madagascar Products : Silk Lambas, Grass Cloth Nattes, Fine Grass Cloth; Flax, Silk, Fibre, Cord; India Rubber, Cigar Cases ; Spoons, Fork, Cups, and Specimen of Crystal.
A full and classified catalogue of the contributions from Mauritius has been printed by order of the
Com in issioners .
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
The Cape of Good Hope, strictly speaking, is a small promontory near the south-west extremity of the continent of Africa. But the extensive Colony of that name is washed by the Atlantic and the Southern and Indian Oceans on the west and south ; it is bounded on the north by the Gariep or Orange River, on the north-east by the territory of the Basutos, on the east by Kaflirland, and including what was formerly the Colony of British Kaffraria. The Cape Colony contains an area of about 188,286 square miles.
The settlers at the Cape are chiefly employed in the production of wool, wine, and in the breeding of horses, cattle, and sheep, and in the growth of wheat, barley, oats, and maize. The wheat of this Colony is not surpassed in quality by any grown elsewhere. No doubt the railroad now completed between Cape Town and Wellington will greatly stimulate all industrial pursuits by affording facilities of transport.
Railway works between Port Elizabeth and Uitenbagc are now being carried on, and other lines both in the eastern and western districts have been authorised by Parliament, and will be commenced without delay.
Cape Town is the capital of the Colony and the seat of Government : it is built between Table Bay and Table Mountain, at the foot of the latter : this mountain rises 3,582 feet above the sea. The town is well laid out, and contains numerous public buildings and several good squares.
Diamonds have recently been discovered near the northern boundaries of the Colony.
The population, white and coloured, according to the last returns made in 1865, was as follows:—
European. Hottentot. Kafir.
181,582 81,598 100,536
Revenue and Expenditure.
1868
.. 642.322
668,086
1869
580,025
648,732
1870
.. 668,239
735.695
1871
744,788
764.9H
Public Debt , ^1,160,007.
Other. Total.
132.655 496,381
lvalue of Imports and Exports .
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1808
1,956,154
2,215,885
1869
1,973.091
2,139,689
1870
2,352,043
2,569,499
1871
. 2,585,298
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