Report of the Agricultural Committee. 31. 



» plus genera!emenl eitiploi^s aujourd'bui, soil dins la fabri- 

 » calion du sucre de belleraves, soil dans le raffinage des sucics 

 I) detoutenalure. Malgr61es divers el nombreux sysiemes pro- 

 » posesadiff^renies 6p:ques, et surloul depuis unequinzaine 

 » d'annees, on est revenu aux appjreils d'Howard, qui dateni 

 » mainlenant de p'us de trenle ans : il est vrai de dire que li 

 » construction en a el6 consid6rab!emenl amtSlior^e, qoe les dis- 

 » positions ont 6le modifiees, et qu'on est arrive a faire de ces 

 » appareilssurdes dimensions beaucoup plus grandes, de ma- 

 » niere a op6rer a la fois sur une quanlile plus considerable de 

 • miUerss.t— Publication Industrielle des Machines, Oulils et 

 Appareils, par Armauguud aine, vol: 5, p. 208, Paris 1847.— 

 but, on the other hand, a considerable economy of fuel and 

 water is stated to result from the elegant combinat'on cf scien- 

 tific principles, upon which the above meniijned pans by 

 Pont f^x and Co., are constructed. 



Of the Vacuum Pans, just enumerated, the « Phoenix* one 

 sent in three beautiful samples for competition, which were all 

 found superior to the o:hersexhibiled— these were from « Queen 

 Victoria! and « Ravenjworlh. » The latter was made from the 

 blue cane. Mr. D'Agnel also exhibited soma loaves of sugar, 

 minufactured directly from the cane, equal in quality to single 

 refined. Wr. H. Wilson sent fiom the Refinery tv.o very fina 

 specimens, of which honorable mention was made. They were 

 produced from some of the low sugars of the «Terracine» Es- 

 tate, at Savanne. 



2.— The Society's Second Gold Medal, for the Finest Sample of 

 Sugar made with any apparatus, other than the Vacuum 

 pan, anJ prepared in any manner whatever, but not re- 

 fined, was gained, for the second time, by Mr. Langlois, 

 with the produce of his Iron t Battery. « The Sugar whioh 

 was of very superior quality, had been passed previously 

 to its final concentration, ihroug'i bag filters, and subse- 

 quently »cl lirjed. • 

 Two samples which c.^me under the conditio;is of tills prise,. 



