Formosan sugar mills are now very busy, notes the " Asahi," but what the total outturn of sugar for the present season will be is not yet known. According to the latest investigations made, the percentage of sugar obtained from the canes has proved Jess satisfactory than at first estimated, and the cane harvest itself is below estimates. In consequence the outturn of centrifugal, according to a telegram just received, is estimated not to exceed 2,729,000 piculs or bags.
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