LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Drying Cacao, San Thome . . . .105 

 Barrel Rolling, Gold Coast .... 106 



Bagging Cacao, Gold Coast . . . .107 

 Surf Boats by the Side of the Ocean Liner, Accra 108 

 Bagging Cacao Beans for Shipment, Trinidad no 

 Transferring Bags of Cacao to Lighters, Trinidad no 

 Diagram showing Variation in Price of Cacao 



Beans, 1913-1919 ..... 113 

 Group of Workers on Cacao Estate . . . 1 1 5 

 Carting Cacao to Railway Station, Ceylon. . 118 

 The Carenage, Grenada . . . . .118 

 Early Factory Methods . . . . .120 

 Women Grinding Chocolate . . . .121 

 Cacao Bean Warehouse . . . . .123 

 Cacao Bean Sorting and Cleaning Machine . 124 

 Diagram of Cacao Bean Cleaning Machine . 125 

 Section through Gas Heated Cacao Roaster . 126 

 Roasting Cacao Beans . . . . .127 

 Cacao Bean, Shell and Germ . . . .129 

 Section through Kibbling Cones and Germ 



Screens . . . . . . . 131 



Section through Winnowing Machine . . 132 



Cacao Grinding . . . . . . 133 



Section through Grinding Stones . . . 135 

 A Cacao Press ....... 136 



Section through Cacao Press-pot and Ram-plate 137 

 Chocolate Melangeur . . . . . .141 



Plan of Chocolate Melangeur . . . .141 



Chocolate Refining Machine . . . .142 



Grinding Cacao Nib and Sugar . . . .143 



Section through Chocolate Grinding Rolls . . 145 



" Conche " Machines 147 



Section through " Conche " Machine . . . 147 

 Machines for Mixing or " Conching " Chocolate 148 

 Chocolate Shaking Table . . . . . 149 

 Girls Covering or Dipping Cremes, etc. . . 151 

 The Enrober 152 



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