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the second sort at 14d. per mingle. The cakes are valued 
at ten guilders, or 19s. per 100. His receipts stand thus: 
271 mingles (cold-drawn), at 16d. F. 216 16 
102 ditto (warm), at 14d. - 71 8 
782 cakes, at 10 f. per 160 - 78 4 
Total F.366 8—{.33 0 8 
Statement of Expenses. 
To digging, &c. 600 iia Biastoais 
at 1d. per roeden 
Seed, sowing, weeding, &c. 42 19 
Harvesting, beating out seed, &c. 48 3 | 
Pressing out the oil, bags, &c. 63. 8 
Total F.207 0—f.18 14 0 
Receipts - - F. 366 8 O—£.33 08 
Expenses - - 207 0 O 18 140 
Total of profit 200 Bynsgrs “olyy14e" 6x8 099 
This degree of ‘profit upon nearly two acres does not at 
first appear to be encouraging; particularly if we take into 
consideration rent of Taine: taxes, &c. which are not men- 
tioned in the statement. Mr. Van Eys has remarked, that 
the expenses attendant upon pressing out the oil, iu this first 
essay, were considerably greater than would be experienced 
in the usual course of business. We may also notice that 
the preparation of the ground by manual labour created a dif- 
ference in expense that would prove an equivalent at Jeast 
to the value of land and contingent charges. But what. is 
of much greater moment is the very low price of the oil, as 
stated in the above account: that of an inferior quality being 
valued at somewhat less than 5s per gallon, and the superior 
at less than 5s. 6d., whereas common lamp oil is with us 
sold for 6s. per gallon, and salad oil of no extraordinary 
quality at 2s. 6d. or 3s. per pint, or 12. or 1/7. 45. per gal- 
Jon. 
It clearly appears from these facts, that 1s. 6d. per pint, 
or 125. per gallon for the prime article wholesale, and at 
least 4s. per gallon for the inferior sort, would be an advan- 
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