151 



Capital Expenditure — 



1. Su<?ar Laboratory, Fermentation Laboratory, 

 Building, fittings and appliances £1,000 



2. Experimental Distillery Temporary Building, 

 boiler, engine, small mill, vessels, experimental 



still, adjustable, oO gallons . l.JJ^^ 



3. Alterations and new pLnt for Estate Distilleries i,OUU 



£3,U00 



Annual Expenditure — 



Personal Emoluments : — i}')i-\(\ 



Fermentation Chemist ^ :Z 



Assistant to Chemist ^^ 



Superintende t of Field Experlmnts loO 



3 Assistants at 15s. per week H' 



Total Personal Emoluments £637 



Other Charges — 



Reimbursement of Travelling Expenses :— 



Fermentation Chemist 'T'^JJ 



Field Superintendent J^Jj 



Chemicals and apparatus IJJJj 



^lanures for experimei ts 



Distillery expenses — 



Distiller *30 



Day Labour > '^^ ^" 



50 

 30 



Distillery material from Estates 



Repairs and dcw plant 

 Cane cultivation at Hope — 



Grant in aid of canes 

 Education— Training of distillers, 10 at £10 each lUO 



Printing, contingencies and unforseen • 63 



50 



£1,400 



The following explanatory minute by the Island Chemist is pub- 

 lished for general information : — 



General Plan of Operations, 

 Sugar Exieriments in Jamaica. 



It is possible to talk of the sugar industry of Barbados or of Deme- 

 rara, but this is not the case with Jamaica. There are six different 

 sugar indusries in Jamaica, and it is impossible to generalise or to 

 ace* pt any single centre as representative of the other five. At tirst 

 sight it might seem de-irable to equip a sugar experiment station 

 in one of these sugar districts on which all the experiments in manur- 

 ing, selection of improved canes and the investigation of sugar and 

 rum manufacture might be carried out. A careful study of the great 

 variations in the agricultural and other conditions represented by the 



