MAURITIUS. This British colony, for merly called the Isle of France, was once covered with woods, and even now a conside rable part of the native forest is allowed to remain for ornament round the plantations. Many tropical and a few European plants are cultivated. The culture' f the sugar-cane has spread rapidly since the English obtained pos session of the island. The quantity of sugar it supplied to England,in 1828, was 40,320,000 lbs. ; in 1817, 133,679,952 lbs.; but in 1848 the entire crop of the island yielded only 09,234,352 lbs. This diminution is no doubt in some 'measure, if not entirely, owing to the filet that a final dige'ase lia§ lately Made it§ hplieftranee among die Cane platitt of tli@ :§ land; and to such an extent that, iii 1848; 10,60I1 plants or a different if ebieg Of Mine were iritrodticed froth Ceileit, but it is said with little success, as the iriaiet (a Species 8f coccus) Which Preied inpith iHo bld Plants seeks its flood 011 all Plinth be the Sainte genus' as iN cOnaeqUerice of thig disaster; and porhapi also bk the effeet 6£ the act of 1819 on the Siigai trade Br the island; munch attention is' rib* OA to extend the chilli-Ulan tit the mulberry fdr the preiltiCtiori Of silk; 'Willett cUltivation had libeit previously inircidriced ivith 'great EricceSt iii those parts Of the islaiiil tHkl were least adalited for the growth of the sugar Coate; boifee and pepper are alSti kin:1C extent. The trade
of the islehti ii eiriffid oil licit only ivitH trig, land, but with the countries around the Lidiati OCetin. Tare It Packet bothinuffication monthly between nf¢aiuittiis and Ueilbn.
In the three hiblith's en'ditig Oct. Itt; 1850; the imports into Mauritius in British vessels' amounted in ialtie to 296;9511., and Iii i'direign vessel's to I12,3011.; being largeraiiibtintt tlian hi the toriesponditig period df 1818 and 1840. The exPorta in the 'same three months Were 121;2871.: being soirie*hat, smaller than iii the corresponding three months of 1848 and 1849. The yield of Sugar hi IkIattrithi§ in 1850 his been estimated at abbtit 55;600 tofig; dr VO Million pbundg.