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National Gazette
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Sugar cane cultivation in the East-Indies has been successfully adopted for years and expanded greatly. Sugars are now commonly shipped from Calcutta to America, Ostend, France, and England. High-quality soft sugars cost 9 current rupees per hundredweight in Calcutta, equal to 3s 7.5d Pennsylvania currency or five dollars.
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Sugars are become a common cargo, and are shipped, particularly from Calcutta, for America, Ostend, France and England.
Soft sugars of the best quality, similar to West-India clayed sugars, can be bought in Calcutta at nine current rupees per hundred weight (including expenses of package, putting on board, &c.) which is exactly equal to 3s 7.5d Pennsylvania currency, or five dollars.
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East Indies
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carried on with great success and to a great extent; soft sugars bought at nine current rupees per hundred weight, equal to 3s 7.5d pennsylvania currency or five dollars.
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The cultivation of the sugar cane in the East-Indies has for some years been adopted, and is said to be now carried on with great success and to a great extent. Sugars are become a common cargo, and are shipped, particularly from Calcutta, for America, Ostend, France and England. Soft sugars of the best quality, similar to West-India clayed sugars, can be bought in Calcutta at nine current rupees per hundred weight (including expenses of package, putting on board, &c.).