 By 1900, cane supplied by Fijians had risen to 15,447 tons but as a proportion to the total this was only 6%.After 1902, when a change in Government policy allowed cash to be paid for tax, cane supplied by Fijians decreased so that by 1914 cane produced by Fijians was negligible.In 1880, settlers in Rewa had agreed to grow cane for the CSR for 10 shillings a ton.