Report of the A<jricultural Committee. 15. 



» de separer le jus de toiites les niatieres solubles ou inso- 

 » lubles qu'il tient en suspension, et qui, par leur nature, 

 » nuirait tant a la qualite du sucre qua sa parfaite oris- 

 » tallisation.)) — Nout. Diet, des Arts et Mannf., Paris 184-7. 



The adoption of this appliance would appear the more 

 necessary now, because within the last few years a consi- 

 derable number of powerful Engines and Sugar Mills have 

 been erected in the colony, which are, in many cases, able to 

 express the juice faster than it can be taken ofl' by the 

 «batteries.» When this occurs the juice is turned into 

 cisterns, and to (ill these, and direct the hands employed in 

 feeding the mill to other work, has been considered rather 

 an object on many Establishments. The objectionable nature 

 of this course of proceeding are this pointed out by the able 

 cbemi^, Mr. Dumas, to whom reference has already been 

 made: «Iejusqui s'^coule par la pression, est conduit du 

 » moulin dans de grands reservoirs, oij on le garde bien a 

 » tort, pendant des heures enti^res a la temperature ordi- 

 7t naire, et oix il estsoumis a toutes sortes d'alteratious.» 



Filtration immediately after defecation has not hitherto 

 been practised in the colony. Considerable risk of fermenta- 

 tion would be incurred by the operation if unskillfully con- 

 dacted : but in those places where canes grown from virgin 

 soil, or heavily manured land, are frequently manipulated, 

 the use of filters immediately after defecation might be 

 found advantageous. The success of the operation would 

 depend entirely Upon its good management by expert hands; 



The Committee would take this opportunity of drawing 

 special notice to the importance of attention to the quality 

 of the lime used in sugar making here, because it appears 

 from information afifforded by one of its members, the es- 

 teemed Vice-President of the Royal Society, Mr. Bojer, 



