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ful figures, •which, however, have had to be altered to Straits Cur- 

 rency and to estate conditions in Malaya, where salaries and wages 

 are on a higher scale. 



To begin with, the machinery, which is put at £3,500, pre-war 

 cost, would now cost more than double and we can, without risk of 



$59,780 

 12.000 



surcharging put it down at £7,000 i.e. at $8.54 . . 



Building of factory and engine house 



Water Supply — pumps and reservoir (Water must 



in abundance and constantly available) 

 Wagonets and rails for trans])ort of fruit in the mill 



also of fibrous and shell refuse 

 Dryirg sheds or barbecues . . 

 Store house . . 



Tanks for brine with elevators 

 Spare pieces of machinery . . 

 Sand-filters and tanks to clarify the oil 

 Repair shop and tools 



Offices 



Manager's house 

 Chief Engineer's house 

 Clerks' and fitters' house . . 

 Cooli-; house . . 



be 



1,500 



2,500 

 1.200 

 2,000 

 1,000 

 2,000 

 2,000 

 2,000 

 2,000 

 5.000 

 5,000 

 2,500 

 1,200 



Total Cost of Installation $101,680 



Repairs and depreciation (20^^) will amount to $20,336. We 

 have now to work out the cost of running the mill on the assuni])- 

 tion 1hat 2,700 tons of fruit are treated per year. 



Fortunately Mr. Houard's Report supplies us, under the liead- 

 ing " Dailij expenditure of a mill treating on an average 10 tons of 

 fruitt per day," with a full schedule of the labour and staff em- 

 ployed, which is given below unaltered, except for the wages which 

 are brought to Malayan standards. 



Labour : 



1 Receiving clerk paid daily 

 6 Coolies 



2 Men attending steriliser 



3 Men cooking the oil 

 8 Men tending the presser 

 2 Men tending the filters . . 

 2 Men filling the casks 



4 Men tending the depulping machine 

 4 Men tending the drying and the nut-cracking 



machines 

 2 Engineers 

 2 Stokers 



1 Fitter 



1 Mason 

 1 Carpenter 



Carried Forward 



$14,746 



