Report on the census of Porto Rico, 1899 . ecibo .Ponce Numberof planta-tions. 650290429149166611150 Cuerdas. 3,453 5,62511,598 8,31016,743 9,13817,265 Area perplanta-tion. As is shown by the above table, and also by the accompanying map,opposite this page, the production of sugar was carried on mainly inthe neighborhood of the coast, and particularly in the eastern andsoutheastern parts of the island, Ponce and Humacao being the depart-ments of most importance in this regard. The following table shows the distribution of sugar growin
Report on the census of Porto Rico, 1899 . ecibo .Ponce Numberof planta-tions. 650290429149166611150 Cuerdas. 3,453 5,62511,598 8,31016,743 9,13817,265 Area perplanta-tion. As is shown by the above table, and also by the accompanying map,opposite this page, the production of sugar was carried on mainly inthe neighborhood of the coast, and particularly in the eastern andsoutheastern parts of the island, Ponce and Humacao being the depart-ments of most importance in this regard. The following table shows the distribution of sugar growing by raceof the planter and by tenure of the plantation: Race and tenure. Number. Area. Averagearea. Percent-age of to-tal area. 1,6912693003739 Cuerdas. 63,758 14,824 939 341 2,284 75211 3 As is seen from the above table, sugar was produced almost entirelyby whites, since 96 per cent of all the area was either owned or rentedby them, and only 1 per cent by colored, and three-fourths of all the CENSUS OF PORTO RICO 1899 .. AGBICULTUBAL STATISTICS. 155 area was owned by white planters. In the average area of the sugarplantations there were also striking differences. The largest planta-tions were those rented by whites, and the next largest were owned bywhites, while those occupied by the colored were relatively very mills and distilleries.—The cultivation of sugar cane and theproduction of sugar, molasses, and rum were, in Porto Rico, industriesof far less relative importance than in Cuba. As has been shown, thearea under cultivation in cane was much less. The number of millsand distilleries is given by departments in the following table, togetherwith their average capacity, that of sugar mills in arrobas (25 poundseach) of cane per day, and that of stills in gallons of rum per day. Sugar mills and distilleries. Department. Number of sugar mills. Capacity in arrobas of cane. Averagecapacity. Numberof stills. Capacityin gallons. Averagecapacity. 553
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