330 ox IMPLEMENTS SELECTED FOR TRLVL. 



Attendance and Wages. 



Engine, 1 man, at 28s. per week, £l 8 



Windlasses, 2 men, at 22s. „ 2 4 



Plough steering, 1 man, at 24s. ,, 14 



Driving coals ) , , . , ^„ .-. /^ 



and water j 1 ^o^se, cart, and man, 60s. „ .3 



Total cost of attendance per week, £1 16 

 Cost of attendance per day of 8 hours, £\ 6s. 



ConsumiJt of Coed, Water, &c. 



On a trial extending over a period of 3 hours, it was found that 

 the consumpt of water was equal to 1099 gallons per day of 8 

 hours ; and the consumpt of coal for the same period was found 

 to be 14J cwt., which, at 9d. per cwt. = 10s. lOhd. per day of 8 

 hours. 



Assuming a working day at 8 hours, we obtain from the above 

 data the following as the cost : — 



"Wages, per day. ...... 



\j\JCil* «^» • • « • • • 



V^l>i.Oa 99* * * * * * * 



Removals, „ . 



Adopting the calculation given in Messrs Fisken's catalogue, as 

 applied to tackle of the value of that under trial, we get the 

 following result: — Cost of apparatus, L.866, ''but as the 

 engine will be employed to do thrashing, grinding, and chaff- 

 cutting, &c., upon the farm, debit L.6U0 only to cultivator, 

 which, at 15 per cent, per annum to cover repairs, renewals, 

 interest of capital, and depreciation, will amount to £00, 

 and working 100 days in the year will be equal per day to 18 



Total cost per day, ^2 17 4^ 



Cost of Work Performed, 



It was found that on a trial of 3 hours, the work performed 

 was 2a. 96p., which amounts to 6 a. 149 p. per day of 8 

 hours. But as the amount of work during the trials could 

 not be kept up during a whole day, it cannot safely be used 

 as a fair criterion, and we are disposed to think that the actual 

 amount of ordinary work done would not exceed 6 acres in 

 a day of 8 hours, which, at L.2, 17s. 4-|-d. per day is 9s. 6|d. per 

 Acre. 



The Committee are aware that doubts have been expressed as 

 to the durability of the working tackle, a subject on which they 

 have no personal experience to guide them. They have, however, 

 no hesitation in saying that the tackle is simple in its construc- 

 tion, and not, in their opinion, liable to failure. But as the 

 opinions of those who have used the apparatus may be reckoned 

 of some weight, they quote r- '-^^^w^opinions on this point from 

 Messrs Fisken's published notice ot their patent. Mr Ingletou, 



