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Six tons of roots produced one ton of sugar. The 

 cost per ton of roots being 28' 39 shillings, the cost per 

 ton of sugar is 170" 34 shillings, or 8 10s., or 8s. 6d. per 

 cwt. 



Sugar Produced 



Tons 



First products (average analysis, 90-25). . 20,818 

 Second products (average analysis, 81-52) . 1,805 

 Molasses 1,806 



Yield per cent, of Roots 



First products . . .15-31 

 Second products 



Total . . 16-64 per cent. 

 Molasses . . . 1-33 ,, 



Average Prices 



First products, 10s. per cwt., basis 88, f.o.b. 

 Second products, 8s. 6d. per cwt., basis 75, f.o.b. 



s. d. 



Receipts for sugar . 10 6 per cwt. 



Expenses . . .86 ,, 



Profit . . .20 



Profits, 45,076, equal to 29 per cent, on capital. 



Dividend of 22 per cent, paid, after payments to 

 reserves and bonuses. 



Of the rest, 8,669 was paid to the growers on account 

 of the good year and the short weight but good quality 

 of the roots. 



Dried pulp, 2,603 tons, consumed 1,482 tons of coal, 

 and fetched 8,335 net, after deducting expenses of 

 drying. 



Other factories paid 30 to 35 per cent, dividend. The 

 high yield of 16 to 17 per cent, of sugar from the roots 

 made the season a very profitable one to the factories. 



