63 



ANNUAL EXPENSES 



" Summing up the above, the yearly expenses would be — 



Labour 5,190 



Coal ^iOO 



Bone-black (waste) 10^^ 



Lime 280 



Purchase of beet roots 4,500 



Add 20 per cent, for incidentals 2,100 



£12,620 

 To which has to be added taxes, and insurance, 



computed at • '*0^ 



Interest on capita] invested 960 



Making a grand total of £13,980 



FIRST COSTS. 



*' The first outlay for the establishment of machinery, build- 

 ings, &c., may be summed up as follows : — 



Production of steam 925 



Washing and pulping 1,967 



Defecation 295 



Scum 134 



Sacks, trays, sack- washing 620 



Carbonatation 632 



Filtration 595 



Evaporation of juice 2,300 



Crystallization and turbines 760 



Bone-black department 257 



Pipes and cocks 750 



Packing and unpacking 400 



Tubs and tanks 60 



Brickwork 500 



Sundries and tools ^^ 



Carriage of 200 tons of machinery, &c 250 



£10,845 

 *' Adding £2,000 for the erection of the works, and £312 for first 

 cost of bone-black, we have the sum of £13,157 needed for the 

 first establishment of a manufactory of sugar from beet roots for 

 the produce grown on 500 acres of ground, and which ought to 

 produce at least 1,200,000 lbs. of raw sugar. 



"By the statistics for 1871, the quantity of sugar imported 

 into Tasmania for that year, was 3,737 tons, (or 8,359,8801bs.) 

 for a population of 101,785, giving an average consumption 

 annually of 821bs. for each person. 



REALISATION. 



" The products to be realised in the foregoing example of a 

 sugar manufactory would be as follows : — 



