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Estimate of the approximate daily cost of operating a sugar mill iti the Island of 

 Xegros, producing an average of 80 piculs or 5 metric tons of sugar per day 

 of fourteen hours, no charge being made for supervision, depreciation of the 

 plant, or interest on the capital involved. 



Item. 



Cost in 

 Philip- 

 pine cur- 

 , rency. 



Item. 



' Cost in 

 I Philip- 

 I pine cur- 

 I rency. 



1 "maestro," or sugar boiler 



1 engineer 



1 fireman for the engine boiler 



2 water carriers for the engine boiler, 

 at 40 centavos each 



4 firemen for the batteries, at 40 cen- 

 tavos each 



10 "cambiadores," for unloading 

 cane and carrying it to the mill, 

 at 40 centavos each 



2 "planchadores," for feeding the 

 mill, at 40 centavos each 



6 "manogsalu," for carrying bagasse 

 from the mill to the plaza, at 40 

 centavos each 



20 laborers for sun drying the bagasse 

 in the plaza and storing it under 

 shelter when dry, at 40 centavos 

 each 



1 laborer stationed at the mill to keep 

 mill bed free from bagasse and 

 make himself otherwise useful 



1 laborer to look after the juice 

 canal, etc 



Pesos. 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 .40 



1.60 



4.00 



.80 



•2.40 



8.00 



.40 I 



8 "suplillos," for transferring juices 

 and sirups from one "caua" to 

 the other, at 40 centavos each 



8 "azucadores," for crystallizing the., 

 "massecuite" and packing the sug- 

 ar in sacks and carrying it to the 

 storehouse, at 40 centavos each 



To cost of labor, 10 per cent addition- 

 al for stoppages and delays 



Lime for clarification of juices (1.5 

 cavanes,atO. SOcentavospercavan). 



Coconuts or coconut oil for use in 

 "caua" No. 1 



Lubricating oil for engine and mill _- 



Grease for mill 



Firewood for boiler when bagasse sup- 

 ply is insufficient 



Kerosene oil for lighting the mill 

 house at night 



160 bags, 2 per picul, at 7.00 pesos per 

 100 



1,000 pieces bejuco (rattan for tying 

 up bags) 



Total 



3.20 

 2. 72 



The bare cost in the mill house, then, for manufacturing 80 piculs 

 or 5.06 metric tons of sugar may be placed conservatively at 50.63 pesos, 

 which is at the rate of 63 centavos per picul, or 10 pesos per metric ton. 



TRANSPORTATION AND SALE OF THE SUGAR. 



Growing the cane and manufacturing it into sugar does not end 

 the labors of the planter in Xegros; he must bring the sugar to the 

 seacoast or the closest lorcha anchorage, load it, and arrange for its 

 reception and sale at Iloilo. If he is fortunate enough to owti a planta- 

 tion near the sea or on the banks of some navigable river, loading the 

 boat will only cost him 1 or 2 centavos per picul (16 to 32 centavos 

 per metric ton), while his neighbors farther inland must bring their 

 sugar down a few tons at a time in carabao carts over not the best 

 roads in the world, paying in extreme cases as high as 30 centavos 

 per picul (4.75 pesos per metric ton). The average planter pays prob- 

 ably 10 centavos per picul, or 1.58 pesos a metric ton. Transportation 

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