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TELEGRAM.

legram No. 57.* There has been no contraction of being carried on by means of reduction of wages ion of expenditure on cultivation and maintenance roportion of labourers are being paid 50 cents per anure is being dangerously reduced. Position has ice of rice.

vation have been lowered to considerably below is estimated that sugar is now being produced on ore than rupees 6 per 50 kilos, excluding interest Current price is rupees 6.30 cents per 50 kilos lent to about rupees 5.55 cents net to planters. 3 no estates can produce at this figure even with ve referred to.

by the Department of Agriculture at 189,000 tons, J0 tons for past three years.

largely by forbearance of mortgagees and other clined to a low level and mortgagees are chary of t cultivation is being carried on with effort and at

nich could not long continue.

8.) One or two considerable estates are expected

atest danger is sudden financial collapse, of which not improve before next year.

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