Proceedings of the Committee of Commerce and Agriculture / Royal Asiatic Society.
- Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Committee of Agriculture and Commerce
- Date:
- [1840]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Proceedings of the Committee of Commerce and Agriculture / Royal Asiatic Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![sheets of paper are required, calico cloth is used in the frames. The paper prepared for the market is generally about a yard square, and is commonly of three different qualities, the finest sells at sixty-four sheets, the second at eighty sheets, and the third at one hundred and twenty sheets the rupee, in the Almorah market. This paper is remarkable for its toughness and durability, and moreover it is never attacked by insects, and it was, in consequence, recommended to the Bengal govern- ment for the manufacture of cartridges, but was found on trial to be too tough, as the soldiers were unable to tear off the ends with their teeth when loading. Mr. Traill presented a sheet of this paper measuring sixty feet by twenty-five, in which no joints were per- ceptable. A Report by Mr. E. Solly on some sugar manufactured at Dindoree, under] the superintendence of Dr. Gibson, was referred to the Society, and read at the General Meeting of the sixteenth of November. Mr. Solly observed, that since the year 1792, when the failure of supplies of sugar from other sources caused a great rise in the price of sugar, and, in consequence, drew the attention of the Government to the im- provement of East Indian sugar, numerous attempts had been made to improve the manufacture of sugar in India. The detail of these experiments, and the degree of success which attended them, is well known from the voluminous Report published by the East India Com- pany, in 1822. Notwithstanding all that was done, the cultivation of the cane and manufacture of sugar was far from satisfactory, and in consequence, the sugar was very far inferior to West Indian sugar. A comparison of prices shows the great difference in value between the two articles, and it was commonly considered that East Indian sugar was naturally bad, and must always be inferior to West Indian. During the last years, however, portions of sugar have come over from the East Indies of a very superior quality to the usual produce, and more approaching in character to the better sorts of West Indian sugar. The specimen from Dindoree, now under consideration, was prepared from the juice of the Mauritius or Otaheite cane; and it is stated in a Report of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce to be “ the best sugar produced in the Bombay territories that has yet come before the Com- mittee.” And in another Report, the following experiments are detailed, showing the different quantities of sugar obtained from the native and Mauritius canes : “ It may be interesting to mention that Dr. G. having tested definite quantities of Mauritius and native canes grown upon the same soil, found that twelve Mauritius canes, of good](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22394242_0008.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
