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position. The chamber has the door and shelves removed, which 

 are packed separately, so reducing the weights to three named 

 on the quotations. Detailed drawings and instructions are 

 sent as to erecting and setting to work, and no trouble is 

 experienced in doing so. The connecting pipes depend upon 

 the placing of the chambers, pump, and condenser to suit local 

 arrangements, and are best obtained locally after the items are 

 in position. 



" If the estate is remote from an engineer's, then Mr Passburg 

 could, as he often does, arrange the parts he considers best, and 

 supply and fit the connecting pipes, sending a liberal allowance 

 of piping, valves, bends, joints, &c., for connecting up to boiler, 

 cooling water supply, waste steam, &c., furnishing a drawing so 

 that the items can be placed to suit the piping. 



"The additional price for such pipes and fittings if ordered 

 with the plant is ,37 for No. 9 size. 



" Double sets of trays are provided, so that whilst one set is 

 within the chamber the attendant can be emptying the other 

 set of the dried and refilling with wet rubber, an exchange of 

 trays thus occupying a few minutes only. 



" No. 9 size receives about 140 Ibs. of wet rubber per charge ; 

 No. 12, another usual size for plantations, about 190 Ibs. per 

 charge." 



SHAW'S RUBBER DRYING STOVES. 



The writer is also indebted to Messrs Francis Shaw & Co. 

 for the illustration and particulars of their " Scott " patent rubber 

 dry ing stove (Fig. 31). 



These stoves are now largely used for drying rubber on the 

 plantations. They are made in the following sizes : 



