[76] A sugar solution of 31 degrees Baumé contains 56.2 per cent sucrose.
[77] Trashing is the stripping of dried leaves from the cane.
[78] Estimated.
[79] Century Atlas—A recent private report (1915) gives 1,856,254 sq. miles.
[80] All figures given in dollars and cents are United States money.
[81] 16 centavos, paper, per kilogram, or 7¼ cents per pound.
[82] Estimated.
[83] Since the foregoing was written Formosa’s production has passed the 300,000-ton mark, as will be seen by the table on page 281.
[84] Asiatic trade wind.
[85] Geerligs.