§ 21. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the increase in cane-sugar production on the Waterloo Estates in Trinidad under a system of peasant proprietorship over the previous production under a system of indentured labour?
| The following STATEMENT of the Sugar-Crop returns for the Waterloo Estates is taken from figures published by the Agricultural Society, Trinidad, | |||||||||
| Year. | Total Sugar made. | Sugar made from Estate Canes. | Estate Canes ground. | Canes purchased. | Number of Farmers. | ||||
| East Indian. | West Indian. | ||||||||
| Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | ||||||
| 1914 | … | … | … | 5,413 | 4,993 | 50,965 | 4,288 | 77 | 103 |
| 1924 | … | … | … | 7,268 | 4,001 | 40,034 | 35,953 | 1,048 | 942 |
| Corresponding figures for all the Estates in the Colony for the same years are:— | |||||||||
| Year. | Total Sugar made. | Sugar made from Estates. | Estate Canes ground. | Canes purchased. | Number of Farmers. | ||||
| East Indian. | West Indian. | ||||||||
| Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | ||||||
| 1914 | … | … | … | 55,488 | 35,920 | 409,797 | 201,899 | 7,450 | 5,253 |
| 1924 | … | … | … | 52,045 | 30,862 | 324,361 | 237,298 | 9,952 | 7,116 |