174 Report on Steam Cultivation. [Reed. 



£. s. d. 



For the two years the general expenses Lave been .. 244 17 7 



„ engineering expenses 183 7 2 



42S 4 9 

 151. per cent, upon 875L would Le for two years .. .. 2G2 10 



' He has furnished us with the following- account of outlays to 

 be charged to his cultivating expenses only : — 



£. s. d. 

 1865 — Carriage of ironwork 16 6 6 



Burrell's and other smiths' bills .. .. 96 14 8 

 Sundry small payments 10 



114 1 2 



Coals £70 



Wages 125 



195 



309 1 2 



1866 — Carriage of ironwork 2 17 10 



Burrell's and other smiths' bills (500) -, qo ^ o 



yards new rope included) .. .. j 



Sundry small payments 4 



145 2 1 



Coals £50 



Wages 125 



175 



320 2 1 



Fifteen per cent, upon two-thirds cost of engine (550Z.) and whole 

 cost of apparatus (395Z.), together 761Z., would amount to 114Z. os. 



There is a visible discrepancy here, Avhich can only be 

 accounted for by supposing — and we believe we are correct in 

 doing so — that the engineering expenses, to a considerable extent, 

 represent expenses that should figure in the original outlay. 

 These would certainly not occur again. The general expenses 

 include a variety of duplicates, and a very large store of coals. 



Work Done. — During a day of 10 hours, removals included : — 



Ploughing 6 acres 7 to 10 inches. 



Scarifying 12 acres 12 inches. 



Work done at home, and for hire, in 1865, ploughing once or 

 scarifying twice, 666 acres, grubbing 25 twice over, 50 acres ; 

 1866, plougning once or scarifying twice, 684 acres. 



The price charged for contract-work is 205. per acre on heavy 

 land, and from 13^. to 16^. on light land, for ploughing once, or 

 cultivating twice. 



Manual Lahour. — Engine-man, 2)S. Ad. ; ploughman, 2^. 2d. ; 



