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In conclusion it should be stated that the above
calculations are those given in the vernacular press.
The figures with regard to production per "kah" do not
actually correspond with those given by Mr. Wileman in
his report on the sugar industry of South Formosa.
He calculated that 1 kah planted with Pose bamboo
gave 58,000 kin whereas the Japanese papers make it
70,000 kin while he estimated that the modern mills
got 11 sugar from the cane, while the calculation
in the Japanese papers is 10%.
The net result however is not very different
Mr. Wileman's figures working out to 6,670 kin of raw
sugar per "kah" and the Japanese press figures to
7,000 kin, so that the latter being a round figure
might be taken as fairly correct.
It should not be forgotten, however, that Mr.
Wileman on page 8 of his report mentioned that the
Sugar Bureau were at that time (1908) giving a subsidy
(in kind) of fertilizers to the value of 20 Yen per
"kah", and it is not clear whether the newly proposed
grant of under 50 Yen per "kah" is inclusive of the
above mentioned amount.
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