 By the end of 1874, there were four mills in operation, six by the end of 1875 and ten by the end of 1878.Most of these mills crushed for only a few years and only a few survived the crash in sugar price of 1884.The surviving mills were Navua Sugar Mill, Panang Mill, Holmshurst (Taveuni) and the Rewa Sugar Company (Koronivia).