CULTIVATION OF THE BEET. 19 



from ten to twelve per cent, of the weight of the 

 molasses in the following salts, in the proportions 

 given below : 



Per cent. 



Carbonate of potash, 40.33 



Sulphate of potash, 2.46 



Hydrochlorate of potash, 22.10 



Soda 34.14 



Sulphur and divers matters, 97 



100.00 



The potash and the soda are extracted at a cost not 

 exceeding three and a half cents per pound. 



The following table shows the average prices, ex 

 clusive of duties, of No. 12 raw sugar in Paris from 

 1816 to 1828: 



1816 12-3^ cents. J 823 8^ cents. 



1817 ii A " 1824 io T 3 <y " 



1818 i2 T V " 1825 9^ " 



1819 n-fs " 1826 



1820 io T 8 ^ " 1827 



1821 io T 8 <y " 1828 9^ " 



1822 7^ " 



From 1828 to 1854 * ne P r i ce gradually fell, and the 

 following table shows the average prices from 1854 

 to 1865: 



1854 5 T 8 iy cents. 1860 6 T V cents. 



1855 6 " 1861 5^ 



1856 6 T V " 1862 



1857 7T 6 (i " 1863 



1858 $> " 1864 



1859 6A " 1865 



