Table 3.
Countries identified by government statisticians as
Sources of sugar, by order of importance, in period 1864-8 (UK Parliament 1868b)
| Type of sugar | Source countries | Nature of sugar production |
|---|---|---|
| Refined sugars | Holland | Temperate, free-labour country |
| Belgium | Temperate, free-labour country | |
| Unrefined, white clayed sugar | Cuba | Tropical, slave |
| Mauritius | Tropical, free labour | |
| British India | Tropical, free labour | |
| Brown clayed sugar and yellow muscovado | Cuba | Tropical, slave |
| Puerto Rico | Tropical, largely non-slave | |
| Mauritius | Tropical, free labour | |
| British India | Tropical, free labour | |
| British West Indies | Tropical, free labour | |
| Brown muscavado | Philippine Islands | Tropical, largely non-slave |
| Cuba | Tropical, slave | |
| Brazil | Tropical, slave | |
| Mauritius | Tropical, free labour | |
| British India | Tropical, free labour | |
| British West Indies | Tropical, free labour | |
| Molasses | Cuba | Tropical, slave |
| British West Indies | Tropical, free labour |