EXPERDEENTS ES' RECOVERISG SFGAE FROM THE BAGASSE. 387 

 AXALTSES OF BAGASSES — SCGAR-CANE PEUG0T\ 



Sugar 



Molasses 



Cellalose and salts 

 Water. 



AVERAGE ANALYSIS OF TWO BAGASSES \'D'RX , — SUGAR-CANE. 



Per cent. 



Sosar. 15 S6 



Other solids -• W 14 



100- 



The drr cane contained 27.64 per cent of sugar. 

 The average ciimposition of the four analyses as dry bagasse, would 

 srive of — 



Snear 



Other solids - 



Per cent. 

 . .. . IT 93 

 .... S2 07 



100 



Or, if calculated to fresh bagasse, containing 50 per cent of water, 

 the averasre would be of the tour basrasses : 



Pnsar 



Oitaer solids. 

 Water 



Per cent 



. . S.97 

 .... 4108 

 .. 50 00 



From the above analyses it will be seen, that bagasse, as it escapes 

 from the mill, contains about 9 per cent of sugar. 



EXPEKIiEETSTS ES' KECOVERISG SUGAR FROM THE BAGASSE. 



Some experiment's have been made at the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, with a view to recover from the bagasse the sugar it contained. 

 The apparatus consisted of a series of barrels, so arranged that, hav- 

 ing been filled with bagasse, water was allowed to flow in at the top 

 until the barrel was fuU, and then, by means of a pipe leading from 

 the bottom of the barrel, the water flowed over into a second, and 

 thence to a third barrel, and so on. The overflow from the successive 

 barrels was taken when it first ran off. and the following tables will 

 show the results secured in a large number of experiments : 



